The US-China Education Trust and Peking University’s Institute for Global Cooperation and Understanding are excited to announce this year’s Samuel “Sandy” R. Berger Memorial Fellows: Ms. WANG Xin and Ms. YANG Jing. Candidates were evaluated based on their research proposals, academic credentials, outside experience, and more. The Sandy Berger Memorial Fellowship was founded to celebrate…
On Wednesday, October 20th, American and Chinese panelists came together for a US-China Roundtable on Innovation and Competition Legislation: 117th Congress. The event opened with speeches from Dr. Liu Limin and Ambassador Julia Chang Bloch, who both spoke about educational exchanges as a “stabilizing force” in the US-China bilateral relationship. The first section of discussion…
On October 7th, Ambassador Julia Chang Bloch participated in the US-Asia Institute’s US-China Regional Dialogue series as a featured panelist, alongside Minister Counselor of Cultural Affairs Zhao Haisheng, from the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China, Jan Berris, Vice President of the National Committee on US-China Relations, and Deborah Lehr, Vice Chairman and Executive…
On June 30th, George Washington University (GW) President Thomas LeBlanc and Anne LeBlanc hosted a dinner to celebrate USCET’s new affiliation with the university at his residence, the historic F Street House in Foggy Bottom. The gathering was joyous, as this commemorative event marked the first in-person function for most of those in attendance. GW…
On June 24th from 12-1pm EDT, Mei Xu will share her story as a successful entrepreneur, global CEO and author of “Burn”. Born in Hangzhou, China, Mei immigrated to the US, and ultimately built and sold a multi-million dollar company (Chesapeake Bay Candle). In line with her passion for women’s global economic empowerment, she most…
On June 3rd, the US-China Education Trust and the Institute for Global Cooperation and Understanding at Peking University hosted the fourth and final session of a series of closed-door webinars focusing on Trilateral Perspectives from the United States, China, and India. This session, Managing Strategic Mistrust, included three presentations from experts in the region and…
On May 27th, the Diplomacy Center Foundation commemorated “50 Years Since Ping-Pong Diplomacy” by hosting a panel discussion through Zoom. Panelists included Robert Daly, Chas W. Freeman, and Ambassador Stapleton Roy. Ambassador Julia Chang Bloch, President of USCET, moderated the discussion. Click here for the event recording.
On May 24th, the Meridian International Center in Washington, DC interviewed Ambassador Julia Chang Bloch, Founding President of USCET, about her perspectives on AAPI month from throughout her life and career. Read the full interview here.
On May 7th, 2021, the US China Education Trust and Institute for Global Cooperation and Understanding at Peking University hosted the third session of a series of closed-door webinars focusing on Trilateral Perspectives from the United States, China, and India. This session, The New Geoeconomics of the Indo-Pacific, engaged three outstanding experts with a long…
Dr. FU Meirong serves as Professor and Director of the American Studies Center at Beijing Foreign Studies University (BFSU) in Beijing. A leader in the field of American Studies in China, the BFSU American Studies Center was founded in 1979 by Frank Tang, a second generation Chinese-American and prominent scholar of US-China relations. Since its…
