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 an in-person panel focused on challenges for America’s Chinatowns and ways to ensure that they remain a vital part of the Asian American community. The event, made possible by the Ruth…
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,…
On Thursday evening, January 11 (January 12 in China), the US-China Education Trust (USCET) and the China Education Association for International Exchange (CEAIE) co-hosted a workshop on increasing opportunities for Americans to study in China. The number of American students in China has dropped dramatically in recent years, and is climbing only slowly post-pandemic. An issue of…
On December 5, USCET hosted a webinar on The Role of Chinese Students in America, featuring four distinguished Americans who arrived in the US as Chinese international students and hosted by USCET President Madelyn Ross. The discussion highlighted themes that emerged from USCET’s recently published report, Three Decades of Chinese Students in America, 1991-2021, developed in partnership…
On September 26th, USCET hosted a webinar discussion on how poetry addresses contemporary socio-political issues. The discussion featured two speakers: Marilyn Chin, an acclaimed poet and Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets, and King-Kok Cheung, USCET’s Special Advisor, a renowned literary critic and Professor of English at UCLA. The conversation was moderated by Wai…
On September 19, USCET hosted a webinar discussion to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Philadelphia Orchestra’s historic journey to China in September 1973, which used the universal language of music to bridge a great divide and begin cultural exchanges between the two nations. This event served as a powerful reminder that, even in times…
The US-China Education Trust (USCET) hosted a discussion on July 27 with two passionate champions of social justice: Daphne Kwok, Vice President of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion of AARP, and Bo Thao-Urabe, Founder and President of Seed Grow Bloom. Between them, these two trailblazing women have decades of experience in organizing and advocating for the rights…
Dr. Min Zhou, Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Asian American Studies at UCLA and newly inducted member of the US National Academy of Sciences, headlined a dynamic USCET webinar May 11. Her talk, focused on the unique demographic and social changes transforming Chinese American communities, was moderated by Professor Cheun Hoe Yow, director of Nanyang…
China’s post 1980s indie filmmakers took center stage at USCET’s Chinese Movie Night and Book Talk, held at George Washington University on the evening of March 28 and cosponsored with the American Mandarin Society (AMS).
This online roundtable convened some two dozen Chinese and American scholars and practitioners of American politics and US-China relations for a candid, discussion of America’s 2022 midterm elections, the new Congress, and implications for American politics and US-China relations. It was co-hosted by the Center for International Security and Strategy (CISS) of Tsinghua University in…
