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.
Security
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.
Video: The Rise of China and Asian Americans
A panel discussion on how the growth of the Asian American community in the U.S. impacts the country's leadership in business, trade, science and technology.
Increasing Military Spending
Global military expenditure rose 2.6% last year. The U.S. and China outspend the rest of the world.
U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, Chinese Companies Listed on Major U.S. Stock Exchanges, May 5, 2021
The U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission was created by the United States Congress in October 2000 with the legislative mandate to monitor, investigate, and submit to Congress an annual report on the national security implications of the bilateral trade and economic relationship between the United States and the People’s Republic of China, and to provide recommendations, where appropriate, to Congress for legislative and administrative action.
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.
Congressional Research Service, South China Sea Disputes, Feb. 2, 2021
This CRS report was written by Ben Dolven, Susan Lawrence and Ronald O'Rourke.
Congressional Research Service, Illicit Fentanyl and China's Role, Jan. 29, 2021
This short CRS report was written by Liana Rosen and Susan Lawrence.
Biden's China Team
How will the Biden administration work with, or against, China? We look at the views of his Cabinet nominees to get an idea.
Video: David Shambaugh on the US and China in Southeast Asia
David Shambaugh spoke on his new book focusing on the United States and China in one of the world's most dynamic regions.
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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.