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How Taipei tries to make public transit safe
June 25, 2020
Packed trains and buses are the perfect place for viruses to spread. Cities in the U.S. are looking to Taipei as an example of what to do right.
Shanghai Cell Therapy Group launches collaboration with USC researcher to improve the ex vivo expansion of hematopoietic stem cells for clinical applications
June 12, 2020
Originally published by the USC Keck School of Medicine on June 12, 2020.
Video: Conversation with Gary Reischel
May 22, 2020
Gary Rieschel, founder of Qiming Venture Partners, takes a look at how innovative China has been and how the US-China rivalry may spur or stifle innovation.
Congressional Research Service, Covid-19 and China: A Chronology of Events, May 13, 2020
May 13, 2020
This report by the non-partisan CRS was written by Susan V. Lawrence.
Video: Tom Narins on Sovereignty and the Belt and Road Initiative
April 23, 2020
Professor Tom Narins from the University at Albany (SUNY Albany) on how the Belt and Road Initiative illustrates ways that sovereignty works that conventional international relations fail to account for.
Scientists collaborate despite politics
April 16, 2020
A wave of nationalism from government leaders threatens to halt the global collaboration to find a vaccine for COVID-19.
Family of USC freshman donates 100,000 face masks to Keck Medicine of USC
April 10, 2020
Xiang-Rong Wang donated 100,000 isolation masks to USC health care workers. He was motivated to give to Keck Medicine because his daughter, Sofie Wang, is a freshman at USC.
U.S. State Department, The PRC’s Military-Civil Fusion Strategy, March 12, 2020
March 12, 2020
This is a transcript of a background press briefing done at the U.S. State Department in Washington, D.C. The briefing comes amidst heightened tensions in the U.S.-China relationship.
U.S. Department of Justice, Huawei and its CFO Meng Wanzhou Charged with Financial Fraud, Jan. 28, 2019
February 11, 2020
Meng Wangzhou 孟晚舟was detained by Canadian authorities in Vancouver in December 2018 at the request of the U.S. government. Here is the press release about the indictment against the company and Meng Wanzhou. The charging document is also included.
U.S. Dept. of Justice, Chinese Accused of Equifax Hack, Feb. 10, 2020
February 10, 2020
The U.S. Attorney General announced the indictment of four members of the People’s Liberation Army for the 2017 cybertheft of the personal data of millions of people from Equifax, a crediting reporting agency. Included here are his remarks, a press statement about the indictment and a link to the charging document.
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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?