The US-China Education Trust, with support from the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, has launched the working group “Investing in Deeper American Knowledge about China” to address the decline of American graduate students studying and conducting research in China. The project focuses on strengthening pathways for fieldwork and in-country study at a time when security concerns,…
Monday, October 20 | 6:00 – 7:30 PM | Lindner Family Commons, Elliott School of International Affairs, Washington, D.C. Curious about a career in the U.S.-China field? The U.S.-China Education Trust, the US-China Business Council, and the Young Professionals in Foreign Policy invite you to a panel discussion featuring early and mid-career professionals working on…
Thursday, October 16 | 8:00 PM – 9:15 PM | Virtual via Zoom From the ping-pong diplomacy that preceded formal diplomatic ties in the 1970s to the robust educational exchanges that flourished in the reform era in the 1990s, people-to-people connections have provided continuity during periods of political tension in the U.S.-China relationship. Yet in…
On September 22, 2025, the U.S.-China Education Trust (USCET) and the Elliott School of International Affairs (ESIA) hosted an information roundtable on the Ambassador Julia Chang Bloch (JCB) Fellowships in Asian Studies. Two graduate students at GW will be selected as this year’s JCB fellows. Ambassador Julia Chang Bloch, Dean Alyssa Ayres, Professor Robert Sutter,…
On September 19, 2025, the Malaysia-America Society (MAS) and the Southeast Asia Student Network (SEANET) co-hosted a hybrid talk at American University’s School of International Service titled “A Lifetime in Public Service: An Immigrant’s Journey from Peace Corps Volunteer in Malaysia to U.S. Ambassador in Nepal.” The lecture was delivered by Ambassador Julia Chang Bloch,…
On September 15, 2025, USCET and the Sigur Center for Asian Studies celebrated the opening of the USCET Reading Room, a new resource hub for students and researchers of US-China relations on the 5th floor of the Elliot School of International Affairs at George Washington University (1957 E St NW). Earlier this summer, the National…
On September 9, 2025, USCET and the Sigur Center for Asian Studies co-hosted the latest installment of its China Connection series, “Chinese Encounters with America: Profiles of Changemakers Who Shaped China.” The panel discussion featured Terry Lautz, co-editor of Americans in China: Encounters with the People’s Republic, alongside chapter authors Emily Wilcox, director of Chinese…
On August 19, USCET presented an online webinar – “Bridging Generations of U.S.-China Education Exchange: Chinese Scholars to America” – as the latest installment of the China Connections series and the second session of a two-part webinar series on U.S.-China education exchange. Chinese scholars from different generations shared their experiences studying in the United States.…
On July 16, USCET hosted the latest installment of our China Connection series, “Bridging Generations of U.S.-China Education Exchange: American Scholars to China.” The event featured Peter Hessler, staff writer at The New Yorker; Susan Shirk, director emeritus at UC San Diego; and Savannah Billman, senior digital communications associate at the National Committee on U.S.-China…
Tuesday, September 9 | 5:30 – 7:00 PM in the Lindner Family Commons, Elliott School of International Affairs, Washington DC The U.S.-China Education Trust and GW’s Sigur Center invite you to a conversation with the co-editor and contributors to the new publication, Chinese Encounters with America: Journeys That Shaped the Future of China (published by…
