Join us for a free one-day workshop for educators at the Japanese American National Museum, hosted by the USC U.S.-China Institute and the National Consortium for Teaching about Asia. This workshop will include a guided tour of the beloved exhibition Common Ground: The Heart of Community, slated to close permanently in January 2025. Following the tour, learn strategies for engaging students in the primary source artifacts, images, and documents found in JANM’s vast collection and discover classroom-ready resources to support teaching and learning about the Japanese American experience.
Science and Technology
Inaugural Class of Groundbreaking U.S.-China Degree Program Arrives at USC
Participants in the Communication Data Science Dual Degree Program with Tsinghua University arrived in August 2021 to begin a year of coursework at USC.
U.S. Dept. of Justice, Huawei CFO Wanzhou Meng Admits to Misleading Global Financial Institution, September 24, 2021
Meng Wanzhou 孟晚舟, chief financial officer and daughter of the founder of tech giant Huawei 华为, "Enters into Deferred Prosecution Agreement to Resolve Fraud Charges"
Shelley Rigger on Taiwan's Role in China's Economic Rise
Shelley Rigger's new book traces the development of the cross-Taiwan Strait economic relationship and explores how Taiwanese firms and individuals transformed Chinese business practices.
China's Commercial Space Industry
U.S.-based billionaire space ventures get a lot of attention, but China's commercial space industry is growing fast as well.
Chairs Issue Statement about Forced Labor in Apple’s Supply Chain in Xinjiang
The Congressional-Executive Commission on China urged Apple CEO Tim Cook to ensure that Apple’s supply chains are free of forced labor.
Joseph Biden, Executive Order on Addressing the Threat from Securities Investments that Finance Certain Companies of the People’s Republic of China, June 3, 2021
Pres. Biden ordered that Americans and American firms not sell or purchase shares in a number of Chinese firms the U.S. judges to be a real of potential threat to U.S. national security.
Clinical trial explores the use of traditional Chinese medicine against COVID-19
The pilot study centers on a combination of 13 traditional medicinal compounds used in China early on in the coronavirus outbreak. [5 min read]
Semiconductor Dependency
Semiconductors are found everywhere in the modern world. Companies and countries are racing to position themselves in this vital market.
Xiaoxing Xi on Defending Chinese Researchers
Following his experience being falsely accused as a spy by the FBI, Xiaoxing Xi spoke to us on defending Chinese colleagues against injustice, safeguarding open fundamental research on university campuses, and protecting American leadership in science and technology.
Joshua Goldstein on Recycling in Beijing's Past and Present
Historian Joshua Goldstein discusses the role recycling and recyclers have played in China's economy and its new sustainability challenges.
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Please join us for the Grad Mixer! Hosted by USC Annenberg Office of International Affairs, Enjoy food, drink and conversation with fellow students across USC Annenberg. Graduate students from any field are welcome to join, so it is a great opportunity to meet fellow students with IR/foreign policy-related research topics and interests.
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Hosted by USC Annenberg Office of International Affairs, enjoy food, drink and conversation with fellow international students.
Join us for an in-person conversation on Thursday, November 7th at 4pm with author David M. Lampton as he discusses his new book, Living U.S.-China Relations: From Cold War to Cold War. The book examines the history of U.S.-China relations across eight U.S. presidential administrations.