Thank you for your friendship and support. We look forward to working with you throughout this new zodiac cycle! May the Year of the Rat bring good fortune and happiness to you and your family.

On Monday, November 18, 2019, the University of Minnesota China Center and Global Minnesota served as the local hosts for the 2019 CHINA Town Hall, a project of the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations that took place at over 85...

On October 30, 2019, more than 250 friends and supporters of the China Center gathered at McNamara Alumni Center to celebrate the China Center’s 40-year history of building U.S.-China bridges.

On Thursday, September 26, 2019, the China Center hosted more than 80 Chinese visiting scholars conducting research at the University of Minnesota for a networking lunch. Each scholar introduced themselves, their home town, and their...

We are excited to announce Fran Fangyuan Liu as the new director of the University of Minnesota China Office in Beijing. Fran first learned of the University of Minnesota when she was 12 years old.

On Thursday, April 4th, 2019, the China Center co-hosted the event, “Pitfalls for All STEM Professionals in a New Era of US-China Relations: National Security, Economic Espionage, Racial Bias?” Over 170 people from the fields of...

The China Center awarded the 2019 Sping Lin and Ying-Ngoh T. Lin Visiting Scholars fellowship to Dr. Tracy Wang, a professor of finance at the Carlson School of Management. With the $7,500 award, Dr. Wang will sponsor Dr....

On March 12, 2019, the University of Minnesota China Center welcomed Kaiser Kuo, host and founder of the Sinica Podcast, to deliver the keynote at the 18th Annual Bob and Kim Griffin Building U.S.-China Bridges Lecture. Mr. Kuo...

The China Center welcomed the Year of the Pig on February 7 with a Chinese New Year reception for China Center Advisory Council members and other supporters at the University’s McNamara Alumni Center. Friends of the China Center braved the snow for a special performance by renowned musicians Gao Hong and Issam Rafea. The duo created improvisational music on two ancient instruments, the Syrian oud and the Chinese pipa.

Members of Minnesota’s business community gathered to hear Mr. Ralph Shui-sang Chow discuss opportunities for Minnesota’s businesses.