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This summer, 101 students in the College of Arts and Sciences will take part in groundbreaking research on campus with 61 faculty as part of the Nexus Scholars Program.
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Angela Pan is majoring in government and China & Asia Pacific studies.
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We are now thrilled to announce our intention of re-opening the CAPS study abroad in Beijing in the incoming academic year of 2023-2024
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You can support CAPS at: https://givingday.cornell.edu/donate?campaign_id=145032
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After two years of suspension, CAPS has resumed our annual Spring Social that was held at the AD White House on February 14th of this year.
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Jessica Chen Weiss, Michael J. Zak Professor for China and Asia-Pacific Studies, is profiled in the New Yorker magazine.
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Simmering anger at Beijing’s “zero covid” restrictions exploded over the past few days, writes Jeremy Lee Wallace, associate professor of government, in Washington Post commentary.
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At the invitation of CAPS, Dr. JIA Qingguo, PhD ’88, visited Cornell during November 2-5, 2022. In his talk, Dr Jia offered a well-balanced, illuminating perspective as one of the most prominent Chinese America watchers and specialists on China-U.S. relations, shedding light on these critical questions.
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Jeremy Lee Wallace explains how a few numbers came to define Chinese politics “until they did not count what mattered and what they counted did not measure up,” and the “stunning about-face” led by Xi Jinping within the Chinese Communist Party.
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Jeremy Lee Wallace, associate professor of government in the College of Arts and Sciences discusses his new book, “Seeking Truth and Hiding Facts: Information, Ideology, and Authoritarianism in China.”
Prof. Jeremy Wallace comments on China's report that its third-quarter gross domestic product grew.
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Faculty and journalist experts considered the consequences of the ongoing conflict during “Aftershocks: Geopolitics Since the Ukraine invasion."
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Government Prof. Allen Carlson comments on Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan.
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We wish all of our wonderful students the best in their bright futures! Here, Strauss Cooperstein provided the class speaker remarks for the commencement in May of 2022.
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A number of special events are planned in the College of Arts & Sciences to celebrate Reunion 2022.
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In this op-ed, Prof. Jeremy Wallace explains the pitfalls of China's approach to the pandemic.
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Maggie Zhang Grobowski is a China & Asia-Pacific Studies & Government major.
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These professorships continue the College’s priority to recognize faculty excellence and accomplishments.
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On Cornell’s eighth Giving Day, held March 16, 15,905 alumni, students, faculty, staff, parents and friends from more than 80 countries made gifts totaling a record-breaking $12,268,629.
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Gifts allow the College to fulfill its mission: preparing students to do the greatest good in the world.
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A $5 million alumni gift will help to support doctoral students in humanities fields within the College of Arts & Sciences.
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The program connects undergraduates in A&S with opportunities to work side by side on research with Cornell faculty from across the College.
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Associate professor of government Allen Carlson comments on the scheduled meeting between President Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping.
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The Nexus Scholars program will leverage the student-to-faculty ratio and the vibrant research enterprise in A&S to expand opportunities for students, while also enhancing the culture of collaborative scholarship at Cornell.
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Dear Members of the CAPS Community: January 1, 2020 feels both like a very long time ago, and also like it was just yesterday. Yet as Nanfu Wang noted in her stunning documentary (In the Same Breath) on the COVID-19 pandemic, looking back it seems like the last time things were “normal” in China (and the world). And, still “normal” seems not to...
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Isabella Paternostro is a CAPS major.
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Cornell’s Brittany and Adam J. Levinson China and Asia-Pacific Studies Program (CAPS) is “designed to train future leaders who are equipped to address the inevitable challenges and negotiate the delicate complexities in the various domains of U.S.-China relations.” Educational and cultural exchange between China and the United States is a core...
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Dear members of the CAPS community:It is still hard to believe that more than a year has passed since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet, thankfully, there are signs on both sides of the Pacific that to a degree the battle against the virus is being won. This being said, unfortunately, there continues to be a great deal of uncertainty...
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Wednesday, April 14, 2021 at 8:30-10:00 PM Eastern TimeREGISTER HEREThis virtual event is open to the Cornell community. Net ID required. Once registered, you will receive a Zoom link to attend the webinar. If you have not received it, check your spam folder, or reach out to us at caps@cornell.edu with any concerns. Based on his book...
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Top officials from the U.S. and China will meet in Anchorage on Thursday and Friday for the first high level summit after President Biden took office. Cornell College of Arts and Sciences faculty experts Allen Carlson discusses the political and economic implications of the summit.
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Jessica Chen Weiss, associate professor of government, will be the featured speaker for this year’s Mitzi Sutton Russekoff ’54 Lecture, hosted by the College of Arts & Sciences on March 16.
