On September 29, 2024, the USC U.S.-China Institute hosted a workshop at the Huntington’s Chinese garden, offering K-12 educators hands-on insights into using the garden as a teaching tool. With expert presentations, a guided tour, and new resources, the event explored how Chinese gardens' rich history and cultural significance can be integrated into classrooms. Interested in learning more? Click below for details on the workshop and upcoming programs for educators.
Politics
Mao Unplugged: The Chairman between War and Revolution
The panel’s three presenters, Charles Kraus, Julia Lovell, and Sergey Radchenko, will assess Mao’s conversations, offering new insights into Mao’s way of thinking, including his hopes, fears, and delusions about his country’s and his own place in the world.
The Inaugural Stanford China Law & Policy Conference: Law and the Chinese Transformation
Focusing on the theme of Law and the Chinese Transformation, the conference will hold discussions on the legal implications of the emergence of China.
Must China Be Faulted for Its Political System?
The Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies presents this special presentation as the first part of the series "Democracy and China: Philosophical-Political Reflections" with Professor Jiwei Ci.
Chinese Nationalism and its Foreign Policy Implications
Suisheng Zhao of the University of Denver speaks at USC on the causes of Chinese nationalism, how are its contents shaped, and its foreign policy implications.
Fall 2008 CCS Noon Lecture Series - Mary Gallagher
Professor Gallagher will speak on the Chinese legislative process and legislative output.
Power and Its Use in Chinese Foreign Policy
Professor CHEN Zhimin, Dean, School of International Relations and Public Administration (SIRPA), Fudan University, will deliver a talk to Professor Miles Kahler's class "International Relations of the Asia Pacific." There will be a limited number of seats available to the public
Speech and Media Freedom – New Lessons of the Umbrella Revolution
Margaret Ng, Barrister and Former Legislative Council Member, HKSAR
Moderated by Ben Liebman, Robert L. Lieff Professor of Law, Columbia Law School; Director, Center for Chinese Legal Studies
Guardians of the Dharma, or of the Empire?: the Nine Luohans by Zhou Xun (1649-1729)
University of Oregon Confucius Institute for Global Chinese Studies hosts a talk by Ann Wetherell on an unpublished hand scroll of Buddhist luohans
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David Zweig examines China's talent recruitment efforts, particularly towards those scientists and engineers who left China for further study. U.S. universities, labs and companies have long brought in talent from China. Are such people still welcome?