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
Assignment: China - The New Millennium
September 30, 2015
This segment of the Assignment:China series focuses the early years of the new millennium, when China experienced a new kind of social liberalization and the American press corps enjoyed a period of the easing of the worst of the restrictions imposed during the post-Tiananmen crackdown of the 1990s, enabling reporters to dig into Chinese society in ways that had previously been difficult, if not impossible.
Assignment: China - Tremors
September 30, 2015
In 2008, in honor of hosting the Olympic Games, Beijing pledged to allow a freer atmosphere for the international press, lifting many long-standing restrictions on the movements and activities of foreign correspondents. However, the year also saw several other traumatic events that reshaped the narrative of the China story, thereby reshaping the experience of the foreign press as well. "Tremors" is an account of what it was like to cover the remarkable year of 2008.
Assignment: China - Contradictions
September 30, 2015
This segment of the Assignment:China series explores the nature of the China story during the wake of the 2008 Olympics, as correspondents clashed with an increasingly assertive Chinese government determined that it- not the foreign media- would shape the international narrative about China.
Q&A With Fu Hongxing, Director of "Mr. Deng Goes to Washington"
September 29, 2015
US-China Today sits down with Fu Hongxing, director of the critically acclaimed Chinese documentary "Mr. Deng Goes to Washington."
The President Receives President Xi of the People’s Republic of China, September 25, 2015
September 25, 2015
President Obama delivers remarks at the arrival ceremony of President Xi of the People’s Republic of China to the White House.
Vice President Biden and Secretary Kerry Co-Host a Luncheon for President Xi of the People’s Republic of China, September 25, 2015
September 25, 2015
Vice President Joe Biden and Secretary of State John Kerry hosted a lunch in honor of President President Xi of the People’s Republic of China at the Department of State.
Barack Obama and Xi Jinping, Joint Press Conference, September 25, 2015
September 25, 2015
Remarks by President Obama and President Xi of the People's Republic of China in Joint Press Conference
Rose Garden 12:22 P.M. EDT
PRC State Council, Historical Witness to Ethnic Equality, Unity and Development in Xinjiang, September 24, 2015
September 24, 2015
The Chinese State Council Information Office published this white paper on Xinjiang.
Department of Defense, "Military Crisis Notification Mechanism for Use of the Defense Telephone Link," September 24, 2015
September 24, 2015
On September 24, 2015, the United States Department of Defense published the document, "Military Crisis Notification Mechanism for Use of the Defense Telephone Link" as a part of the Memorandum of Understanding on Notification of Major Military Activities.
USC professor sparks dialogue on collaborative governance
September 23, 2015
USC News reported on the discussions Frank Zerunyan, a professor and elected official, has been having with Shenzhen officials on collaborative governance.
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Thursday, March 21, 2024 - 4:00pm PST
Ying Zhu looks at new developments for Chinese and global streaming services.
Tuesday, March 19, 2024 - 4:00pm
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?