A food safety factory shutdown has Americans hunting for baby formula. Readying themselves for a covid-19 lockdown, Chinese in Beijing emptied store shelves. Emerging from lockdown, some in Shanghai are visiting well-provisioned markets. U.S.-China agricultural trade is booming, but many are still being left hungry. Food security, sustainability and safety remain issues.
Science and Technology
Fiery Cinema: The Emergence of an Affective Medium in China, 1915–1945
UC Berkeley Center for Chinese Studies hosts a talk with Mary Ann Doane
HOLLYWOOD meets CHINA meets TECH
Silicon Dragon presents its second annual Los Angeles conference.
Networking China: The Digital Transformation of the Chinese Economy
The University of Pennsylvania Center for the Study of Contemporary China presents a lecutre by Yu Hong, Assistant Professor of Communication & Journalism, University of Southern California.
China in the 21st Century: Why History Still Matters
The George Washington University Sigur Center hosts a talk by co-authors of the book, China in the 21st Century: What Everyone Needs to Know.
Modern China Lecture: Sigrid Schmalzer
The Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies presents a lecture by Associate Professor Sigrid Schmalzer of the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
Film Screening: DNA Dreams
Part of the film series "Being Human in a Biotech Age," the University of California, Berkeley hosts a screening of DNA Dreams
Censored: Distraction and Diversion Inside China's Great Firewall
The University of Pennsylvania's Center for the Study of Contemporary China hosts Margaret Roberts for a discussion on how effective Chinese censorship can be, despite its sometimes easy workarounds.
Large-Scale Text Analysis of Japanese and Chinese Literature: An Introduction to Text Mining for Humanists
Stanford University Center for Spatial and Textual Analysis hosts a workshop on automated text analysis using Chinese and Japanese literature.
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European views toward China are not uniform. Europeans recognize China's economic prowess and clearly favor continued ties, but majorities in much of Europe now have a negative view towards China.
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Tensions evident in the recent European Union-China virtual summit reflect the increasing skepticism in Europe toward China and the worries over Ukraine and economic ties as well as human rights and environmental issues.