China, Globalization and the Environment
Globalization has increased dependencies between countries.
Lectures and Talks
Changzhou Workers Wellness Project
Design health initiatives with participation from migrant workers.
US-China Trade and Business Relations
U.S. China trade peaked in 2016-2017 and is now slowing down.
Searching for the Source of China’s Human Capital Crisis
Dr. Rozelle describes how the lack of good early childhood education, together with poor nutrition, is preventing China’s rural youth from reaching their full potential.
U.S.-China Relations 2018
Mr. Dube gives a update of U.S.-China Relations, mostly in the area of trade.
Legal Reform in China: New Opportunities and New Challenges
Mr. Smith presents China’s development of civil law as well as the foundations from which these laws were developed.
Neighbors
Mr. Schmitz elaborates on selected people that were discussed in his book “Street of Eternal Happiness: Big City Dreams Along a Shanghai Road.”
Religious Revival in China
Dr. Madsen discusses the growth, or revival, of spiritual beliefs and practices in China which are neither “religious” nor “secular”
Contemporary China as Reflected Through Its Cinema
Ms. Yang discusses the incredible expansion in movie making in China as well as in the US, in the last few years, to attract the Chinese audience.
The Chinese and American Education Systems
Dr. Frank Chong discusses trends in student demographics, college readiness, technology, and growth of for-profits colleges in the U.S., in contrast to the Chinese Educational system. (See Lenora Chu’s talk on the Chinese Education System.)