Hello!
The 2009 OCG Part II Conference ended with the keynote speaker, Jon Huntsman, US Ambassador to China. Check out some of the articles covering the event.
AP: US Envoy Criticizes Coverage of Obama China Visit
China Daily: Ambassador: US-China relations more focused on global issues
Global Times: US Ambassador says Obama trup a success
Souhu.com: 图：美驻华大使洪博培北大演讲
Greetings from Bejing!
We are pleased to announce that we are live blogging our 2009 Beijing On Common Ground Conference all this week at www.thefacesblog.com! The 2009 Conference is from Nov. 15-21 and jointly hosted by the Peking University and Renmin University Chapters of FACES.
Disclaimer: The views posted on The FACES Blog are the individual experiences [...]
November 15-20, 2009
Peking University, Beijing, China
Renmin University, Beijing, China
Public Events Schedule
Come to our upcoming panel event about Ethnicity & Identity in Xinjiang!
Information also available at the facebook event.
In this issue:
The Dalai Lama’s visit to disputed territory on the China-India border strains relations
A US Congressional report makes China cyberwarfare claims, provoking denials
China continues its pursuit of oil in the Middle East and Africa, encountering US interests
Somali pirates hijack Chinese coal ship in the Indian Ocean
Download the PDF file here.
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Healing With Out Harm: Traditional Chinese Medicine and Endangered Species in Asia
Tuesday, November 10, 2009 5:45 pm Program
Fromm Hall University of San Francisco Parker St. (between Golden Gate & Fulton)
FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Reservations recommended. Please call (415) 422-6828
Co-presented by USF Center for the Pacific Rim and cosponsored by the Chinese Historical Society [...]
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Read the rest of this entry »Here is the 2nd issue of our biweekly publication: China Brief
http://faces.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/docs/chinabrief_101909.pdf
Happy reading!
FACES and CEAS is co-sponsoring a film screening event for the 12th United Nations Association Film Festival. The movie is titled “China’s Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province”.
Description: On May 12, 2008, a catastrophic earthquake hit Sichuan Province in rural China, killing nearly 70,000 people, including 10,000 children. In town after town, poorly constructed [...]