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The fellowships support students who are interested in working in the U.S. Foreign Service.
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<p> <a href="https://government.cornell.edu/jessica-chen-weiss">Jessica Chen Weiss,</a> associate professor of government, and Ali Wyne, a nonresident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council and a nonresident fellow at the Modern War Institute, have some advice for U.S. officials about their relationship with China, in this <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/02/opinion/us-china-nationalism.html?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Homepage">New York Times opinion piece</a>.</p>
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<p> The United States has ordered the Chinese consulate in Houston to close by Friday afternoon. This move, the Trump administration’s latest, could make it harder to repair the U.S.-China rift, writes Jessica Chen Weiss, associate professor of government, in <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/07/23/four-things-know-about-us-decision-close-chinese-consulate-houston/">an op-ed in the Washington Post</a>.</p>
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<p> On Wednesday, the U.S. government ordered China to close its consulate in Houston saying the decision was made “to protect American intellectual property.” The State Department gave its Chinese counterpart three days to suspend its operation, according to a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson who added that China vowed to retaliate.</p>
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<p> India and China clashed this week at the border between the two countries in the Himalayan mountains, resulting in numerous reported deaths of Indian and Chinese soldiers.</p>
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<p> Navy Ensign Emily Ortwein ’20 had “one of the most special and exciting experiences of her life” May 22, the culmination of four years of rigorous military training.</p>
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I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate the CAPS Class of 2020.Under any other circumstances I would have expressed such a sentiment to you and your families in person, here in Ithaca, most likely under sweltering skies with the promise of thunder in the air, as that is, each year to this one, how we have taken note of the...
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<h3> Kate Selley<br /> China & Asia Pacific Studies<br /> Annapolis, MD</h3><p> <strong>Why did you choose Cornell?</strong></p><p> I chose Cornell for three reasons: the China & Asia-Pacific Studies Program in Arts & Sciences, the climate change minor in CALS, and the opportunity to join an up-and-coming sailing team.</p><p> <strong>What is your main extracurricular activity and why is it important to you?</strong></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><a href="https://government.cornell.edu/jeremy-lee-wallace">Jeremy Lee Wallace</a>, associate professor in the government department, suggests in an <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/03/23/china-is-reporting-big-successes-coronavirus-fight-dont-trust-numbers/">opinion piece for the Washington Post </a>that China may be distorting the data in its fight against coronavirus.</p>
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<p>The College of Arts & Sciences is gearing up for Giving Day on Thursday, March 12 and we hope you'll join in the fun!</p><p>Your gifts to our annual fund, undergraduate scholarship fund or any of our departments and programs help our faculty and students reach their full potential.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">After the focus on dictatorships in the South Carolina democratic debate on Tuesday, <a href="https://government.cornell.edu/valerie-jane-bunce">Valerie Bunce,</a> the Aaron Binenkorb Professor of International Studies and government professor at Cornell, and <a href="https://government.cornell.edu/jessica-chen-weiss">Jessica Chen Weiss</a>, associate professor of government, discuss differing types of dictatorship and authoritarian regimes <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/po</body></html>"></a></p>
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<p>With the recent emergence of the coronavirus from China’s Hubei province, another “virus” has the potential to spread, a Cornell faculty member said Tuesday at a wide-ranging panel discussion on the outbreak.</p>
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With plane tickets booked and schedules set, seven students prepared for a semester abroad in Beijing, China. In a twist of fate, they all ended up back at Cornell due to the international novel coronavirus outbreak.A week into this semester, Prof. Allen Carlson, government, China and Asia Pacific studies program director, hosted a video...
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Over the past year, the world has watched tense protests and conflict unfold in Hong Kong, and — though a hemisphere away — tensions at Cornell, too, rose in recent months as pro-Hong Kong posters taped to bus stops and lamp posts were vandalized across the Cornell campus.With the conflict in mind, the China and Asia Pacific Studies Program and...
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<p>Jesscia Chen Weiss writes in<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/28/opinion/sunday/china-xi-foreign-policy.html?searchResultPosition=1"> this New York Times opinion piece</a> about current events such as the trade war and Hong Kong protests and their impacts on China.</p>
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At an event hosted on Tuesday, September 24 by the Levinson China & Asia-Pacific Studies Program, Professors Allen Carlson and Eli Friedman and Hong Kong activist Samuel Lee discussed the recent protests in Hong Kong. Professor Friedman expressed the views of the Chinese State and explained the economic advantage of Hong Kong to China. However...
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Students worked in State Department offices as far away as Tanzania and Spain.
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