USCET Founding President, Ambassador Julia Chang Bloch, was profiled in AmCham China’s Quarterly where she discussed the current state of US-China educational exchanges. In the article, Ambassador Bloch expresses her concerns with US-China government relations and the increasing pressures Chinese international students face while studying in the United States. However, she takes on an optimistic…
The late Honorable “Sandy” Berger, former National Security Advisor to President Bill Clinton, demonstrated a strong commitment to balancing competition with collaboration between the United States and China, even when the obstacles seemed insurmountable. USCET believes that people-to-people ties have long lasting impact that can help build a more constructive bilateral relationship. USCET, therefore, has…
The 13th round of China-U.S. trade talks wrapped up in Washington and U.S. President Donald Trump met with Chinese Vice Premier Liu He, and urged both sides to finalize the text of the deal at an early date and move forward with future negotiations. To help China Global Television Network Group (CGTN) make sense of…
Ambassador Julia Chang Bloch was featured in This is America & The World with Dennis Wholey to speak about the power of international education and exchange in US-China relations. Over a third of a million Chinese international students live in the United States, contributing nearly $13 billion annually to the American economy according to NAFSA: Association of…
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…
Ambassador Julia Chang Bloch was inducted into the Business Excellence Institute’s Hall of Fame earlier this month. A special ceremony honoring the Ambassador as well as two other inductees was held at the Shelbourne Hotel in Dublin, Ireland on April 19, 2018. Ambassador Bloch was recognized for her distinguished career in public service as well…
In Mid-March the US-China Education Trust (USCET) welcomed more than 50 friends and supporters to an Appreciation Luncheon and panel discussion to highlight USCET’s 20 years of work in promoting US-China relations through education and exchange. The program included special remarks from the Honorable Elaine L. Chao, Secretary of Transportation and a long-time friend of…
USCET congratulates Chinese American journalist and writer Helen Zia on being selected this year’s Lifetime Achievement Award winner. Zia is one of the featured authors in USCET’s ongoing Asian American Author Series. In 2017, USCET invited Zia to speak at a number of locations in China including at InfoUSA@BFSU in Beijing, Sichuan University and Sichuan…
20th Anniversary ASN Conference held at BFSU in Beijing —Supported by the U.S. Embassy and the Henry Luce Foundation Connecting People, Cultures, and Ideas: Re-examining Sino-American Exchange Beijing | October 25-27, 2024 The US-China Education Trust (USCET) and Beijing Foreign Studies University (BFSU) co-sponsored the 2024 American Studies Network conference on the campus of BFSU…
