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Research on the System Evolution, Development Characteristics, and Trends of Development Zones in China

中国开发区的制度演进、发展特征及趋势探讨 This presentation offers a brief introduction to the transformation process of China's Development Zone System. It will mainly introduce the concept, classification, and development process of China's development zones. Furthermore, it will endeavor to employ qualitative and quantitative analysis … Read more

2023 Chinese Language Teachers Association of North Carolina Annual Conference

FedEx Global Education Center 301 Pittsboro Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

The 2023 CLTA-NC (Chinese Language Teachers Association of North Carolina) Annual Conference will be held in person at the FedEx Global Education Center at UNC-Chapel Hill from 10:00 am - 5:30 pm EST on Saturday, September 9th, 2023. The theme … Read more

Classical and Modern Yangqin (Dulcimer): Chinese Traditional Music Concert

FedEx Global Education Center, Nelson Mandela Auditorium 301 Pittsboro St., Chapel Hill, NC, United States

The Carolina Asia Center and the Chinese Language Program at UNC-Chapel Hill are pleased to welcome a Chinese yangqin performer, Ms. Xiaonan Sun, and Crescent Chinese Music Studio from Research Triangle Park to present Chinese folk music featuring the yangqin … Read more

Film Screening: Drunken Master II (a.k.a., The Legend of Drunken Master)

FedEx Global Education Center, Nelson Mandela Auditorium 301 Pittsboro St., Chapel Hill, NC, United States

In collaboration with Prof. Rick Warner's class CMPL 144, "Engaging Film and Media," the Carolina Asia Center is happy to host a screening of the Hong Kong blockbuster Drunken Master II (a.k.a., The Legend of Drunken Master) A young martial … Read more

“Ukraine Every Day” with Weixin XU

FedEx Global Education Center, Nelson Mandela Auditorium 301 Pittsboro St., Chapel Hill, NC, United States

In recognition of the somber second anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Carolina Asia Center in partnership with the Center for Slavic, Eurasian, and East European Studies presents Ukraine Every Day with artist Weixin Xu Prof. Xu was … Read more

Chinese Martial Arts Workshop

FedEx Global Education Center Atrium Chapel Hill, NC, United States

The Carolina Asia Center and the Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies are proud to welcome Dr. Gang Sun, Professor of Chinese Martial Arts at Shandong Normal University, to run a martial arts workshop for students at UNC.

The Future Is Now: Theory and Method of the Newborn Socialist Thing

Pauli Murray Hall, room 569 102 Emerson Dr., Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Prof. Laurence Coderre of New York University will speak on her recent monograph, Newborn Socialist Things: Materiality in Maoist China (Duke University Press, 2021). Whereas the contemporary era in China is often depicted in terms of rampant, ideologically vacuous commodification, … Read more

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