On February 22nd, Ambassador Julia Chang Bloch, President of USCET, participated in the Lanting Forum on “Shared Renewal: Recoupling East and West” co-sponsored by the China Public Diplomacy Association, Peking University, and Renmin University. Over fifty former politicians, experts and scholars from both China and the United States participated in the hybrid (online and offline)…
Washington, D.C. – On January 25, 2021, Kurt Campbell, former Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs and former USCET Advisory Council member, assumed the position of Deputy Assistant to the President and White House Coordinator for Indo-Pacific Affairs on the National Security Council. The US-China Education Trust congratulates Kurt Campbell on…
USCET continues our work in supporting women’s leadership in China by organizing workshops that strengthen the skills of female media professionals, building transferable career competencies and helping them to advance in their fields.
USCET Founder and President Ambassador Julia Chang Bloch served as the moderator of a webinar discussion for the Council of American Ambassadors (CAA) on November 12, focusing on “The Future of U.S.-China Relations.” This webinar was part of CAA’s first ever virtual Fall Conference, with the theme of “The U.S.-China Relationship: Perceptions and Misperceptions.” As…
Join the Chinese American Museum DC for a discussion about the documentary, First Vote, a character-driven verité documentary about a diverse cross section of politically engaged Chinese American voters. The film weaves individual stories of first-time voting and electoral organizing from the presidential election of 2016 to the 2018 midterms and explores the intersection of immigration, voting rights and racial…
USCET and Peking University School of International Studies hosted a virtual awards ceremony for the first cohort of fellows receiving the “Sandy” Berger Memorial Fellowship. The Sandy Berger Memorial Fellowship was founded to celebrate the life and legacy of the late Honorable “Sandy” Berger, former National Security Advisor to President Bill Clinton, who demonstrated a…
USCET Founding President Ambassador Julia Chang Bloch participated as a panelist in the Chinese American Museum’s first webinar event of their Pauline L. Tsui “Women in Leadership” series on Tuesday, September 22, 2020. The series is named in honor of the late Pauline Woo Tsui, founder of the Organization of Chinese American Women (OCAW), of…
The Trump administration’s executive order banning WeChat, the popular Chinese social networking platform, caused massive outrage among the Chinese diaspora and business community in the United States. In recent days, the executive order has come under fire for violating the right to receive foreign speech and faced legal challenges. Former USCET intern and practicing Washington…
USCET Advisory Council member, David Michael Lampton, recently published an op-ed about the ending of the Fulbright Program in Mainland China and Hong Kong in the South China Morning Post. Click here for the full article.
Port Townsend, Washington – home to US-China Education Trust Advisory Council Member Dr. Robert (Bob) Kapp, like much of America, was not well-prepared to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic. Thanks to his friend of many years, another USCET Advisory Council member Changan Tien and the latter’s generosity, Port Townsend’s only hospital – Jefferson Healthcare (JHC) became better…
