USCET is pleased to announce the first China DataViz Competition in China on March 18th, 2019, the fourth in a series of USCET data journalism competitions in China. The theme of the competition is: “Understand the world in data.” More than 50 universities around the world and 100 institutions are expected to participate in the…
USCET celebrated Chinese New Years with GWU’s Elliott School of International Affairs by co-hosting a book launch and signing event for the award-winning Asian American author and activist Helen Zia. Zia’s latest book, Last Boat out of Shanghai, follows the gripping real life stories of four young people who fled from Shanghai during the mass exodus…
Lv Yan is the Director of Data Journalism Department of The Paper （澎湃新闻）. She was one of our trainers of our Fudan University Workshop in 2018. Q. What’s the biggest challenge in becoming a data journalist? How did you overcome it? I think the challenges can be summed up in two ways: (1) new technology,…
The US-China Education Trust (USCET) in association with Meridian International Center hosted an engaging discussion earlier this week in celebration of USCET’s 20th Anniversary and International Education Week. The International Education and Exchange: Building Bridges in Times of Turbulence program held on November 13 explored the importance and impact of exchange on US-China relations. The…
A delegation from the US-China Education Trust (USCET) and Beijing Foreign Studies University (BFSU) joined other Americanists in Atlanta, Georgia earlier this month to attend the 2018 edition of the American Studies Association’s Annual Meeting. Each year scholars, teachers, students, activists, and artists come together to share interdisciplinary research on US culture and history in…
Event Date November 13, 2018 8:30am to 12:00pm Location 1630 Crescent Place, NW Washington DC, DC 20009 United States Description Join USCET as we celebrate International Education Week 2018 and our 20th anniversary on November 13, 2018 from 8:30am to 12pm for a panel discussion highlighting the importance of international education and exchange in US-China…
Yaru Wen is a news reporter at China Global Television Network (CGTV) in Beijing. She is an alumnus of USCET’s data journalism workshop last year Q: What is your view of data journalism as a news reporter? A: I think that data can better help us evaluate the direction of a story. By looking at…
In early November, the US-China Education Trust (USCET) and East China Normal University (ECNU) hosted a special 15th anniversary edition of the popular American Studies Network (ASN) Conference in Shanghai. The two-day event included an array of prominent speakers and panel discussions around the theme, The Impact of Education Exchange on US-China Relations: Yesterday, Today,…
Award-winning authors Shirley Lim and Karen Yamashita held a series of lectures and discussion sessions in Shanghai and Beijing last month as part of USCET’s continuing Asian American Author Series. The two authors highlighted American diversity and gave Chinese audiences a glimpse of America through the eyes of Asian Americans. Both authors were hosted at…
In late October, the FY Chang and Modern China Customs exhibit opened at the China Customs Museum in Beijing. The exhibit, sponsored by the museum and co-organized by the FY Chang Foundation, commemorates the 90th anniversary of FY Chang as Director General of the Chinese Customs Service. Ambassador Julia Chang Bloch, Chang’s daughter and the…
