Something new is cascading through Ann Arbor π
Watch the U-M dragon dance through blossoming peonies with live drumming!
π Sat, May 30 Β· 11 AM
π Nichols Arboretum
π Free shuttle: bit.ly/4nMuOUn@ArtsAtMichigan@umichCWPS@GlobalMichigan@iiumich
On May 13, LRCCS Directer Ann Chih Lin spoke with Spectrum News about President Donald Trump's current trip to Beijing to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
Watch the interview: myumi.ch/nVk7V
π· : Screenshot from Spectrum News video
@iiumich#umichchina
Congratulations to our seven graduating MIRS students in the Class of 2026!
π With Concentrations in Anthropology, History, Media Studies, Political Science & Sociology, they will go on to pursue advanced studies and industry careers.
@iiumich#MGoGrad#Victors2026
LRCCS Noon Lecture Series
π Arunabh Ghosh (Harvard) on Building a Small Hydropower Station in Mao-era China
π Tue, Apr 21 | 12:00β1:00 PM
π 10th Floor, Weiser Hall
Free & open to the public.
#umichchina#globalumich#ChineseHistory#MaoEraChina
The dragon is lit and ready to be among the luminaries tonight at the FoolMoon Festival!
π Downtown Ann Arbor
β° 7:30 PM
More details: #DestinationAnnArbor#DancingwiththeDragon
πΈ: Jonathan Valdez
Explaining the Sexual Empowerment of Married Women in China
π Tue, Apr 14 | 12β1 PM
π Weiser Hall 10F, Ann Arbor Zoom
π Bill Lavely (University of Washington)
Register: myumi.ch/pV41e#umichchina#globalumich#ChineseMarriage
π Out Oct 2026 via @UofMPress β a posthumous work by Xiaohong Xu @UMSociology
The Great Separation upends scholarship on China's neoliberalism, tracing ordoeconomism to before the Reform era.
π Book: press.umich.edu/Books/T/The-β¦
π About Xu: myumi.ch/8qwRP
Chinese Espresso: A Story of Global China in Italy's Local Coffee Bars
π Tue, Mar 31 | 12β1 PM
π Weiser Hall 10F, Ann Arbor Zoom
π Grazia Deng (Brandeis University)
Register: myumi.ch/79Dp1#umichchina#globalumich#LRCCS
π A 25-ft U-M dragon joins the Stearns End of Year Concert β alongside Indonesian Gamelan, Baroque orchestras & Moog synthesizer.
π Mon, Apr 6 | 7:30β9:30 PM
π Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor
π Free & open to all
#umichchina#DancingWithTheDragonii.umich.edu/lrccs/news-evenβ¦
Transnational Feminist Mediation: The Other Half of the Sky (1975) and US-China People's Diplomacy
π Tue, Mar 24 | 12β1 PM
π Weiser Hall 10F, Ann Arbor Zoom
π Ling Zhang (SUNY Purchase College)
Register: myumi.ch/Mk23A#umichchina#globalumich#ChineseFilm#LRCCS
π LRCCS, Zhen Guo, Fangfei Miao & James Koo are recipients of the City of Ann Arbor's 2025 Golden Paintbrush Award for Dragons Everywhere All at Once β honoring art that adds "a bit of magic to daily life."
#umichchina#globalumich#DancingWithTheDragon#GoldenPaintbrush
"Bridge-building has been the theme of my entire career." β Ryan Etzcorn, Chinese Studies '16
7 years in Beijing. Fulbright. Ford Foundation. It started here.
π Fund the next Ryan on #GivingBlueDay by March 18: myumi.ch/VVJJR#umichchina#globalumich#ChineseStudies
Globalizing Chinese Theatre: Chinese Dramatists and Transnational Media Ecologies
π Tue, Mar 17 | 12β1 PM
π Weiser Hall 10F, Ann Arbor Zoom
π Sophia Tingting Zhao (Virginia Tech)
Register: myumi.ch/mRz1N#umichchina#globalumich#ChineseTheatre#LRCCS