Happy Lunar New Year from the USC US-China Institute!
Religion
The Presence of the Past in Today`s China
Bowers Museum presents Session II of "Understanding China: Past & Present."
Wu, Leaving for the Rising Sun: Chinese Zen Master Yinyuan and the Authenticity Crisis in Early Modern East Asia, 2015
Jiang Wu's book was reviewed for the History of Asia discussion list by Stefania Travagnin and is reprinted here via Creative Commons license.
Good Confucians Behaving Badly: Thoughts on the Vulnerability of Integrity
The East Asian Studies Center at the Indiana University presents a talk with Michael Ing.
Film Screening: "The 10 Conditions of Love"
The National Endowment for Democracy presents a screening of The 10 Conditions of Love.
Contemporary Confucianism and the Global Order
The Carolina Asia Center hosts a discussion with Stephen Angle on the values of Confucianism in today's society
Buddhism and Liao Dynasty Tombs at Xuanhua
UCLA's Asia Institute presents a talk on Buddhism and Liao Dynasty tombs by Professor Qingquan Li of Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts.
Rugs and Ritual in Tibetan Buddhism
Thirty works dedicated to the enactment of Tibetan Vajrayana Buddhism, focusing on Tibetan tantric rugs as the seats of power employed by practitioners of esoteric Buddhism, will form this installation at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.
Tibetan Sacred Landscape: Its Magical Creatures and Where to Find Them
Charles Ramble (Oxford Univerity and the Sorbonne) will visit CU Boulder to deliver a lecture on "Tibetan Sacred Landscape: Its Magical Creatures and Where to Find Them."
Revisiting White-Haired Girl: Women, Gender and Religion in Communist Revolutionary Propaganda
Harvard's Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies hosts Xiaofei Kang as part of the Chinese Religions Seminar.
Tragedy in Crimson: How the Dalai Lama Conquered the World but Lost the Battle with China
Author Tim Johnson will give a book talk at the University of Washington.
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Featured Articles
January 4, 2024
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
Thursday, March 21, 2024 - 4:00pm PST
Ying Zhu looks at new developments for Chinese and global streaming services.
Tuesday, March 19, 2024 - 4:00pm
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?