BCI Site Images

Images used on this site reflect the wide variety of China-related activities, teaching, and research at UC Berkeley. To learn more about each image, please see the table below.

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	Dog of Foo Entrance to Durant Hall, home of the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at UC Berkeley. The Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures offers a comprehensive curriculum in the East Asian humanities for both undergraduate and graduate students that encompasses modern and classical languages, literatures, philosophies, and cultures.
	Bicyclist and Cooling Towers Associated Press Photo The China Energy Group at the Lawrence Berkeley Lab works collaboratively with energy researchers, suppliers, regulators, and consumers in China and elsewhere: to better understand the dynamics of energy use in China, to develop and enhance the capabilities of Chinese institutions that promote energy efficiency, and to create links between Chinese and international institutions.
	Nine Dragon Wall, Bei Hai Park, Beijing The SPIRO Image Database of the Architecture Visual Resources Library The Architecture Visual Resources Library circulates its 225,000 35mm slides of architecture, urbanism, landscape architecture, art and design to faculty and scholars. AVRL is one of many on-line collection resources highlighting aspects of China Studies.
	Baozhi Center for Chinese Studies Library Collection The Center for Chinese Studies Library has grown to become one of the premier research collections on contemporary mainland Chinese affairs in the United States. The new home of the CCS Library, the C.V. Starr East Asian Library opens in Fall 2007.
	UC Berkeley Student Jeff and Constance Shih recently established the Shih Loan Fund to increase funding for Chinese students at UC Berkeley. Interesting fact: 42% of UC Berkeley's student population is of Asian descent.
	White Horse General Tu, Painting on silk East Asian Library Collection The East Asian Library contains one of the most comprehensive collections of materials in East Asian languages in the United States. Its combined holdings in Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and other East Asian languages make it one of the top two such collections in the United States outside of the Library of Congress.
	Dong Fui Ren, 1968 Film Still Pacific Film Archive Collection The mission of the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive is to inspire the imagination and ignite critical dialogue through art and film. BAM/PFA is the visual arts center of UC Berkeley. Through art and film programs, collections and research resources, we aspire to be locally connected and globally relevant, engaging audiences from the campus, community, and beyond.
	Paper Currency Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of AnthropologyCollection The Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology houses vast and varied collections (estimated at 3.8 million objects from all corners of the globe) Their mission is to collect, preserve, research, and interpret the global record of material culture, so as to promote understanding of the history and diversity of human cultures.
	Taoist Fairy Berkeley Art Museum Collection The Online Archive of California brings together historical materials from a variety of California institutions, including museums, historical societies, and archives.
	Detail of Silk Robe Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology Collection The Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology houses an estimated at 3.8 million objects from all corners of the globe. Their mission is to collect, preserve, research, and interpret the global record of material culture, so as to promote understanding of the history and diversity of human cultures.