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Researchers and Chinese Activists Discuss Free Speech Repression in US Higher Education

Researchers and Chinese Activists Discuss Free Speech Repression in US Higher Education

By Marisa Bist, Special to The Hoya February 23, 2024

Researchers and activists discussed the impact of Chinese Communist Party (CCP) repression on Chinese students’ free expression on U.S. university campuses at a Feb. 21 panel at Georgetown University. Panelists...

JHU Professor Discusses U.S.-China Rivalry, Shifting Economic Forces and Corporate Interests

JHU Professor Discusses U.S.-China Rivalry, Shifting Economic Forces and Corporate Interests

By Aamir Jamil and Neha Jampala January 19, 2024

Professor Ho-fung Hung of Johns Hopkins University delved into the intricacies of the U.S.-China rivalry in a recent online seminar hosted by Georgetown University.  Hung, an acclaimed author...

Giant Pandas Leave Smithsonian National Zoo for China

By Yolanda Lu November 18, 2023

Washington, D.C.’s famous giant pandas left the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute for Chengdu, China on Nov. 8. The National Zoo has been home to pandas since 1972;...

Georgetown PhD Candidate Lectures on Environmental Issues in China’s History

By Aamir Jamil September 22, 2023

Yuan Gao, professor and PhD candidate in the history department, discussed environmental issues in China in the department’s “Asia in Depth” seminar on Sept. 19.  The Asia in Depth seminar...

Students Mourn Deaths of Uyghurs in China at Candlelight Vigil

Students Mourn Deaths of Uyghurs in China at Candlelight Vigil

By Sophia Lu December 2, 2022

Georgetown University students held a vigil to honor the lives lost in an apartment fire that led to the deaths of 10 people in Xinjiang, an autonomous territory in northwest China that is home to the...

Professor Discusses New Findings On China’s Rising Economic Power

Professor Discusses New Findings On China’s Rising Economic Power

By Brian Li October 28, 2022

The Georgetown Initiative for U.S.-China Dialogue on Global Issues hosted a discussion on China’s economic strategy and its implications for domestic politics.  David Steinberg, an associate...

VIEWPOINT: Divest From Atrocities in China

VIEWPOINT: Divest From Atrocities in China

By Ammar Hussain February 4, 2022

CW: This article discusses genocide and violence. Please refer to the end of the article for on- and off-campus resources. The following quote comes from Georgetown University’s Socially Responsible...

Georgetown Professor Testifies Twice at Uyghur Tribunal

Georgetown Professor Testifies Twice at Uyghur Tribunal

By Akashdiya Chakraborty December 3, 2021

A Georgetown University professor testified for the second time at a people’s tribunal investigating the Chinese government’s ongoing human rights abuses against Uyghurs.  James Millward,...

Liu Returns After Exit Ban in China

Liu Returns After Exit Ban in China

By Annalise Myre October 1, 2021

Georgetown University student Victor Liu (COL ’22) and his sister arrived in the United States after being barred from leaving China for three years. While visiting their dying grandfather in...

US-China Trade War Failed, Expert Says

US-China Trade War Failed, Expert Says

By Lucas Lin October 1, 2021

The U.S.-China trade war was unsuccessful in its goal of pressuring American and allied multinational corporations to exit China and instead passed down increased business costs to consumers, a panelist...

VIEWPOINT: Denounce Islamophobia in China

VIEWPOINT: Denounce Islamophobia in China

By Tetu Mbah October 29, 2020

In 2019, shootings at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand resulted in 51 people killed and 40 people wounded. The attacker, Brenton Tarrant, had previous ties to alt-right ideology. Immediately following...

GU Professors Teaching Classes on China Take Online Learning Precautions in Light of Possible Security Threats

GU Professors Teaching Classes on China Take Online Learning Precautions in Light of Possible Security Threats

By Hansen Lian August 29, 2020

Some Georgetown University professors teaching classes about China are taking precautionary measures to protect students and faculty from possible security threats during online learning in the fall.  Some...

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