Speakers
Video: Japanese Consul General Akira Chiba Discusses Japan-China Relations
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Akira Chiba, the Consul General of the Japanese consulate in Los Angeles, examined Japan's relations with China.
Video: Conversation with Ambassador John Negroponte
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A Conversation with Ambassador John Negroponte and Clayton Dube.
Video: Sarah Eaton Discusses Her Recent Study on Populism in China
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Drawing from a nationwide survey conducted in August 2018, Eaton makes the case that a popular populism is alive and well in one-party China.
Leta Hong Fincher on The Feminist Movement in China
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Journalist and scholar Leta Hong Fincher argues in Betraying Big Brother that the popular, broad-based movement poses a unique challenge to China’s authoritarian regime today.
Video: Steve Stecklow Talks about Reporting on Huawei
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Steve Stecklow, whose series of articles prompted the U.S. probe that led to the arrest of Huawei Technologies Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou in Canada, talks about his experiences.
Video: Pedro Loureiro on U.S. Naval Intelligence Assessments Of Prewar China And Japan
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Pedro Loureiro provides an overview on his digital collection of primary sources highlighting the significant role played by Shanghai in support of the US Navy’s Intelligence process in pre-WWII Asia. This is the first in a lecture series titled "Los Angeles and Shanghai: The USC Nexus," co-organized by the USC East Asian Library and USC US-China Institute.
Video: Better Angels Post-Screening Discussion
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USC U.S.-China Institute hosted a screening of Better Angels (善良的天使), a documentary film written and directed by two-time Academy Award winner Malcolm Clarke, with post-screening discussion with co-executive producer David Dreier and producer William Mundell.
Video: China’s Efforts To Build Its Soft Power
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Political scientist Stan Rosen evaluates whether or not China’s soft power has grown in recent years.
Brett Sheehan Examines the Evolution of Chinese Capitalism
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Brett Sheehan looks at the evolution of Chinese capitalism chronicling the fortunes of the Song family of North China under five successive authoritarian governments.