Tuesday, July 29 | 8:00 – 9:30 pm ET Online via Zoom The U.S.-China Education Trust will feature three Americans who spent time in China to reflect on their experiences abroad, and how their time overseas and educational exchange strengthened and transformed their understanding and impacted the bilateral relationship. Peter Hessler, Staff writer at the…
On June 16, USCET hosted the latest installment of our China Connection series, “From China to Southeast Asia: Jeffrey Wasserstrom in Conversation with Evan Osnos.” This event brought together historian Jeffrey Wasserstrom and The New Yorker’s Evan Osnos for a dynamic dialogue on protest, history, and the evolving landscape of reporting on China. The conversation…
Announcement from USCET USCET is pleased to welcome two new members to our Advisory Council. Their appointments reinforce our mission to foster U.S.-China understanding through education and will bring extensive expertise and knowledge to USCET’s leadership. Ambassador Craig Allen is a Senior Counselor at The Cohen Group and Senior Fellow at the Asia Society Center for China Analysis. Craig previously served…
On May 22, USCET partnered with the Women’s Foreign Policy Group (WFPG) to present “Past, Present, and Future of U.S.-China Policy” as part of USCET’s China Connection series. The event was moderated by Wenchi Yu, host of DC Insiders at TaiwanPlus, the conversation featured Mercy Kuo, Senior Contributing Author at The Diplomat, and Yun Sun,…
The US-China Education Trust has successfully concluded the 2025 Students Finding Common Ground program, which brought together American and Chinese students to explore pressing areas of collaboration amid ongoing strategic competition and tensions between the two countries. Students Finding Common Ground—US-China Collaborative Projects in An Era of Strategic Competition engaged thirty-two students, selected through a…
The US-China Education Trust (USCET) has championed the role of educational exchange in building mutual understanding and cooperation between the United States and China. From the earliest days of normalized relations, student and scholar exchanges have served as a cornerstone of bilateral engagement, fostering the kind of person-to-person connections that promote peace and reduce conflict.…
Friday, June 13 | 3:30 – 5:00 pm in the Lindner Family Commons, Elliott School of International Affairs, Washington DC The US-China Education Trust invites you to a conversation with acclaimed historian Jeffrey Wasserstrom as he discusses his latest work, The Milk Tea Alliance, with Evan Osnos, award-winning staff writer at The New Yorker. This…
Thursday, May 22 | 5:30 – 7:00 pm in the Lindner Family Commons, Elliott School of International Affairs, Washington DC The U.S.-China Education Trust and the Women’s Foreign Policy Group invite you to a panel discussion featuring leading Asian American women at the forefront of U.S.-China policy. Yun Sun, Senior Fellow and Director of the China…
“We want the economies, political systems, and societies [of our two countries] to become so closely connected that conflict and confrontation are no longer even thinkable, much less doable. The relationship, while certainly not friction-free, and surely not without competition, should be free of the dangers of the great power rivalry which once threatened the…
On April 25, USCET hosted its final meeting of the 2025 Students Finding Common Ground program. Each of the four project teams, co-presented by an American and a Chinese student, shared their semester-long collaborations on topics including public health, education, peace and conflict resolution, and environmental sustainability. After each presentation, mentors and advisors provided thoughtful…
