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2026 China Deep Dive: Global Young Leaders Program
Building on the UMN's longstanding partnership with Peking University, the program combined classroom learning, company visits, cultural immersion, and peer exchange to provide students with a firsthand understanding of contemporary China.
From Fellowship Support to Published Research: Rohit Satish Patil
By reducing his teaching commitments during a particularly demanding semester, the fellowship provided the uninterrupted time he needed to fully develop his research framework and concentrate on his long-term academic goals.
China Center hosts Upper Midwest Subnational Connect
On June 2, 2026, the University of Minnesota China Center, in partnership with the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations and Global Minnesota, hosted Subnational Connect – Upper Midwest, a day-long convening on U.S.-China relations and their implications for the region.
Make China Great Again: Online Alt-History Fiction, National Revival and Popular Authoritarianism
This talk, based on the recently published book Make China Great Again, examines such a phenomenon and its implications for authoritarian politics.
Five Things to Know about China in the Era of Xi Jinping
This presentation focused on placing major trends in today's People's Republic of China into comparative and historical perspective.
China Center hosts 2026 CHINA Town Hall
The event was part of a nationwide program organized by the National Committee on United States-China Relations (NCUSCR), connecting audiences at over 77 venues across the country through a shared livestream and local discussions.
Cross-Cultural Student Teams Troubleshoot Challenges of Social Media & Social Comparison
This year’s China Bridge Challenge asked students to focus on youth, social media, and social comparison, coming up with solutions that balanced the interests and objectives of both the U.S. and China.
The Four Talent Giants: National Strategies for Human Resource Development Across Japan, Australia, China, and India
This talk draws from a new book that examines how these four “talent giants” have sustained economic growth in the face of new and ongoing challenges, including demographic decline, brain drain, and intensifying geopolitical tensions.
Welcoming the Year of the Horse
The China Center celebrated the Year of the Horse with a Chinese New Year Reception on February 19. It was a joyous occasion as we gathered to mark the start of the new lunar year.
Reimagining the Second Sino-Japanese War with Animals
Without losing sight of these human or inhuman realities, this talk invites the audience to revisit the War and its legacies from the perspective of nonhuman animals.