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Center on U.S.-China Relations

About Center on U.S.-China Relations

In seeking new ways of building mutual understanding between the U.S. and China, the Center is undertaking projects and events which explore areas of common interest and divergent views between the two countries, focusing on policy, culture, business, media, economics, energy and the environment.

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Featured Projects

ChinaFile
A new not-for-profit, English-language, online magazine published by the Center on U.S.-China Relations at the Asia Society.
ChinaBoom
The China Boom Project is a multimedia research, public education, and oral history project designed to explore the question “Why did China boom?“ by recording the collective wisdom of our moment.

Past Events

18 Feb 2015 / New York, Center on U.S.-China Relations
6:30pm - 8:00pm
ChinaFile Presents: The Other China, with Michael Meyer and Ian Buruma
28 Oct 2014 / New York
6:30pm - 8:00pm
Hong Kong: Still One Country, Two Systems?
16 Sep 2014 / New York
6:30pm - 8:00pm
ChinaFile Presents: Climate Change at High Altitudes
27 Aug 2014 / New York
6:30pm - 8:30pm
Screening: The Last Moose of Aoluguya

Highlights

A Vital Partnership: California and China Collaborating on Clean Energy and Combating Climate Change
A New Asia Society Report
US-China Forum on Arts and Culture
Bringing together leading American and Chinese cultural figures.
COAL+ICE
A documentary photography exhibition, visually narrating the hidden chain of actions triggered by mankind’s use of coal.
ChinaFile
An online magazine to broaden your understanding of China and spark new conversation about its place in the world.
Chinese Direct Investment in California
Asia Society report focuses on opportunities for Chinese investment in California.
China Air Daily
A daily snapshot of air quality conditions around the world.
Report
An American Open Door?
This report looks in-depth at how in the coming decade Chinese capital, in excess of $1 trillion, will be seeking direct investment opportunities abroad.
China Boom
A mosaic explanation of China's extraordinary rise, in the words of those who have watched it most carefully.
Rivers of Ice
Rivers of Ice showcases the work of photographer and mountaineer David Breashears, who has retraced the steps of photographers of the past century to recapture images of these mountains and their glaciers from exactly the same vantage point
Mined In China － 煤矿中国
China's growth has required a concurrent boom in energy production; these photographs reveal the effects of the boom on the people and places that have fueled it.

Videos

Current Affairs
/ New York
Documentary Q & A: 'The Last Moose of Aoluguya' (Complete)
Cinematographer Zhao Jiewei discusses his work on a documentary that follows a member of China's dwindling Ewenti minority.
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Current Affairs
/ New York
Documentary Q & A: 'Waking the Green Tiger' (Complete)
After a screening of Gary Marcuse's documentary about a grassroots campaign to block a dam on the Yangtze River, Asia Society's Orville Schell talks with environmental activist Shi Lihong, who is featured in the film.
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Current Affairs
/ New York
'Squaring the Circle' and Shanghai Taxis
Financial Times writers Geoff Dyer and Richard McGregor share their impressions of China's economic rise over the past generation.
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Current Affairs
/ New York
China's Rise, as Seen by the Financial Times (Complete)
Several generations of Financial Times correspondents share their experiences of reporting on the evolution of China’s economy.
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Arts
/ New York
'Who Are You, When You're a Chinese American?'
Novelist Amy Tan and Orville Schell unravel some of the complex issues surrounding Chinese American identity.
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Arts
/ New York
Reconstructing Memory: Amy Tan and Family History (Complete)
Amy Tan discusses her latest book, "The Valley of Amazement," in which she draws inspiration from her family's history, especially from early 1900's-era Shanghai.
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