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Professor John McIntyre's Obituary
John was a longtime supporter to CRC and friend of many CRC associates. He will be fondly remembered and deeply missed. His memory service is this Thursday, April 2. John's Obituary
Announcements, associate news, media appearances and notes from 25 years of the China Research Center.
John was a longtime supporter to CRC and friend of many CRC associates. He will be fondly remembered and deeply missed. His memory service is this Thursday, April 2. John's Obituary
The Center's annual meeting was held at The Carter Center on September 27th. After the business meeting, several presentations were given: Fei-Ling Wa
The simplified Chinese edition of Professor Fei-Ling Wang's books, The China Trilogy, has now been all published. 中华秩序--中原、世界帝国与中国力量的本质 中国纪录 ---评估中华人民
On November 7th at Georgia Tech and November 8th at The Carter Center, Dr. Chen Jian gave two lectures based on his new book about Zhou Enlai. Dr. Che
China's pursuit of geopolitical influence through patronage transfers such as the BRI has generated significant academic and policy interest. Geopolit
CRC held its annual meeting on Saturday, September 21st hosted by The Carter Center. After the business meeting, three of the Center's associates pres
Academic Fei-Ling Wang notes that many Chinese voters in the US presidential election base their votes on the candidates’ remarks and postures about C
Shanghai Tai Chi (Cambridge University Press, 2023) offers a masterful portrait of daily urban life under socialism in a rich social and political his
In 1997, Marketus Presswood was the only Black student in his language program in Beijing, China. His experience navigating race, culture, and identit
In this book, Dr. Wang analyzes the China Race, the global competition for power and leadership between the US-led West and the People's Republic of C
"The Belt and Road Initiative and China's Pursuit of Agenda-Setting Power," Orbis 67(4): 496-523 ( https://authors.elsevier.com/ a/1hncF6wyHHPWu )
The Center held its annual meeting on September 16th at Kennesaw State University, hosted by the May Gao and Xuepeng Liu.
Dr. Gao's new book summarizes her interviews with 20 SAUPO speakers, advisors, and sponsors regarding business development, leadership, intergeneratio
Jin Yong’s Martial Arts Fiction and the Kungfu Industrial Complex is an analysis of the role of Jin Yong’s stories and characters in the construction of the “kungfu industrial complex”—a complicated...
A new book, The China Record: An Assessment of the People's Republic , by Fei-Ling , is now out by SUNY Press - I just received it. A flyer is attached FYI. This is the sequel to his 2017 book The China Order...
Are you passionate about global affairs and interested in engaging with dedicated individuals from around the country and the world? Apply to be a delegate at the 2023 Duke-UNC China Leadership Summit (CLS) on...
John W. Garver’s New Book “Crossing Borders” follows the author's academic journey to becoming an expert on China's foreign policies and its impact on the global scale. This is the first book in the China...
The US-China Business Council posts an interview with Penny Prime and Hanchao Lu, the first two Directors of the Center. Like many entrepreneurs, Dr. Penelope Prime saw a need and filled it. She observed in...
Special Issue on China and the war in Ukraine We’re delighted to offer something new for China Currents — a special, multimedia issue on China’s response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The issue features...
The podcast link: https://economic-club.com/2022/05/02/us-china-economic-relations-revisited-china-research-center-founding-director-dr-penelope-prime-march-22-2022/ The podcast is also available on iTunes |...
Dr. Yawei Liu, Director of the China Program at The Carter Center and Associate Director of the China Research Center discusses polling results on what Chinese people think about the war in Ukraine with...
China Currents has always been dedicated to peeling back the layers of complexity in the quest to understand contemporary China, and this issue is, in my humble opinion, a shining example of how we do that. In...
Chinese Studies in Motion: Local Experiences in Global Perspective A Conference in Celebration of the 20th Anniversary of the China Research Center Time : Saturday, December 11, 2021 Venue : President’s Suites...
International Chinese Studies Virtual Events Clearing-House provided by the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Harvard University Access URL...
https://youtu.be/THgV2ib6Pbs This online dialogue with China's new ambassador to the United States of America Qin Gang is jointly organized by the Carter Center and the George H. W. Bush Foundation for...
Dr. Yawei Liu, Associate Director of the China Research, published a commentary on the United State Deputy Secretary Wendy Sherman's recent visit to China and its significance to the current US-China...
