The US-China Education Trust has successfully concluded the 2025 Students Finding Common Ground program, which brought together American and Chinese students to explore pressing areas of collaboration amid ongoing strategic competition and tensions between the two countries. Students Finding Common Ground—US-China Collaborative Projects in An Era of Strategic Competition engaged thirty-two students, selected through a…
The US-China Education Trust (USCET) has championed the role of educational exchange in building mutual understanding and cooperation between the United States and China. From the earliest days of normalized relations, student and scholar exchanges have served as a cornerstone of bilateral engagement, fostering the kind of person-to-person connections that promote peace and reduce conflict.…
“We want the economies, political systems, and societies [of our two countries] to become so closely connected that conflict and confrontation are no longer even thinkable, much less doable. The relationship, while certainly not friction-free, and surely not without competition, should be free of the dangers of the great power rivalry which once threatened the…
On April 25, USCET hosted its final meeting of the 2025 Students Finding Common Ground program. Each of the four project teams, co-presented by an American and a Chinese student, shared their semester-long collaborations on topics including public health, education, peace and conflict resolution, and environmental sustainability. After each presentation, mentors and advisors provided thoughtful…
On April 10, 2025, USCET welcomed a student delegation from Gettysburg College as part of our ongoing efforts to support American student interest in China. The delegation included around 20 students from various majors who are currently enrolled in Chinese language and Chinese culture and society courses. Three faculty members, Professor Junjie Luo, Jing Li,…
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…
“To effectively craft American policy toward China, the United States must ensure access to the best information about China and a pipeline of top talent with the requisite expertise to interpret it.” On February 27, 2025, USCET Executive Director Rosie Levine presented her paper, “Investing in America’s China Expertise: Lessons from the CSCPRC,” during the…
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…
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…
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…
