Clair Yang, assistant professor at the Jackson School, was featured in WalletHub’s “Ask the Experts” about how states manage coronavirus restrictions.

On the eve of the Class of 2019 graduation, we are thrilled to connect with a China Studies’ alumnus from the class of 2018 – Daniel Rechtschaffen.  Daniel is currently working as Government Relations Manager at the American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai, China.  Our current MA student Min Guo interviewed Daniel on his journey

University of Washington alumna Sneha Indrajit, ’18, was recently selected for the competitive Yenching Academy Scholars program at Peking University. Indrajit earned her degree with honors in international studies and is one of approximately 125 scholars from around the world selected to be in their 2019-20 cohort. The opportunity to join the Yenching Academy is

China Studies faculty across campus have been hard at work adding to the greater body of knowledge. Below are three books recently published that focus on China. Urbanization with Chinese Characteristics: The Hukou System and Migration (Published by Routledge, September 2017) Kam Wing Chan, Professor, Department of Geography Many agree that rapid urbanization in China

Prof. Loretta Kim’s latest book Ethnic Chrysalis: China’s Orochen People and the Legacy of Qing Borderland Administration is “the first book in English to cover the early modern history of the Orochen, an ethnic group that has for centuries inhabited areas now belonging to the Russian Federation and the People’s Republic of China” (Harvard University

This award has been established to promote and support the serious, scholarly translation into English of Chinese language texts. The award is named in honor of Yen Fu 嚴復 (1853 – 1921), one of the greatest translators and scholars of late Qing and early Republican China, and the Grandfather of the late Dr. Isabella Yen,

The China Studies department extends its sincerest congratulations to Ph.D. candidate Belinda He, who recently received the Robert HN Ho Family Foundation Greater China Research Grant. She received the largest award of the three recipients. The Robert HN Ho Family Foundation Greater China Research Grant is offered by the Asia Art Archive (AAA). The organization

This past Spring, Steve Harrell retired after a successful 30+ year career focusing on minorities in China. Here, Steve reflects on his history and development in the field of anthropology. 1. What inspired you to become a professor? What was the biggest challenge you encountered in your journey there? When I was an undergraduate, majoring

Dr. K.C. Hsiao was a renowned scholar of Chinese political science and history. He served as a faculty member of the Department of Far Eastern Languages and Literature at the University of Washington from 1949 to 1968, first as a visiting professor and then as a tenured professor. The China Studies program is pleased to make