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. 

Dr. Kuei-Min Chen, recent winner of the University of Minnesota’s Distinguished Leadership Award for Internationals, will visit the University of Minnesota this fall to receive her award in person this October.

The China Center hosted a lecture by Dr. Qingmin Zhang, Professor and Chair of the Department of Diplomacy at the School of International Studies at Peking University.

The China Center awarded scholarships for Summer 2018 study in Greater China to eight students through its China Center Scholarship, Hsiao Scholarship, and the Min (Amy) Xu and Michael Schumann Scholarship.