It is not an understatement to say that the immediate future of the world will hinge largely on how China evolves and interacts with the rest of the world, and in particular the United States. Many questions...
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A report on U.S.-China Relations produced by The Carter Center: "Finding Firmer Ground: The Role of Civil Society and NGOs in U.S.-China Relations" by Dr. Yawei Liu, Senior Advisor on China at The Carter...
Ivan Allen Jr. Legacy Awards Faculty Legacy Award Hanchao Lu Professor of History Hanchao Lu is Professor of History in the School of History and Sociology at Georgia Tech’s Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts...
Economic reform and development in China and China’s rising role in global affairs are reshaping the global system in the 21 st century and fueling an unprecedented social transition within China itself. China...
In this episode we have a review of China's 2020 economic performance and a forecast for 2021 with Dr. Penelope Prime, founding director of the China Research Center. Dr. Prime has 30 years of experience...
Career diplomat and analyst, Susan Thornton, discusses the pros and cons of the Trump Administrations China policies and what the Biden Administration may do. This event was organized by the China Research...
This issue of China Currents features an eclectic mix of topics that would capture more of our attention if the world were not obsessed with the coronavirus pandemic. In that world, U.S.-China relations are...
Dexter Roberts, Sept. 18, 2020: "The Myth of Chinese Capitalism" sponsored by the China Research Center and the Georgia Tech Center for International Business Education and Research...
The Center welcomes our newest Associate, Cecilia Gu: Dr. Qian (Cecilia) Gu’s research interests lie at the intersection of corporate strategy and international business. In particular, she is interested in...
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Making sense out of the current moment is challenging to say the least. The coronavirus pandemic has overtaken and overshadowed everything, which is why this edition of China Currents is dedicated to examining...
The Center's annual lecture this year was given by Dr. Barry Naughton, the So Kwanlok Professor at the School of Global Policy and Strategy, University of California, San Diego. His topic, " China’s Great...
The New York Times, 5 Feb. 2020: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/05/opinion/coronavirus-china-news-journalism.html
This edition of China Currents offers three distinct types of articles. The first group of three essays focuses on China’s expanding relationships in Latin America and the Caribbean. All three were first...
Dr. Mai Cheng is currently a member of the faculty of the Nanchang University School of Law and a leading constitutional scholar of African constitutions and political party law in China. He works at the...
The Breakfast Briefing panel provided the audience with a wide range of perspectives on the fast-moving changes happening in China and with U.S.-China business. The CRC thanks the Georgia State University...
The Center's annual meeting was hosted by Agnes Scott College on September 14, 2019. After the business meeting Dr. Andy Wedeman led a discussion on the current state of U.S.-China relations.
In Vol. 18, No. 1 (2019), CRC associates update what has happened since the publication five years ago of the China Currents special edition examining policy trends under the new Chairmanship of Xi Jinping...
The Hong Kong-based South China Morning Post just published an article by William Zheng on China's policy in its western region of Xinjiang. Fei-Ling Wang was interviewed for it and quoted towards the end of...
The Sixth Annual Meeting of the International Consortium for China Studies , focusing on “The Rise of China and Its Impact on Developing Countries” was co-organized by The International Consortium for China...
“What China wants: 3 things motivating China's position in trade negotiations with the US," by CRC Associate Penelope Prime, has been published in The Conversation. Read it here: http://theconversation.com/...
Applications for the 2020 Taiwan Fellowship will be accepted between May 1 and June 30, 2019. The website http://taiwanfellowship.ncl.edu.tw offer detailed information and online applications. If you have any...
The University of Sydney invites applications for the prestigious Sydney China Visitors program. Brochure 2020 Sydney China Visitors Program Download
13 th China goes Global Conference Globalization, Cooperation and Conflict Redefined Sept 30 - Oct 2, 2019 Rollins College, Orlando, Florida Doctoral Consortium The event : A Doctoral paper development program...
The Center's annual breakfast briefing was held on November 30th at the Atlanta Metro Chamber at 191 Peachtree Street. The event was very well attended and featured the Center's Associate Director, Dr. Yawei...
Vol. 17, No. 2, 2018: This issue of China Currents once again covers a wide swatch of intellectual territory for anyone interested in tracking contemporary China, from the political economy of Chinese...
