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Schaberg and Yan to head UCLA Center for Chinese Studies

Two young, yet distinguished, scholars take over as co-directors of one of America's top China programs.
Posted: 5/5/2005

Warren Christopher Fields Student Questions on International Hot Spots

The former Secretary of State recalls the three most memorable political events of his long life and answers questions from students on today's global crises.
Posted: 5/5/2005

Taiwan and China Cross-Strait Debate Comes to UCLA

Taiwanese and Chinese scholars discuss the reasons for and effects of the Anti-Secession law
Posted: 5/3/2005

Lotus Steps 2005 -- UCLA's Chinese Cultural Dance Club

Highly-regarded student-led program brings dance to Los Angeles audiences. Beyond its performances, the club also provides training for pre-teen students.
Posted: 4/29/2005

Augusto Espiritu launches new book Five Faces of Exile at UCLA

UCLA alumnus breaks stereotypes in his intellectual history of prominent Filipino American writers.
Posted: 4/27/2005

Lotus Steps 2005: A New Chapter

UCLA Chinese Cultural Dance Club presents its sixth annual dance performance
Posted: 4/27/2005

Islam in China -- a workshop for teachers

May 14 workshop looks at the history of Islam in China, at Muslim societies in China, and the lives of Chinese Muslims. Enrollment space is limited.
Posted: 4/21/2005

Vietnamese Diaspora on Film

The Vietnamese International Film Festival comes to UCLA.
Posted: 4/20/2005

The Business of Lobbying in China

Scott Kennedy discusses the growing influence of domestic & foreign businesses on China's national economic policy
Posted: 4/19/2005

Richard Baum Testifies before Congressional Commission

Director of the UCLA Center for Chinese Studies testifies on recent political developments in China
Posted: 4/15/2005

Buddhist Studies at Top of its Class

By Vanda Farahmand of the DAILY BRUIN
Posted: 4/12/2005

UCLA's Yunxiang Yan receives Association for Asian Studies China Book Prize

Levenson prize-winning Private Life Under Socialism shows how Chinese villagers, including young women, are increasingly demanding autonomy and privacy.
Posted: 4/9/2005

UCLA IT director creates Aceh photo journal, finds hope amidst destruction

Yoh Kawano, Director of Information Technology at the UCLA Center for Neighborhood Knowledge, has just returned from Aceh. He has put together a remarkable photo journal of his time there that captures not only images of destruction that have come to represent the tsunami, but also the strength, resilience and hope of the Acehnese people.
Posted: 4/7/2005

Former BBC correspondent Philip Short speaks on his new biography of Pol Pot

How a Paris Playboy Came to Kill a Million and a Half People
Posted: 3/10/2005

Mao and Markets -- Business the Chinese Way

Nick Steele, a student in last year's Shanghai Global Institute, discusses working in a rapidly changing China.
Posted: 3/8/2005

Refugee Babies: The Lasting Effects of Tsunami Aid in Sri Lanka

UCLA graduate student Nimmi Gowrinathan, just back from serving in the relief effort in Sri Lanka, writes of how political and economic problems there will affect children for years to come.
Posted: 3/3/2005

The Future of the Greater China Economy

The Third Wilbur K. Woo Conference on the Greater China Economy held at UCLA
Posted: 3/1/2005

Last Professional Performer in the United States Demonstrates Vietnamese Classical Opera

Mrs. Ngoc Bay gives exhibition of techniques of Hat Boi at UCLA.
Posted: 2/28/2005

"I Was One of the Lucky Ones. I Lost Nothing."

UCLA senior Audrey Desiderato survived the December 26 tsunami while scuba-diving off a Thai island. Here she reflects on the experience and on the immense losses suffered by others.
Posted: 2/12/2005

Tsunami Still Taking Toll: Indonesian Military Combines Relief with Executing Rebels, while Sri Lankan Fishermen Face Loss of Livelihood

UCLA professors say relief efforts hurt by prexisting conditions in Indonesia and Sri Lanka.
Posted: 2/10/2005

Memoirs of an Atomic Bomb Survivor: Shigeko Sasamori

UCLA Professor James Yamazaki speaks with Shigeko Sasamori, one of the so-called Hiroshima Maidens, who survived the atomic bombing and were brought to the US for reconstructive surgery in 1955 by Norman Cousins and the readers of Saturday Review.
Posted: 2/7/2005

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