The Hukou (Household Registration) System
How the hukou system impact the ability of individuals to achieve the “Chinese Dream”
Mission
Rural Education in China
How do rural-urban divides in education impact a country’s economic development?
Comparing Chinese and American Law
This lesson explores the Chinese legal system created after the Culture Revolution. It also compares similarities and differences between the Chinese culture’s concepts of the law and America’s view of the legal system.
U.S.-China Relations 2018
Mr. Dube gives a update of U.S.-China Relations, mostly in the area of trade.
Legal Reform in China: New Opportunities and New Challenges
Mr. Smith presents China’s development of civil law as well as the foundations from which these laws were developed.
Neighbors
Mr. Schmitz elaborates on selected people that were discussed in his book “Street of Eternal Happiness: Big City Dreams Along a Shanghai Road.”
Religious Revival in China
Dr. Madsen discusses the growth, or revival, of spiritual beliefs and practices in China which are neither “religious” nor “secular”
Mapping the Belt and Road Initiative
This lesson explores how China’s Belt and Road Initiative can promote economic development and trade around the world.
Contemporary China as Reflected Through Its Cinema
Ms. Yang discusses the incredible expansion in movie making in China as well as in the US, in the last few years, to attract the Chinese audience.
The Chinese and American Education Systems
Dr. Frank Chong discusses trends in student demographics, college readiness, technology, and growth of for-profits colleges in the U.S., in contrast to the Chinese Educational system. (See Lenora Chu’s talk on the Chinese Education System.)