Dr. Davis presented on "Uneven Urbanization in China" at Georgia Tech and "Weddings in Shanghai" at Emory University. Deborah Davis is Professor Emerita of Sociology at Yale University and a Distinguished...
CRC associate Professor Rongbin Han (University of Georgia) has won the third annual John and Vivian Sabel Award of the best article published in the Journal of Contemporary China . The award-wining article...
CRC Associate and GSU professor, Dr. Maria Repnikova: Home Podcast Sinica Podcast: ‘Critical’ Journalism In China, Explained By Maria Repnikova PODCAST Sinica Podcast: ‘Critical’ Journalism In China, Explained...
China Currents Special Edition 2017 can be purchased from our store. Fourth in our series, this 2017 book includes articles covering religion, philanthropy, international trade, education, business...
The eleventh annual CHINA Town Hall took place on October 24, 2017 featuring Ambassador Susan E. Rice, former national security advisor and U.S. ambassador to the UN , as the national webcast speaker. Our...
This year's China Breakfast Briefing featured Dr. Yawei Liu , Director of the China Program at The Carter Center and Associate Director of the China Research Center, Jacobus Boers , Assistant Dean for...
Director General and Mrs. Vincent Jing-Yen Liu of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Atlanta hosted the 106th celebration at the Sheraton Atlanta Hotel on October 10th, 2017.
Adam Ruins Everything on truTV Penelope Prime helps explain the US economy and China's role in globalization in this episode of Adam Ruins Everything, which aired October 3rd, 2017.
12 th China goes Global Conference June 18-20, 2018 | Shanghai , China [ 2018 Call for Papers_Final ] The 12 th Annual China goes Global TM conference will be held in Shanghai, China. We encourage paper...
Madison Schomburger is a senior at Georgia College in Milledgeville. She is studying Mass Communication with a minor in Sociology and hopes to work in the field of Public Relations after graduating. The Center...
The Center's new Director, Dr. Hanchao Lu, led the Center's annual meeting, which was hosted by Oglethorpe University on September 16th, 2017. The CRC annual business meeting was followed by a panel on new...
Can ONE BELT/ONE ROAD Improve Indo-China Relationships? The Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st-century Maritime Silk Road also known as One Belt, One Road (abbreviated OBOR) is a development strategy and...
Center Associate Maria Repnikova's new book is now available from Cambridge Press. Media Politics in China: Improvising Power Under Authoritarianism (Cambridge Press 2017)...
Bin Xu. The Politics of Compassion: The Sichuan Earthquake and Civic Engagement in China (Stanford University Press, 2017) Bin Xu. Assistant Professor of Sociology, Emory University The 2008 Sichuan earthquake...
China is nothing if not ambitious, and ambition is a theme that suffuses the articles in this issue of China Currents. Starting with perhaps the most ambitious development plan in human history, Yawei Liu...
The China Order: Centralia, World Empire, and the Nature of Chinese Power, by Dr. Fei-Ling Wang, will be published by SUNY Press this August. The study examines the rising power of China and Chinese foreign...
The Center held its annual lecture at Georgia Tech on March 8th. Dr. Thomas Christensen spoke to a crowd of over 100 attendees about ways to understand China's rise. Many see China as a rival superpower to the...
This issue of China Currents covers a wide range of timely issues. Andy Wedeman’s piece analyzes China’s protracted anti-corruption campaign led by President Xi. While many analysts had expected the campaign...
Caroline Long is a senior majoring in mass communications at Georgia College. She is originally from Raleigh, NC and now lives in Charlotte, NC. She has been a student-athlete on the inaugural GC volleyball...
The China Research Center's Annual Meeting was held at Emory University on September 17th, 2016. After the business meeting, there was a panel discussion on China's economy. Presentations were given by Li Qi...
A native of Elberton Georgia, Chris is a senior at Georgia College in Milledgeville. He is majoring in mass communications and hopes to work with the Georgia Department of Resources, as his passions are...
This well-attended event featured a moderated panel of 3 speakers from Emory University, Georgia Tech, and the Carter Center China Program. Dr. Alan Abramowitz, Professor of Political Science, Emory...
Center Associate and Professor of Political Science at Georgia State University, Andy Wedeman, will spend the 2016-17 academic year at the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars as a Kissinger...
