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Science and Technology
The Biggest Market by Far: Video Gaming in China
China accounts for over a quarter of the global video game/esports market. Lisa Hanson, who has studied the Chinese market since 2002, will highlight key trends in that market.
Debate: "Should the United States severely restrict Huawei's business?"
This event features a formal debate moderated by CSIS’s Scott Kennedy as well as the subsequent follow-up discussion with the participants and audience about the pros and cons of specific actions toward Huawei and the implications for US-China relations, American foreign policy, and the shape of the global economy.
New Communication Technology and Shanghai: Global and Local
This symposium features leading professors from Fudan University’s School of Journalism. All are also researchers at the school’s Information and Communication Studies Center (复旦大学信息与传播研究中心). They’ll be discussing Shanghai’s past and present, interaction between state and society, and the varying roles of communication in the city’s governance and identity.
Making a Yellow River Delta: An Environmental Drama in Northern Song China
University of California, Los Angeles Center for Chinese Studies hosts a talk by Ling Zhang
Assessing the Impacts of China’s Ongoing Agricultural Modernization Reform Push
University of Washington East Asia Center hosts a talk with Ross Doll on the impacts of China's agricultural modernization.
Modern China Lecture Series: Ryodoraku in New China: Sino-Japanese Medical Exchange in the 1950s and the Role of Machines in East Asian Medical Modernity
The Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies will host Ruth Rogaski to discuss Ryodoraku in China.
China's New Media Dilemma: The Profit in Online Dissent
Has the debate over the role of new communications technology in China's political system really been decided?
Webinar: A Race to Innovate
Please join the USC U.S.-China Institute for a conversation with Gary Reischel.
Deviant Writing and Youth Identity: Representation of Dialects with Chinese Characters on the Internet
University of California, Los Angeles Asia Institute hosts a talk by Jin Liu.
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Featured Articles
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
Ying Zhu looks at new developments for Chinese and global streaming services.
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?