UCLA Center for Chinese Studies http://www.international.ucla.edu/china Facilitate cutting-edge research about China at UCLA en-us Collecting Contemporary Chinese ArtA talk by Rebecca Morse (Assistant Curator, MOCA) ** May 28, 2008 ** 2 - 3:30 pmhttp://www.international.ucla.edu/china/article.asp?parentid=92523The Lyrical in Epic Time: Jiang Wenye's Music & PoetryA talk by David Der-wei Wang, in the series New Directions in Taiwan Studieshttp://www.international.ucla.edu/china/article.asp?parentid=89973UCLA Faculty Research on China: Hongyin TaoProfessor Tao is doing pathbreaking work in Chinese linguistics and language teaching http://www.international.ucla.edu/china/article.asp?parentid=88229UCLA Faculty Research on China: Professor Virginia C. Li"Going to China is for testing methodologies, not just for projects"http://www.international.ucla.edu/china/article.asp?parentid=87793China's Durable Inequality: Legacies of Revolution & Pitfalls of ReformA talk by Mark Seldenhttp://www.international.ucla.edu/china/article.asp?parentid=87446Chinese Villagers Kept a World ApartEven after reforms, China's policies put rural people in the position of second-class citizens, explains Mark Selden. http://www.international.ucla.edu/china/article.asp?parentid=87223UCLA Faculty Research on China: Professor C. Cindy FanProfessor Fan (Department of Geography) explores internal migration in Chinahttp://www.international.ucla.edu/china/article.asp?parentid=86568"The Hurricane": First screening in the Chinese Independent Documentary Film Series"The Hurricane" is a reinvestigation of the communist Land Reform (1946-1953). This documentary, in the form of a grassroots oral history, presents villages in Northeast China, who speak from memory, giving accounts of manipulation, injustice, and cruelty.http://www.international.ucla.edu/china/article.asp?parentid=85649Eugenia Lean, UCLA Alumna, Wins Prize for Best Book in East Asian HistoryProfessor Lean's book explores the role of the media and public sympathy in a sensational murder casehttp://www.international.ucla.edu/china/article.asp?parentid=84574China's Long-Term Approach to AfricaA South African scholar shares her perspective on China's investments in the continent.http://www.international.ucla.edu/china/article.asp?parentid=81668