BCI is an ambitious, mulit-faceted effort to help the University of California, Berkeley strengthen research and teaching about China, forge new international partnerships, and enrich public life through a variety of programs.

Event Highlights

The SARS Epidemic in China: Facts and Consequences
Thrusday, March 13, 2008
150 University Hall, UC Berkeley

A Tale of Two Cities: Hong Kong and Shanghai as China’s Financial Centers
Thursday, March 27, 2008
7:30 am Registration/Breakfast
8:00 am-11:30 am Program
Four Seasons Hotel, 757 Market Street, San Francisco
Registration required

The World Shifts East: What It Means for the US
William H. Overholt, Director, RAND Center for Asia Pacific Policy
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Reception: 5:30 p.m.   Program: 6:00 p.m
The Commonwealth Club | 595 Market Street, San Francisco

Past Events

China's Long Awaited Antimonopoly Law - Convergence, Transparency & Chinese Antitrus,
Nathan Bush
, O’Melveny & Myers ~ Beijing, CHINA
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
12:45 – 1:45 pm
Boalt Hall, Room 110

China's Environment: What Do We Know and How Do We Know It?
Friday and Saturday, December 7 and 8, 2007

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News

New East Asia Library Dedicated

New China Development Director
UC Berkeley's division of International and Area Studies is conducting a search for a China Development Director. The Director will work primarily on campus-wide goals in the area of international and area studies with specific attention to strengthening UC Berkeley programs related to Greater China and forging new international partnerships in East Asia. The fundraiser will help to support a wide range of activities across the full spectrum of the humanities, the social sciences, the sciences, and the professional schools.
Full job description

Join the new BCI Visual Arts Working Group .

A half-century of China scholarship at Berkeley
Born at the height of the Cold War, the Center for Chinese Studies remembers the days of Mao and Sputnik — and sees big things ahead
, Berkeleyan, 19 September 2007

"China scholarship, writ large", October 2006 Berkeleyan article featuring Berkeley China Initiative Director Tom Gold

 

 

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