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November 17, 2014
The Brooklyn Nets and two Chinese companies are looking to build their brands globally with a recent deal. The National Basketball Association team has announced sponsorship alliances with ANTA, a Chinese athletic-footwear company, and Lava Tech, a digital-products distributor in Beijing. "Our goal is to be a global team, and in order to be global, you need to be relevant in China," said Brett Yormark, CEO of the Brooklyn Nets and Barclays Center. "These partnerships help fulfill that objective."
November 12, 2014
Beijing and Washington strove to narrow differences by reaching landmark agreements on Wednesday on a flurry of issues that had remained points of tension between them. The agreements, mainly on climate change, military cooperation and trade, underpin the major sectors where the world's two largest economies will improve cooperation, analysts said. The countries pledged to reduce the possibility of military accidents by early notification of major military operations and establishing guidelines of behavior on naval and air military encounters.
November 13, 2014
A recent visit to China by a delegation from Arizona State University has led to an initiative that will gather research professionals from universities in the United States to identify opportunities for cooperation with their Chinese counterparts. The initiative, named the Global University Alliance, will focus on research and development, technology transfer and commercialization. The one-week visit by the delegation, led by Arizona State University President Michael M. Crow, also produced a memorandum of understanding with Shandong University in Tsingdao.
November 12, 2014
In a historic climate change deal, U.S. President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping announced both countries will curb their greenhouse gas emissions over the next two decades.
February 1, 2011
The USC School of Social Work and the Chinese Cochrane Center have launched the first online clearinghouse for human services professionals and policy makers in China, seeking easy access to culturally relevant social work practices.
The Chinese Clearinghouse for Evidence-Based Practice and Policy (CCE) will introduce the latest evidence-based interventions in social work from around the world into a rapidly globalizing society beginning to look outward for solutions to modern mental-health problems.
Teaming up with the Cochrane Center, the School of Social Work sought to bring the clear
June 27, 2011
Teachers, including National Teacher of the Year Michelle Shearer, traveled to China.
December 18, 2014
Deeply influenced by the West Coast’s Light and Space movement, Zheng Chongbin’s practice encompasses biomorphic abstraction, abstract painting that use carbon-based ink and synthetic acrylic, in addition to large-scale light and space installations, and video works. He is a pioneer and leader of the movement known as “contemporary ink.”
Zheng’s work embraces both Chinese ink-painting traditions and contemporary art practice, creating a fresh dialogue between the two modes of working through his personal experience of living between Shanghai and the Bay Area.
The United States and China To Extend Visas for Shot-term Business Travelers, Tourists, and Students
November 12, 2014
Starting November 12, 2014, the United States and the People’s Republic of China will reciprocally increase the validity of short-term business and tourist visas and student and exchange visas issued to each other’s citizens.
Chinese applicants who qualify for a B-category nonimmigrant visa (NIV) may now be issued multiple-entry visas for up to 10 years for business and tourist travel.
July 10, 2014
A special speaker event was held at the Great Hall of the People celebrating 35 years of student exchange between the U.S. and China. The event was co-organized by the Golden Bridges Foundation and the China Scholarship Council and held in conjunction with the Fifth Annual U.S.-China Consultation on People-to-People Exchange (CPE), co-chaired by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Chinese Vice Premier Liu Yandong.
October 4, 2013
University Professor Michael Waterman, holder of the USC Associates Chair in Natural Sciences, is a 2013 recipient of the People’s Republic of China Friendship Award — the Chinese government’s highest honor for foreigners who have made exceptional contributions to China’s “economic and social progress.”
The professor of biological sciences, computer science and mathematics at the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences was presented with the award by Chinese Vice Premier Ma Kai on Sept. 29 during a ceremony held in the Great Hall of the People in Tiananmen Square.