John Garver discussed his new book, China Quest: A History of the Foreign Relations of the People's Republic of China , at the National Committee for US-China Relations in New York on April 14th.
Dr. Kirby gave the Center's Annual Lecture at Georgia Tech on February 25th, 2016. Based on his book, “Can China Lead?,” he explored if England and Germany set global standards in the 19th century, and the...
Hillary Hunnings is a senior mass communication and political science double major at Georgia College and State University. She is interested in law, human rights, foreign policy and journalism, and is a copy...
China's Quest: The History of the Foreign Relations of the People's Republic of China. Oxford University Press, 2016. By John W. Garver Available at Amazon: China's Quest From its founding 65 years ago, the...
Immerse yourself in Chinese politics, history and society, economy, business and more with the 2015 Special Edition of China Currents, available now at our online store. Containing 27 articles published...
Aly “Sam” Campbell is a senior mass communication student at Georgia College in Milledgeville, GA. She is focusing on public relations and marketing, and will be completing a practicum with the China Research...
The China Program at The Carter Center, led by Dr. Yawei Liu, co-organized with the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, the first World Forum on China Studies to be held outside of China. The May 6-7th event...
Dr. Jin Liu's recently published book is entitled Signifying the Local: Media Productions Rendered in Local Languages in Mainland China in the New Millennium (Brill, 2013). Dr. Liu teaches in the School of...
The 2014 China Briefing was held November 6, 2014 at the law firm Sutherland Asbill & Brennan. Panelists: Jeff Pruett : Managing director & CFO, AT-PAC Nick Masino : Sr. VP, Guinnett Chamber Yawei Liu...
The Center's Annual Lecture was held on Thursday, October 30th, 2014, at Agnes Scott College. Dr. Barlow’s lecture was also the keynote speech for the Oct. 30-Nov. 1, 2014 program: “China: Tradition and...
Dr. Qi Wang recently published a new book entitled Memory, Subjectivity and Independent Chinese Cinema (Edinburgh Studies in East Asian Film), Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2014. Dr. Wang teaches in...
The China Research Center held its 2014 Annual Meeting at Oglethorpe University on September 20th. The business meeting was followed by a panel discussion on current political trends in China by Baogang Guo...
China Currents is delighted to welcome a new member of the China Currents Editorial Board. Dan Williams is an Associate Professor of Journalism at Lyndon State College in northeast Vermont. He was a Fulbright...
The inaugural meeting of the International Consortium of China Studies convened at the National School of Development, Beijing University. Associate Director Yawei Liu represented the China Research Center...
Dr. Qun CHENG is a visiting scholar at the Center of International Strategy, Technology and Policy (CISTP) of Sam Nunn School of International Affairs at the Georgia Institute of Technology from March 2014...
The Emory Global China Connections student group held a very successful China Summit on March 29th, 2014, on the Emory campus. Four student teams competed for the best analysis of housing and environmental...
Chinese Women Economists Network International Workshop 2014 The CWN 2014 International workshop was held at Georgia State University on January 17th. Four economists shared their new research on development...
A new course, “Chinese Language, Culture and Society,” is being developed jointly by Professors Yu Li in the Department of Russian and East Asian Languages and Cultures at Emory and Jin Liu in the School of...
The China Program of The Carter Center (CP), under the directorship of Dr. Yawei Liu, will use multiple channels to monitor and analyze American and Chinese perceptions of each other in various circles, such...
Hanchao Lu Selected as 2013-2014 Radcliffe Institute Fellow Cambridge, Mass.—The Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University has selected Hanchao Lu to be a Radcliffe Institute fellow for the...
Originally from China, Dongni Charlotte Zhang is a junior at Emory University where she is pursuing a Bachelor of Arts degree in International Studies. Her professional interests are Sino-U.S. foreign...
China Currents Special Edition 2012 : Economic reform and development in China are reshaping the global system in the 21st century and fueling an unprecedented social transition within China itself. China...
The China Research Center’s 5th Annual Lecture was given by Professor Perry Link. Professor Perry Link is Professor Emeritus, Princeton University, and Chancellorial Chair for Innovative Teaching Comparative...
“Teaching East Asia: China:” A Faculty Development Workshop, February 1–2, 2012 Dr. Baogang Guo invites non-China-specialists at all USG institutions, especially for faculty members responsible for...
