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Science and Technology
China Going Global: The Rise of a New Player in International Economics and Politics
Philippe Le Corre, one of Europe's China experts, currently based in Washington D.C., will provide his views and introduce his newly published book, China's Offensive in Europe.
Paper Tigers, Hidden Dragons: Firms and the Political Economy of China's Technological Development
The USC U.S.-China Institute presents a talk by Douglas Fuller from Zhejiang University. Fuller's new book, "Paper Tigers, Hidden Dragons," provides an in-depth longitudinal study of China's information technology industry and policy over the last 15 years.
Symposium: Who Decides in China’s Rapid Urbanization? An Interdisciplinary Inquiry into the New Chinese City
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Carolina Asia Center presents a symposium on China's rapid urbanization.
ChinaFile Presents: The New Yorker on China
Join ChinaFile and five writers—Orville Schell, Peter Hessler, Evan Osnos, Zha Jianying, and Jiayang Fan—for a look back at their four decades of reporting on China for The New Yorker. The event will be moderated by David Remnick, Editor of The New Yorker.
Wielding the 'Sharp Sword': Petroleum and State Power in China's Far West, 1955-1961
University of Michigan Center for Chinese Studies hosts a talk with Judd Kinzley on the relationship between oil and state development in Xinjiang.
Webinar: America Challenges China’s National Talent Programs
The USC U.S.-China Institute presents a webinar with David Zweig to look at how tensions between the United States and China have impacted scientific collaboration and research.
Nuclear Debates in Asia: The Role of Geopolitics and Domestic Processes
The authors of Nuclear Debates in Asia: The Role of Geopolitics and Domestic Processes, will speak at the Elliott School on what drives these discussions, where the center of gravity of debates lies in each country, and what this means for regional cooperation or competition and U.S. nuclear energy and nonproliferation policy in Asia.
Rescuing Science from Civilisation: On Joseph Needham's 'Asiatic Mode of (Knowledge) Production
The UCLA Center for Chinese Studies presents a talk by Kapil Raj from School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences in Paris, focusing on Joseph Needham and the history of Chinese science.
LRCCS Noon Lecture Series ~ Is Lying Contagious? Spatial Diffusion of Agricultural “Satellites” During China’s Great Leap Forward
The University of Michigan's Center for Chinese Studies presents a talk by Hongwei Xu on Agricultural Satellites during the Great Leap Forward.
Berkeley-Stanford Graduate Student Conference in Modern Chinese Humanities
The 8th annual Berkeley-Stanford Graduate Student Conference in Modern Chinese Humanities focuses on modern Chinese cultural production.
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January 4, 2024
We note the passing of many prominent individuals who played some role in U.S.-China affairs, whether in politics, economics or in helping people in one place understand the other.
Events
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?