UCLA Center for Chinese Studies

05/22/2026

Check out UCLA doctoral student Xianda Huang's recent op-ed on the Trump-Xi Summit: https://theconversation.com/from-beef-ribs-to-a-heavenly-walk-xi-trump-summit-symbolism-underscored-american-power-and-chinese-tradition-282945?fbclid=IwY2xjawR9bfVleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeLHf3gj-0t9NmIjhrQPO452FIPW3fzLc241-zSYOgf8VCbO6GQcWFmmdPYI4_aem_Atu35cW_UAEGuY6OcMV4Iw

A cultural historian of modern China explains the meaning behind some of the venue choices during President Donald Trump’s visit to Beijing.

05/10/2026

https://www.international.ucla.edu/ccs/event/17707

04/13/2026

The (Real) First Great Divergence: Citizen and Subject in Greece and China, and a Mycenaean-Shang Developmental Split
Jordan Christopher is a Lecturer in the Department of Classics and Archaeology at Loyola Marymount University.
Thursday, April 16, 2026
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM (Pacific Time)
Bunche Hall 10383

04/13/2026

https://www.getty.edu/calendar/screening-of-color-and-ink/

Film about the Chinese artist Chang Dai-chien followed by a conversation with the filmmaker

04/07/2026

Four lectures at UCLA CCS this week:

The Unhistoriable: Experiments of Collective Government in Mid-imperial China and Beyond
Talk by Shoufu Yin, University of British Columbia.
Thursday, April 9, 2026�9:30 AM - 11:00 AM (Pacific Time)�Royce Hall 243

Negotiating Legality: Chinese Companies in the U.S. Legal System
Talk by Ji Li, University of California, Irvine School of Law.
Thursday, April 9, 2026�3:30 PM - 4:30 PM�UCLA Law School Room 2467

Reconfiguring Gendered Labor Regimes: Production and Social Reproduction in Transnational Semiconductor Manufacturing
Discussion with Ya-Wen Lei, Professor of Sociology, Harvard University.
Thursday, April 9, 2026�5:00 PM - 6:30 PM (Pacific Time)�Haines 279

Judicial Territoriality: Chinese Procurators amid Institutional Reforms
Talk by Qiang Fu, University of British Columbia.
Friday, April 10, 2026�1:00 PM - 2:30 PM (Pacific Time)�Bunche Hall 10383

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