Happy Lunar New Year from the USC US-China Institute!
Politics
Intimate Politics: Marriage, the Market, and State Power in Southeastern China
Sara Friedman (Indiana University) explores the customs of eastern Hui'an residents, women in particular, as an anomaly among rural Han.
Will Xi Merely Follow? Cross-Straits Policy Succession Under China’s New Leaders
Stanford University's Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law (CDDRL) presents a talk by Bruce Gilley on cross-straits policy succession under China's new leaders.
Political Reform in China
The Rice University Baker Institute of Public Policy presents a panel of four experts discussing the current state of reforms in China.
Recent Developments in China's Naval Modernization and Foreign Policy Activism
Yoji Koda and Robert Ross will speak on China's naval modernization and foreign policy at Harvard University.
EASC Special Film Screening: "Imported From China (2013)"
Indiana University East Asian Studies Center hosts a screening of "Imported From China"
Book Talk -- Middle Kingdom and Empire of the Rising Sun: Sino-Japanese Relations, Past, and Present
The Foreign Policy Research Institute will host a book talk with June Teufel Dreyer to discuss her book on the geopolitics of China and Japan.
Film Screening: Drug War
Indiana University's East Asian Studies Center will be presenting Johnnie To’s 2013 film Drug War as part of the East Asian Film Series
Rising Inequality in China: Challenges to a Harmonious Society
Stanford University presents a discussion with Professor Terry Sicular on China's rising inequality.
Christine Wong, "Financing Local Government in China: Challenges in the Era after Hu Jintao and Wen Jiabao"
This event is part of the Fairbank Center's "Critical Issues Confronting China" seminar.
Ian Johnson on Sparks, his new book on China's Underground Historians
Throughout its history, the Chinese Communist Party has sought to dictate what is written and taught about its past. And some have always found ways to offer a fuller picture of what they and others have experienced.
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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?