Li Qi, associate professor of economics at Agnes Scott College, has been selected as a Fulbright Senior Research Scholar, a prestigious national program for U.S. faculty to research abroad. Dr. Qi will spend...
Wan-Li Ho Dr. Wan-Li Ho is a senior lecturer in the Department of Russian and East Asian Languages and Culture at Emory University and teaches Chinese language and culture. She received her Master of Divinity...
The 54th Annual Conference of the American Association for Chinese Studies was held at Georgia Institute of Technology. Scholars of China from around the world convened in Atlanta October 12-14th, 2012...
A panel discussion entitled "China Breakfast Briefing: Views on the Ground" was held at the Georgia State University, J. Mack Robinson College of Business, Friday morning, October 26th, 2012. There were three...
The China Research Center held its annual meeting on September 15th, hosted by the J.Mack Robinson College of Business at Georgia State University. Highlights of the year included redesigning the website...
Dr. Tom Remington presented his research entitled "Reforming Welfare Regimes in Russia and China: The Enduring Impact of the Soviet Social Contract" to China Research Center Associates at a seminar on...
The Emory chapter of Global China Connection, a student-led organization based at universities across the nation, held a major conference on business in China on the Emory campus on March 24th, 2012. The China...
Harvard Professor Elizabeth Perry presented “The Resilience of Chinese Communism: Lessons from History” at the Center’s fourth annual lecture. Dr. Perry’s analysis of Mao’s use of Chinese cultural traditions...
Dr. Yu Li teaches Chinese language, culture, and linguistics at Emory University. Her research interests include Chinese language pedagogy, language and culture interface, technology in language teaching, and...
Taiwan’s Democracy: Economic and Political Challenges, Edited by Robert Ash, University of London, John Garver, Georgia Institute of Technology and Penelope B. Prime, Mercer University (London and New York...
Jin Liu Dr. Liu teaches Chinese language and culture in the School of Modern languages at Georgia Tech. She received her Ph.D. in East Asian Literature from Cornell University and her M.A. and B.A. in Chinese...
Janice Kuo is a senior at the Goizueta Business School at Emory University. She is double majoring in Chinese and Business, with a double concentration in Marketing and Management. Janice speaks both Mandarin...
Heidi Haitang Yao is a graduate student from the University of International Business and Economics in Beijing. She is working on her Ph.D. dissertation in economics at Mercer University for six months. Her...
Established in 2001 with seven Associates, the Center celebrated its 10th year anniversary this fall. Now with 24 Associates and five esteemed Advisory Board members, the Center actively promotes education...
The Center would like to gratefully acknowledge a grant from the Luce Foundation initiated by Dr. Mary Brown Bullock, one of the Center's Advisory Board members.
Economic reform and political development in China are reshaping the global system in the 21st Century and bringing about an unprecedented social transition within China itself. China Currents is a forum for...
Dr. Huang is professor of political economy and international management and holds the International Program Professorship in Chinese Economy and Business at Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute...
Dr. Shixin Jiao, a researcher with the Asia-Pacific Institute of Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences is spending the September 2010-March 2011 period as a visiting scholar at the Sam Nunn School of...
The China Research Center was one of the co-sponsors of the 7th Annual Consortium for Western China Development Studies Conference, "China Regional Development Model: Ten Years of West China Development," held...
Taiwan's National Chengchi University (NCCU) and Georgia Tech's School of International Affairs will conduct this summer 2010 in Atlanta a program allowing NCCU students to study "U.S. Economy and Enterprise."...
The Birth of a Republic: Francis Stafford's Photographs of China's 1911 Revolution and Beyond (Seattle & London: University of Washington Press, 2010) is a collection of rare photos of this important historic...
Dr. Hongmei Li is an Assistant Professor of Communications at Georgia State University. Her research focuses on globalization, consumer culture, identity, gender and sexuality, public diplomacy and culture of...
Michael Cerna is currently a graduate student at Kennesaw State University studying International Policy Management (IPM) as part of a brand new cohort. He received his B.A. from Kennesaw State University in...
Georgia China Alliance, a nonprofit organization based in Atlanta, Georgia, today announced that it has appointed Guanming Fang as its Chairwoman to serve for a term of two years. In addition to naming its new...
