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“In Tibet, he was doing a slightly lower level, under the radar, version of what was implemented in Xinjiang,” says Allen Carlson, associate professor...
East Asia Program Faculty Allen Carlson says, “Trump is then the outlier here, and not even so much in terms of being ‘tougher’ on China than those...
East Asia Program Faculty Jessica Chen Weiss argues that America shouldn't try "out-China China" in this New York Times opinion piece. 
Despite China's desire to move away from the dollar-denominated international financial system, the economies of China and the US "are still quite...

New Faculty Opportunity Promotes Public Engagement

This year's theme: global racial justice. (Applications closed September 25.)
Jessica Chen Weiss (EAP) comments on China's decision to tone down nationalistic rhetoric as Trump escalates his punitive campaign against the eastern...

The Female Artisan Gu Erniang and the Craft of Inkstone Making in Early Modern...

This talk by Dorothy Ko (History|Barnard), focuses on the career of Gu Erniang, the most famous female inkstone-maker in the history of the craft, as...
EAP faculty Jessica Chen Weiss in the Guardian: “To some extent, the government has been able to use tough talk and bluster to appease domestic...
EAP's Jessica Chen Weiss in NYT: “With global anti-China sentiment at its highest level in decades, Chinese officials have indicated an interest in...
SAP faculty Eswar Prasad quoted in Bloomberg: "“The phase-one trade deal between the U.S. and China hangs by a thread."