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Escalating Tensions: US-China Relations & Taiwan

In a virtual panel sponsored by the Krasno Global Affairs and Business Council at UNC-Chapel Hill, three distinguished experts will discuss the escalating tension in the Straits of Taiwan and how to prevent this tension erupting into military conflict. The … Read more

A Letter to A’ma and Q&A with director Hui-ling Chen

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

The Carolina Asia Center and UNC's Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies are proud to sponsor this screening of the acclaimed documentary A Letter to A'ma. Taiwanese art teacher Hui-Ling returns to her hometown to mourn her deceased grandmother. … Read more

Queer Homecoming as Tactics of Intervention, with EK Tan

FedEx Global Education Center, Room 1005 Chapel Hill, NC, United States

In this presentation, Prof. Tan will discuss the concept of “queer homecoming” as a critical intervention into the normative patrilineal kinship structure in Sinophone societies, defined by traditional family values such as those of Confucianism. He will argue that queer … Read more

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