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.
USC Heads to China
July 6, 2023
President Folt Engages with Alumni
USC has long enrolled students from China and many have become leaders in a variety of fields. Among the most notable was Lei Jieqiong 雷洁琼, who earned a master's degree at USC in 1931 in sociology and helped to create the field in China. She later served as vice-mayor of Beijing, and USC President Sample visited her in 2006. In recent decades, Chinese students became the largest contingent of international students. USC now has thousands of alumni in the region and collaborative research and teaching programs with a number of universities. Last week, USC President Carol Folt visited Shanghai, Hong Kong and Taipei to celebrate this history and to connect with alumni and the families of current students.
Chinese students have historically had a large presence on campus, and it is a trend that President Folt hopes will continue. According to President Folt, "China boasts excellent universities and talented, hard working students. We welcome Chinese students to pursue their studies at USC. We have full confidence in the educational collaboration between China and the United States."
The data above is from the USC Office of International Services. It does not include students from Hong Kong or Taiwan. In 2021, USC had 97 students from the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and 405 students from Taiwan. In 2021, some 290,086 students from China were studying in the U.S., a big drop from the 372,532 students here in fall 2019.
The Impact of Zero-Covid in China
The Guiyang bus crash in China in September 2022 exposed the human cost of the "zero-COVID policy" implemented in the country. The incident, resulting in 27 deaths, provoked outrage among Chinese residents on social media. Some individuals have opted to emigrate, referred to as "running," to evade the policy's severe measures and adverse repercussions. Read Gloria Guo’s article on the subject here.
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October 20, 2024
October 20, 2024
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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Events
Wednesday, November 20, 2024 - 3:00pm
Hosted by USC Annenberg Office of International Affairs, enjoy food, drink and conversation with fellow international students.
Thursday, November 7, 2024 - 4:00pm
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.