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.

On Tuesday, October 9, the University of Minnesota China Center and Global Minnesota served as the local hosts for the 2018 CHINA Town Hall, a project of the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations that took place at over 100...

This summer, the University of Minnesota welcomed its first-ever Sping Lin Visiting Scholar: Dr. Xie Yihong of the Guangxi Centers for Disease Control.

On September 27, 50 Chinese visiting scholars gathered at the University International Center for the fall networking lunch event.

University of Minnesota alumnus Xiang Zhang recently began his new post as the 16th president of the University of Hong Kong.