Interviews
Gail Hershatter Discusses Her Book "The Gender of Memory: Rural Women and China's Collective Past"
Gail Hershatter explores changes in the lives of seventy-two elderly women in rural Shaanxi province during the revolutionary decades of the 1950s and 1960s.
Michael Schuman Discusses His Book "Confucius: And the World He Created"
Author Michael Schuman examines the unprecedented resurgence of Confucianism as a significant trend in Chinese politics and culture.
Deborah Brautigam Discusses Her Book "Will Africa Feed China?"
Deborah Bräutigam, one of the world’s leading experts on China and Africa, explores China’s evolving global quest for food security and Africa’s possibilities for structural transformation.
Mei Fong Discusses Her Book "One Child: The Story Of China's Most Radical Experiment"
Mei Fong, a Pulitzer winning author and former USC Annenberg professor, examines the origins of China's one child policy and some of its unintended consequences through a narrative-rich story.
Andrew Scobell Discusses His Book "PLA Influence on China's National Security Policymaking"
Andrew Scobell seeks to assess the "real" relationship between the PLA and its civilian masters by moving beyond media and pundit speculation to mount an in-depth examination and explanation of the PLA's role in national security policy-making.
Louisa Lim Discusses her book "The People's Republic of Amnesia: Tiananmen Revisited"
In The People's Republic of Amnesia, Louisa Lim charts how the events of June 4th changed China, and how China changed the events of June 4th by rewriting its own history.
Timothy Heath discusses his book "China's New Governing Party Paradigm"
Timothy Heath, Senior International Defense Research Analyst of The RAND Corporation, discusses the historic context, drivers, and meaning of the governing party paradigm in China.
Brett Sheehan discusses his book "Industrial Eden: A Chinese Capitalist Vision"
Brett Sheehan discusses his new book, which studies the evolution of Chinese capitalism chronicling the fortunes of the Song family of North China under five successive authoritarian governments.
Leta Hong Fincher discusses her book "Leftover Women"
Leta Hong Fincher discusses her book, debunks the popular myth that women have fared well as a result of post-socialist China's economic reforms and breakneck growth. Laying out the structural discrimination against women in China will speak to broader problems with China's economy, politics, and development.
Robert Wells discusses his book "Voices from the Bottom of the South China Sea"
Robert Wells speaks to USCI about his book "Voices from the Bottom of the South China Sea," which tells the true story of a deadly 1874 shipwreck off Southern China that killed hundreds and scattered treasure in the South China Sea.