Rosie Levine Rosie Levine is a senior program analyst working on the China program at the United States Institute of Peace. She joined USIP after four years at the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations, a New York City-based non-profit. In this role, Levine was responsible for the Public Intellectuals Program where she designed and implemented…
The Future of America’s Chinatowns: An Evening with Trailblazer Grace Young and Friends
Celebrate AAPI month with food, culture, and community! Join the US-China Education Trust and friends on May 22 for a lively discussion and light supper at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, located at the vibrant nexus between Washington, DC’s Chinatown and downtown. We will honor Trailblazer Grace Young, renowned Chinese cultural historian, author, and activist…
HYBRID EVENT | A Father’s Legacy: Trailblazers in Diplomacy and International Education
To commemorate the Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month, the Renwen Society at China Institute, the Center on Chinese Education at Teachers College, Columbia University, and the US-China Education Trust are pleased to invite you to an insightful afternoon featuring Ambassador Julia Chang Bloch. The event will be held both virtually and in-person on Saturday, May…
Ying Li: Regenerating A Food Future From The Ground Up
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. …
Common Ground Project Blogs
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…
Update on Inaugural Ambassador Julia Chang Bloch Fellows in Asian Studies
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…
Students Finding Common Ground: Introducing Project Mentors
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…
Event Recap – Asian Americans Making an Imprint on Film Industry
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,…
2023-2024 Samuel “Sandy” R. Berger Memorial Fellowship Awards Ceremony Held
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…
Students Finding Common Ground
The US-China Education Trust, in cooperation with Tsinghua University and George Washington University, has launched a new project to bring American and Chinese students together, working on areas where US-China cooperation is urgently needed in an era of competition and tension between the two countries. Students Finding Common Ground—US China Collaborative Projects in An Era…