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Art
Divided Attentions: Screening of "The Worlds of Bernice Bing"
The Asia Society, the Asian American Women Artists Association (AAWAA), Asian Art Museum (AAM), and Center for Asian American Media (CAAM) are pleased to present The Worlds of Bernice Bing, a documentary short film illuminating the life and times of visionary artist, Bernice Bing (a.k.a. Bingo) —fine artist, community activist, lesbian, and Asian American.
BX for CTS: Transpacific Cultural Politics in Contemporary Time-Based Art
The USC Center for Transpacific Studies hosts Professor Meiling Cheng, who will discuss her new book, Beijing Xingwei: Contemporary Chinese Time-Based Art
Chinese Art in an Age of Revolution: Fu Baoshi (1904–1965)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art presents work by Fu Baoshi.
Ferocious Beauty: Wrathful Deities from Tibet and Nepal
The Art Walters Museum exhibit, "Ferocious Beauty," presents striking works of Himalayan art depict wrathful Buddhist deities with fearsome qualities.(November 13, 2016 - April 16, 2017)
Front Row: Chinese American Designers and Shanghai Glamour: New Women 1910s-40s
The Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) will open a new season of exhibits on Chinese fashion.
Artful Reproductions
The Seattle Art Museum presents an exhibition that features pairs and sets of similar objects.
Cave Temples of Dunhuang: Buddhist Art on China's Silk Road
The Getty Research Institute presents a collection of artifacts from the Mogao caves which bore witness to the intense religious, artistic, and cultural exchanges along the Silk Road, the trade routes linking East and West.
Screening: Bullet in the head (John Woo, 1990)
One of a series of film events in Woo Week 2012: BULLET IN THE HEAD
Climate Change at High Altitudes
While the United Nations General Assembly discusses climate change, Ian Teh and David Breashears will present their photography from the frontiers of this global environmental crisis, in an evening discussion with Orville Schell, Arthur Ross Director of the Center on U.S.-China Relations.
Culture and Politics in "Ink Art: Past as Present in Contemporary China"
The Metropolitan Museum of Art presents a gallery talk to discuss the political issues address in the upcoming exhibition "Ink Art"
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Featured Articles
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
Ying Zhu looks at new developments for Chinese and global streaming services.
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?