Mary Bullock , a Center Advisory Board Member, helped the Center secure a $5,000 gift from the Luce Foundation to support the Center’s activities.
As part of the China Research Center’s 2nd Annual Event, Dr. Susan Shirk addressed the evolution and current state of U.S.-China relations. Dr. Shirk presided over a roundtable discussion at Georgia Tech in...
Scott Ellyson , CEO of East-West Manufacturing, Inc. has joined the Center’s Advisory Board. East-West Manufacturing will also serve as a gold sponsor of the Center for 2009.
The Center is pleased to announce that Wes McGinnis has joined the Center as an intern this semester. Wes is currently a graduate student at the Georgia Institute of Technology studying International Affairs...
A small US export company, Shanghai American Direct Import & Export Co. Ltd. , seeks a motivated intern to help with all aspects of the business. This opening is for fall 2009 for a minimum of four months and...
Center Director, Penelope Prime, was interviewed by Rob Hassett for Business to Business Magazine (BtoBmagazine.com).
Professor Haizheng Li has received a grant for the project “Human Capital Measurement and China Human Capital Index Construction.” The funds for this project come from various sources, including the National...
The Association of Chinese Political Studies will hold an international symposium at Endicott College, located in the historical Boston metro area, between July 30 and August 1, 2010, with a check-in date on...
Dr. Baogang Guo, associate professor of political science at Dalton State College, published two books in November, 2010. Toward Better Governance in China: An Unconventional Pathway for Political Reform...
Jennifer Duckworth is a native of Birmingham, Alabama. She received a B.A. from Samford University in Spanish, with a minor in Chinese Language and Culture, and an M.A.E. from the University of Alabama at...
Center Associate, Al Willner, has taken a position as Director, China Security Affairs Group, CNA China Studies , in Alexandria, Virginia, to begin this fall. The CSA Group is part of CNA’s federally funded...
A small US export company, Shanghai American Direct Import & Export Co. Ltd. (www.xmftrade.com), seeks a motivated intern to help with all aspects of the business. This opening is for fall 2009 for a minimum...
Our Advisory Board member Guanming Fang recently co-authored a book titled (in Chinese) Invest in Private U.S. Companies, a Special Edition of the Growth Company Guide. This book builds on the existing book...
Global Giant: Is China Changing the Rules of the Game? Edited by Eva Paus, Penelope B. Prime, and Jon Western (Palgrave Macmillian, 2009). In this book leading scholars and practitioners from different...
Womble Carlyle LLC jointly sponsored a public forum with the China Research Center on June 25th, 2009, held at the new offices of the firm at Atlantic Station. Guanming Fang reviewed the major aspects of...
The Center is pleased to announce that Dr. Feng Liu will join us as our IT consultant and Webmaster. Dr. Liu is assistant professor of Information Systems at Mercer University, Atlanta.
The Center welcomes two new Associates: Hong Li, Ph.D. Dr. Hong Li teaches Chinese language and culture at Emory in the Department of Russian and East Asian Languages and Cultures. She currently serves as the...
The Confucius Institute in Atlanta is a partnership between Emory University, Atlanta Public Schools, and Nanjing University with the sponsorship of Hanban, the Office of Chinese Language Council...
The CRC held its annual meeting on September 6th at Mercer University. Dr. Yawei Liu and Dr. Hanchao Lu were re-elected as Associate Director and Board Member at Large, respectively. They join the rest of the...
Dr. Kuang Tang is an Associate Professor in the School of Labor and Human Resources, at Renmin University in Beijing, China. Dr. Tang is a visiting scholar in the School of Economics at the Georgia Institute...
On October 15th, 2008, Professor Pomeranz presented a lecture on “Chinese Development and World History: Putting the ‘East Asian Model’ in Perspective” at the High Museum. Approximately 120 people filled the...
The U.S.-China People’s Friendship Association of Atlanta, co-sponsored with the China Research Center, organized their 2008 Fall Forum featuring Dr. Jay Hakes, Director of the Jimmy Carter Presidential...
Alex Miller The Center is pleased to announce that Alex Miller has joined the Center as an intern this summer. Alex has just finished his junior year at Temple University in Pennsylvania majoring in history...
