Public Engagement

Find the schedule for the 2025 Emerging Voices Conference.

Join us for a panel discussion at San Francisco Public Library about the new book Chinese Encounters with America.

Read a summary of the successful conversation held in Tokyo.

Join us for our new public opinion study event at Princeton University.

Join us for the 2025 China Town Hall!

Join us for EIRA and Emory Independents' in-person talk with Dr. Yawei Liu on China and Taiwan.

On March 24, 2025, the event "Dialogue Between China-US Think Tanks" was held in Beijing. The dialogue reaffirmed the critical role of people-to-people exchanges, particularly among youth and scholars, to consolidate mutual understanding and address shared concerns.

Read about the speakers and topics of conversation at the Second Jimmy Carter Forum on U.S.-China Relations from March 22nd to 23rd, held in Hangzhou.

Join us for Dr. Scott McDonald's virtual talk on Taiwan during the second Trump administration.

Submit your paper for the 2025 Emerging Voices Conference: Peace in a Multipolar World.

China Focus in collaboration with the Fudan-UC Center on Contemporary China, the 1990 Institute, The Carter Center, and the 21st Century China Center is accepting submissions for their 2025 Annual Essay Contest. The contests offers two topics and awards two $1,000 prizes and four runner-up prizes of $500. The deadline...

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You are cordially invited to attend the 2024 ICAS Annual Conference & ICAS 10th Anniversary.

Read about The Carter Center's most recent trip to China..

You are cordially invited to attend our event with Dr. Zhang Jian as he discusses the Ming-Qing military.

You are cordially invited to attend our book talk with Dr. CHEN Jian as he discusses his new biography of Zhou Enlai and Zhou's role in Sino-American relations.

You are cordially invited to attend China's Media Offensive in The Global South: An Assessment.

You are cordially invited to attend The Jimmy Carter Conversation on U.S.-China Relations: A Dialogue on U.S.-China Relations and Its Impact on Peace and Prosperity in Asia.

Read the six winning essays of the 2024 China Focus Essay Contest covering two topics: Chinese international conflict mediation and U.S.-China educational exchange.

Rising Sino-American tensions have prompted widespread discussion of a “New Cold War." China has continued to expand its nuclear capabilities while the United States feels under pressure to enhance its own capabilities. While some experts describe the bilateral relationship currently as being in a moment of “fragile stability,” this remains...

Sino-Russian relations have always had a deep impact on both countries, and the rise and fall of their alliance during the Cold War even significantly shaped the history of Xi's own family. In this talk, Professor Joseph Torigian will compare that earlier era of the relationship to the present day...

Sino-Russian relations have always had a deep impact on both countries, and the rise and fall of their alliance during the Cold War even significantly shaped the history of Xi's own family. In this talk, Professor Joseph Torigian will compare that earlier era of the relationship to the present day...

China Focus in collaboration with the Fudan-UC Center on Contemporary China, the 1990 Institute, The Carter Center, and the 21st Century China Center is accepting submissions for their 2024 Annual Essay Contest. The contests offers two topics and awards two $1,000 prizes and four runner-up prizes of $500. The deadline...

The Korean War was the first major war of the Cold War and turned the U.S. and China into enemies. China did not normalize its relationship with Seoul until 1992, 13 years after it established full diplomatic relations with the U.S. Two years later, President Carter visited Pyongyang at the...