We were thrilled to host another cohort of the 2024 Lingnan Chan Fellows. The final reception is this Friday, December 6th, and we can’t wait to celebrate their research. We are sad to see them go but are so proud of what they have accomplished!
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This weekend, USC’s US-China Institutes interns Taylor and Sunny went on an outing with the Chan Fellows!
Hosted by the USC US- China Institute, the Lingnan W.T. Chan Fellowship provides Lingnan University students with leadership opportunities through service learning and intercultural experiences in the U.S. from August to January. Fellows live with host families, work with LA nonprofits, and participate in seminars, cultural events, and leadership training, fostering a lifelong commitment to service.
For more information about the Chan Fellows, follow this link: https://china.usc.edu/lingnan-wt-chan-fellowships-program
Meet Sunny, one of the U.S.-China Institute’s interns! Sunny helps manage @uschina_today and works with staff to complete projects around the office.
Introducing Vicki! Vicki is our program manager in the US U.S.-China Institute. She helps support all engagement activities, student programming and more. We can’t wait for you to see what activities she has in store!
Revisiting Kissinger's Secret Trip to Beijing
It's been 50 years since Kissinger's trip, which paved the way for normalized relations between the U.S. and the People's Republic of China. Click to see the USC U.S.-China Institute's collection of resources on his trip and Nixon's subsequent visit: https://china.usc.edu/revisiting-kissingers-secret-trip
Getting Beyond The Noise About China’s Economy
Led by David Barboza, distinguished New York Times journalist, a group of veteran journalists have created The Wire China, an online publication featuring in-depth investigative reporting on Chinese business and economic trends. Contributing writers are stationed around the globe and many of them have years of experience covering China and its evolving relationship with the rest of the world. The publication also plans to sell access to data generated by its team of journalists, researchers and engineers. We’ll talk with David Barboza about the challenges of reporting on China and what makes The Wire China approach unique.
David Barboza started as an intern for the New York Times before being hired as a staff writer in 1997. He is best known for his work as Shanghai bureau chief from 2008 to 2015. In 2012, he wrote about the $2.7 billion fortune accumulated by the family of Wen Jiabao, China’s premier. This corruption exposé was denounced by China’s government which subsequently blocked the paper’s English and Chinese language websites. It earned Barboza the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for international reporting. That same year, he was also part of the team producing the “iEconomy” series, which received the Pulitzer Prize for explanatory journalism. Earlier, Barboza was among the Times’ reporters earning the Grantham Prize for environmental reporting (“Choking on Growth,” 2008) and was on another team documenting another group that was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize (Enron scandal, 2002). Some of his other business reporting was recognized with awards from the Society of American Business Editors and Writers. In 2016, he was a Knight Visiting Fellow at the Nieman Foundation. Barboza told the story of his work on the Wen family finances in the “Follow the Money” of the USC U.S.-China Institute’s Assignment:China series.
The Myth Of Chinese Capitalism
The USC U.S.-China institute presents a webcast with award-winning journalist Dexter Roberts. His new book explores the reality behind today’s financially-ascendant China and pulls the curtain back on how the Chinese manufacturing machine is actually powered.
Hong Kong on the Brink
The rise of Hong Kong is the story of a miraculous post-War boom, when Chinese refugees flocked to a small British colony, and, in less than fifty years, transformed it into one of the great financial centers of the world. The unraveling of Hong Kong, on the other hand, shatters the grand illusion of China ever having the intention of allowing democratic norms to take root inside its borders. Hong Kong’s people were subjects of the British Empire for more than a hundred years, and now seem destined to remain the subordinates of today’s greatest rising power.
But although we are witnessing the death of Hong Kong as we know it, this is also the story of the biggest challenge to China’s authoritarianism in 30 years. Activists who are passionately committed to defending the special qualities of a home they love are fighting against Beijing’s crafty efforts to bring the city into its fold―of making it a centerpiece of its “Greater Bay Area” megalopolis.
Jeffrey Wasserstrom, one of America’s leading China specialists, draws on his many visits to the city, and knowledge of the history of repression and resistance, to help us understand the deep roots and the broad significance of the events we see unfolding day by day in Hong Kong. The result is a riveting tale of tragedy but also heroism―one of the great David-versus-Goliath battles of our time, pitting determined street protesters against the intransigence of Xi Jinping.
See the full talk at: https://china.usc.edu/video-jeff-wasserstrom-history-protests-hong-kong
About the Author
Jeffrey Wasserstrom is Chancellor's Professor of History at UC Irvine. He edited the Journal of Asian Studies for a decade. His previous books include Student Protests in Twentieth Century China (Stanford, 1991) and, as co-author, the third edition of China in the 21st Century: What Everyone Needs to Know ( Oxford 2018). In addition to his academic writing, he regularly contributes to popular discussion with articles and op
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