Building on more than a decade of partnerships with the People's Republic of China, Kennesaw State University has been selected as one of the newest sites in the United States designed as a Confucius...
The Center is pleased to announce that the IRS has granted the Center tax-exempt status for Federal Income tax under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Contributions to the Center are therefore...
Womble Carlyle Sandridge and Rice, PLLC will join the China Research Center as a financial sponsor for 2007. The firm’s China Group is growing quickly, led by Atlanta-based attorney Guanming Fang , who will...
Leigh Anne Liu is assistant professor of international business at Georgia State University’s Robinson College of Business. Dr. Liu's research centers on cross-cultural cognition, negotiation and conflict...
Dalton State College Associate Professor of Political Science Baogang Guo was recently named the inaugural recipient of the C. Tracy Harrington Award for Inter-Institutional Collaboration in International...
The Center held its annual meeting of Associates and Advisory Board members on September 15, 2007, at Mercer University. Professor Xiaoliang Li was elected to the board as secretary, and Penelope Prime and...
The Center has completely redesigned its website, which will be online very soon at www.www.chinacenter.net . The journal will be available at www.chinacurrents.com .
CRC platinum sponsor Womble Carlyle Sandridge and Rice, PLLC sent a delegation of nine lawyers led by former North Carolina Governor Jim Hunt to China for a 10-day trip in March. The group was composed of...
China is increasing energy use at unprecedented rates, and American consumers are already feeling the pinch at the gas pumps. China’s spectacular economic growth is helping to drive increases in demand — and...
Dr. Levine , Assistant Professor of History at the University of Georgia, joins the Center as an Associate. In research, Dr. Levine specializes in the cultural, intellectual, and political history of the Song...
At the fall annual meeting, the Center Associates elected Dr. Yawei Liu , Director of the Village Elections Program at The Carter Center and Professor at Georgia Perimeter College, as Associate Director, and...
The following review appears on Amazon.com: China And Iran: Ancient Partners in a Post-imperial World , by John W. Garver , Professor of International Relations at the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs...
Dr. Cai , Professor of Chinese Language and Literature at Emory University, will spend this academic year at Beijing Normal University on a Fulbright research grant. Her project focuses on the representation...
Dr. Haizheng Li , Professor of Economics at the Georgia Institute of Technology, has been elected President of the Chinese Economist Society ( www.china-ces.org ). In 2007, CES will organize two international...
Beginning this fall semester, Dr. Penelope Prime begins a new position teaching international economics and business at the Stetson School of Business at Mercer University in Atlanta. Dr. Prime previously...
Beginning this fall, Dr. Susan Walcott will begin a new position in the Department of Geography at the University of North Carolina - Greensboro. As the 16th tenure track faculty, with a PhD program of over 20...
Kennesaw State University’s Center for International Training at Continuing Education was awarded the 2006 Governor’s Award in International Education at a ceremony Saturday, October 14th. The KSU center...
This issue of the China Research Center publication launches our new publication name and look. China Currents will publish more articles based on scholarly research, but in an easy to read, condensed format...
CRC Associates Rong Cai and Fei-ling Wang both recently published books on China. They will share their key findings and lead a discussion on related issues. This event will be co-sponsored by the U.S.-China...
Guo-hua Wang has been the East Asian Studies librarian at Emory University since 1997. Before coming to Emory University, she worked in the libraries of Boston University, Harvard University and the University...
Joy Guan was born in China and moved to California when she was eight, where her mother was studying for her Ph.D. Joy is currently a junior at North Cobb High School, where she is also participating in the...
The first ever China Caucus in the state government of Georgia has been established in Georgia's General Assembly. This joint House and Senate Caucus will focus on Georgia 's important trade and commercial...
Many area higher education institutions will send students and faculty members to China this summer. A group of twenty-two students who are currently enrolled at various colleges and universities in the...
Kennesaw State University has designated the 2005-2006 academic year to be "The Year of China" A series lectures, events, and courses are being planned.
The annual associate meeting of the China Research Center was held on September 18, 2004 at Georgia State University. Dr. Prime reviewed the major activities of the CRC since the 2003 annual meeting, as laid...
Dr. Jerome Legge is Professor of Public Administration and Associate Dean in the new School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Georgia. Dr. Legge teaches graduate courses in research...
