{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"China Studies Program","provider_url":"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/china","author_name":"Rebecca Hyman","author_url":"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/china\/news\/author\/hymanr\/","title":"Letter from the Chair - China Studies Program","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"GS0GqrpGAF\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/china\/news\/read-a-welcome-message-from-our-chair\/\">Letter from the Chair<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/china\/news\/read-a-welcome-message-from-our-chair\/embed\/#?secret=GS0GqrpGAF\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Letter from the Chair&#8221; &#8212; China Studies Program\" data-secret=\"GS0GqrpGAF\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","description":"Welcome to the 2025 newsletter of the China Studies Program of the University of Washington.\u00a0 Before I go any further, let me, on behalf of the entire program, express our heartfelt thanks to Prof. Madeleine Yue Dong for leading the program for more than 15 years\u2014a time of extraordinary achievement. Without her willingness to manage","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/china\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2025\/09\/Picture1.jpg","thumbnail_width":100,"thumbnail_height":125}