UCLA Center for Chinese Studies http://www.international.ucla.edu/china Facilitate cutting-edge research about China at UCLA en-us The China-Taiwan cross-strait relationship: Stable, but fragileIn the past five years, China and Taiwan have succeeded in stabilizing their relationship to the benefit of both. Most progress has been in the economic and cultural spheres, with political issues left aside for the moment. A recent Center for Chinese Studies conference examined how China, Taiwan and the United States view the increasingly complex trilateral relationship.http://www.international.ucla.edu/china/beta/article.asp?parentid=1317702012 TUSA Ambassador Summer Study Abroad Scholarship The TUSA Ambassador Summer Scholarship Program is being offered again this year to U.S. college and university students who are interested in studying the Mandarin Chinese language during the months of July and August. http://www.international.ucla.edu/china/beta/article.asp?parentid=123259Annual Chinese Studies lecture series moves forward after loss of its namesakePhilanthropist Sammy Lee will be remembered at the 24th annual Sammy Lee Lecture in Chinese Archaeology and Art on Nov. 5.http://www.international.ucla.edu/china/beta/article.asp?parentid=122744Graduate Student Profile: Tom Narins (Geography)Research about China’s National "Humiliation Maps"http://www.international.ucla.edu/china/beta/article.asp?parentid=122193China scholar recognized for fostering collaborative workplaceProfessor David Schaberg, chair of the Department of Asian Languages & Cultures and co-director of the Center for Chinese Studies, has received the Faculty/Staff Partnership Award from UCLA Staff Assembly. http://www.international.ucla.edu/china/beta/article.asp?parentid=121744Beyond Taiwan, a Writer and Her Readers Discover Each OtherWalls, fences and being overheard beyond walls and fences were the themes of Taiwanese intellectual Lung Ying-tai's May 2 lecture, in which she invited the audience to "sit along with me at the writer's desk." The event, attended by nearly 300 people, was sponsored by the UCLA Center for Chinese Studies.http://www.international.ucla.edu/china/beta/article.asp?parentid=121101UCLA Yangguanzhai Archaeological Field School, 2011An 8-unit summer field schoolhttp://www.international.ucla.edu/china/beta/article.asp?parentid=120769TUSA 2011 Ambassador Summer Scholarship ProgramScholarship program for undergrads and grads to study Mandarin in July and August 2011http://www.international.ucla.edu/china/beta/article.asp?parentid=119548Postdoctoral Fellowships in U.S.-China Relations at USCUSC U.S.-China Institute announces competition for postdoctoral fellowships - Deadline: Feb. 18, 2011http://www.international.ucla.edu/china/beta/article.asp?parentid=119344Anyang Archaeology in the 21st Century: New Perspectives in the Search for the Shang Civilizationby TANG JIGEN (Chinese Academy of Social Sciences)http://www.international.ucla.edu/china/beta/article.asp?parentid=118809