Kathy Williams Chiang currently holds the position of Vice President, Market Strategy and Business Intelligence for BellSouth Latin America. The Market Strategy and Business Intelligence team is generally...
Dr. Xiaoliang Li teaches Chinese in the School of Modern Languages at the Georgia Institute of Technology. She is developing Georgia’s online Chinese language course, and has taught a course with Feiling Wang...
The following economic statistics are compiled from Chinese official releases in recent months. Sources used include People's Daily , press releases from the National Bureau of Statistics of the People's...
Special consultant to China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and former ambassador to Canada (1992-97), Mr. Zhang Yijun visited Atlanta on 19-21 November 2003. Ambassador Zhang was accompanied by two...
Dr. Gene Chang, professor of economics at the University of Toledo and co-editor of the China Economic Review, presented his research on currency valuation and the foreign exchange system in China on November...
January 22 was the traditional Chinese lunar New Year, the beginning of the year of Monkey. Atlanta area Chinese communities held various activities in recent days to celebrate their traditional holiday. The...
Georgia State University recently established a new “Asian Studies Center”, and named Dr. Susan Walcott as its Director. The ASC includes faculty from a dozen departments, with research ties to universities...
A seminar on “Current Economic and Political Issues in China” was held on the Georgia Tech campus June 30 th . Two scholars from Michigan lead discussions on development in western China, and public venture...
The Information Division of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Atlanta (TECO ) and the Chinese-American Academic and Professional Association in the Southeastern United States co-sponsored a seminar on...
The 16th annual meeting of the Association of Chinese Political Studies (ACPS) was successfully held between April 4-6, 2003 at Hilton Hotel in Knoxville, Tennessee. The theme of the conference was the fourth...
Kenneth A. Cutshaw is the Director of the Georgia State University Center for Global Business Leadership. He is an Adjunct Professor at GSU teaching an MBA course on international business law. He is a Partner...
[gallery link="file" columns="5"] China Research Center’s conference on doing business in China was held on February 7 th at the Student Auditorium at Georgia State University. Approximately 150 people...
On the afternoon of January 30, Georgia Tech's Sam Nunn School of International Affairs hosted a 4 hour workshop on Sino-U.S.relations in cooperation with the Shanghai Institute of International Studies...
Dr. Stephen B. Herschler is an Assistant Professor of Politics at Oglethorpe University. Dr. Herschler teaches Chinese Politics, Asian Politics, and Political Development. His research interests include...
The Carter Center, and The National Committee on U.S.-China Relations in New York, hosted official observers from Taiwan, the PRC, and Hong Kong of the U.S. mid-term elections in November. Three...
"Taiwan and China Since Joining the WTO" Forum held at Georgia Tech, September 25th Georgia Tech's Center for International Strategy, Technology and Policy, the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (TECO) and...
Dr. Lu earned his PhD in History at the University of California, Los Angeles and now is Professor of History in the School of History, Technology, and Society at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Professor...
Ms. Joy Dan-dan Wu, a student in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literature at Fudan University in Shanghai, is spending several months as an intern at CNN headquarters in Atlanta under the sponsorship...
Fei-ling Wang and Haizheng Li, both professors at Georgia Tech, led twenty students this summer on an eight-week study program in China. The seminar focused on China's current political and economic situation...
Atlanta area institutions have sponsored several opportunities for people to learn about the implications of China joining the World Trade Organization late last year. In February, the Young Professionals of...
Dr. Baogang Guo is responsible for maintaining the center's e-mailing distribution list and distribute news items to our associates and people who are interested in receiving them. The information we like to...
March 14-16, 2002 Call for Papers Asian Studies Development Program National Conference 2002 Location: Agnes Scott College, Atlanta Submission Deadline: January 15, 2002 Agnes Scott College in Atlanta and the...
41st Annual Meeting of SEC/AAS University of Tennessee/Chattanooga Chattanooga, Tennessee January 18-20, 2002 The Southeast Conference of the Association for Asian Studies (SEC/AAS) is a non-political...
Dr. Yawei Liu and Mr. Ken Jin has joined the China Research Center, and become our new research associates. Dr. Yawei Liu is associate director of The Carter Center's China Village Elections Project and...
Quarterly essays on greater China by scholars who study the region closely, plus notice of our Atlanta events. Published continuously since 2002.