Event Recap: China Connections – Let Only Red Flowers Bloom: A Conversation with Emily Feng

On April 15, 2025, USCET proudly launched our new monthly China Connections series with “Let Only the Red Flowers Bloom: A Conversation with Emily Feng.” This event featured NPR international correspondent Emily Feng, widely recognized for bringing the complexities of modern China to global audiences through her reporting. For the series’ launch, USCET featured Emily…

2025 Students Finding Common Ground March Meeting Highlights

On March 28, USCET hosted its monthly Students Finding Common Ground virtual meeting, convening students, mentors, and advisors from the U.S. and China for the third meeting of the program. The month’s session featured two distinguished guest speakers from the field of public health: Dr. Yanzhong Huang, Senior Fellow for Global Health at the Council…

Students Finding Common Ground 2025: Introducing Project Mentors

PUBLIC HEALTH GROUP MENTOR TANG Bei is a China Forum Expert, and Associate Professor, School of International Relations and Public Affairs, Shanghai International Studies University. He is a distinguished academic and practitioner in the field of public health, with a specialized focus on China’s health policy, international health relations, and global health governance. As an…

Students Finding Common Ground 2025: Introducing Students

PEACE AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION STUDENTS Wang Xingyi is an undergraduate student from the School of Humanities at Tsinghua University. Her work and research experience in international relations includes positions at the United Nations, Chinese and American think tanks, research institutions, and political risk advisory. Xingyi has worked as a Translation/Interpretation Assistant at the Office of…

2025 Students Finding Common Ground

The US-China Education Trust, in cooperation with Tsinghua University and George Washington University, has re-launched the Students Finding Common Ground—US-China Collaborative Projects in An Era of Strategic Competition project for its second iteration in 2025. The project brings American and Chinese students together, working on areas where US-China cooperation is urgently needed in an era…

The Ambassador Julia Chang Bloch Fellowships 2025 Announcement

The Ambassador Julia Chang Bloch Fellowships in Asian Studies About the Fellowships  It is important for America to continue to train future leaders with strong expertise in Asia. To mark its 35th anniversary, the F.Y. Chang Foundation launched the Ambassador Julia Chang Bloch Fellowships in Asian Studies with the support of LiUNA, Laborers’ International Union of…

GW Elliott School Hosts JCB Fellowship Roundtable with Amb. Bloch and Dean Ayres

On September 3, USCET held a roundtable discussion featuring Ambassador Julia Chang Bloch in conversation with Elliott School Dean Alyssa Ayres. The event was attended by 13 GW students with diverse interests in Asia and US-China relations, as well as interest in the Julia Chang Bloch (JCB) Fellowship opportunity, which officially launched at GW this…

Students Finding Common Ground Final Projects

The US-China Education Trust, in cooperation with Tsinghua University and George Washington University, has completed our new projects to bring American and Chinese students together. These projects worked 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…