In a recent visit to NYU Shanghai, China, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken underscored the critical role of student exchange programs in strengthening relations between the United States and China. His emphasis on student exchange programs being the “best way” to enhance US-China relations resonates deeply with the core mission of the US-China Education…
Ambassador Julia Chang Bloch, President of the F.Y. Chang Foundation and Executive Chair of the US-China Education Trust, spoke about the life and legacy of her late father, F.Y. Chang, at a program celebrating Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month, co-sponsored by the Renwen Society of the China Institute and the Center on Chinese Education…
Please see links to additional Chinatown resources at the end of this summary. To celebrate AAPI Heritage Month, the US-China Education Trust (USCET) hosted the first in a new series, “Heritage, Culture, and Community” on May 22. The panel focused on challenges for America’s Chinatowns and ways to ensure that they remain a vital part…
Note from President Madelyn Ross May is a season of transitions, with graduations, celebrations, and students starting summer jobs and new careers. This May is also a time of transition at the US-China Education Trust, as I prepare to step down as USCET’s president in June. It is now 45 years since my own graduation from college,…
Agriculture is one of the few sectors in the economy where the way we do business and farming can help solve our planet’s challenge, today and in the future. Dr. Ying Li, Conservation and Agriculture Director at the Nature Conservancy China, made this statement come alive in her information-packed presentation for the Common Ground group. …
Below are updates from our four student group projects as of mid April 2024! Final project presentations will be posted in summer 2024. ————— Common Ground Education Group Update The Common Ground Education Group has recently achieved two main objectives. First, we have been conducting interviews with American students studying in China. To date, we…
The F.Y. Chang Foundation/US-China Education Trust launched an online mentorship program for the inaugural 2023 cohort of the Ambassador Julia Chang Bloch Fellows in Asian Studies on Monday, March 25th. These fellowships aim to nurture the next generation of Asian specialists and leaders in the United States through fostering student research on Asia, with an…
CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENT GROUP MENTORS BIN Hu is an Associate Research Fellow and Director of Research on global climate governance at the Institute of Climate Change and Sustainable Development of Tsinghua University. His main research fields include global climate governance, and environmental and resource economics. His articles have been published widely on the economics of…
On February 8, the US-China Education Trust (USCET) hosted a lively discussion featuring distinguished film trailblazers Shirley Sun, Felicia Lowe, and Robin Lung. The three shared their own experiences, and highlighted the larger issue of Asians making an imprint on the American film industry. This was the seventh episode of USCET’s Asian Women Trailblazers Series,…
The Berger Memorial Fellowship was created to honor the life and legacy of the late Honorable Sandy Berger, National Security Advisor to President Bill Clinton, who was committed to balancing competition with collaboration between the United States and China, even when obstacles seemed insurmountable. Two students from the School of International Studies (SIS)at Peking University…
