China Studies Courses – Winter 2022
March 7, 2022
March 7, 2022
February 3, 2022
Jackson School Professor David Bachman, an expert on China, pens an article titled, “Beijing Olympics may get points for boosting China’s international reputation, but Games are definitely gold for Xi Jinping’s standing at home” in the run-up to the Beijing Olympics on how hosting of the event may impact China’s international and domestic standing.
November 8, 2021
In “China’s Evergrande is in trouble. But so is China’s top-down political economy,” featured in the Monkey Cage of the Washington Post, Jackson School and China Studies Adjunct Professor and Professor of Political Science Susan Whiting analyzes four things to know about the distortions behind the real estate crisis in China. Evergrande, a Chinese real estate company
November 8, 2021
We are saddened to announce that Kyoko Tokuno, one of the longest serving senior lecturers at the Jackson School with Comparative Religion and Japan Studies, passed away on September 28, 2021, in Seattle. She was 77 years old.
July 23, 2021
David Bachman is the sole quote in The Seattle Times editorial board article titled “International condemnation of Microsoft hack points the way on China.”
May 6, 2021
May 6, 2021
March 20, 2021
The Jackson School of International Studies Director, along with the Jackson School Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee, are writing to acknowledge and condemn horrific racist attacks against members of the Asian American, Pacific Islander American (AAPI), and the Asian diaspora community.
February 17, 2021
December 17, 2020
The UW China Studies Program is happy to announce a new recurring event series, the China Studies Book Club, for 2021. Taking place on the second Tuesday of every other month via Zoom, the club will discuss one pre-announced book at each session in a casual setting. The club will discuss Wang Gungwu’s Home is Not