General Highlights:

Education
For K-12 Students:
2013-14 Chinese for Children ~ Register today!
Your child will learn Mandarin Chinese language and culture through songs, stories, games, and art projects in a student-centered classroom environment. More...

For Adults:
Language & Studio Programs Fall 2013 ~ Register today!
The Fall semester will begin the week of September 16th, offering classes for all levels & interests! More...

Gallery
Dunhuang：Buddhist Art at the Gateway of the Silk Road ~ Through October 6, 2013
Dunhuang, the western gateway to China, is one of the world's most esteemed art shrines and cultural heritage sites. Dunhuang addresses art and ritual practices of the Northern dynasties（420-589）and the Tang dynasty（618-907）. The exhibition features excavated art works, high relief clay figures, wooden sculpture, silk banners, and molded bricks. A group of treasured Buddhist sutras from the famous Cangjingdong （The Library Cave）illustrate the story behind Dunhuang's historic discovery. Magnificent replicas of a 6th-century central pillar and an 8th-century cave allow visitors to experience the actual cave setting. More...

Corporate
China Impact Speaker Series featuring Stephen A. Schwarzman ~ September 26, 2013
China Institute will host featured speaker Stephen A. Schwarzman, Chairman, CEO and Co-Founder, Blackstone and Chairman, Schwarzman Scholars, for a special luncheon installment of the China Impact Speaker Series. Mr. Schwarzman will be interviewed by Betty Liu of Bloomberg TV. More...

Update! The 10th China Institute Executive Summit ~ November 8, 2013
Newly confirmed keynote speakers will include The Honorable CUI Tiankai, Ambassador of the People's Republic of China to the US（Opening Dinner, Nov. 7th）and Kin Moy, Deputy Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, US Department of State（Conference, Nov. 8th）.

Our 2013 Summit, entitled The Chinese Dream and the American Dream：Common Perspectives, Consumer Expectations, and Economic Outlook, will take place on November 8th in New York City. The opening dinner will be hosted at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on November 7th. Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business, the Summit co-organizer, will bring a delegation of Chinese CEOs to attend the Summit. More...

Programs and Events
Author Talk & Book Signing - The Chinese Art Book with Dr. Colin Mackenzie ~ September 24, 2013
For more than four millennia, dynasties rose and fell, capitals were abandoned and new ones built, and influxes of foreign populations contributed to the changing face of Chinese civilization and the creation of some of the world's most beautiful art. Recently, through the momentous struggles of the past century, China has emerged as an economic superpower – and its art is now more prominent than ever.

Colin Mackenzie, Senior Curator of Chinese Art at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, has partnered with Phaidon Press to create The Chinese Art Book, a visual encyclopedia of the art of the oldest continuous civilization on Earth through 300 works, from the earliest dynasties to the new generation of contemporary artists enlivening the global art world today. In this lecture, Dr. Mackenzie will examine Chinese art within the context of Chinese political and cultural history. More...

Click here for a preview of The Chinese Art Book.

Renwen Society
Film Screening and Author's Talk - Wang Renmei：The Wild Cat of Shanghai ~ September 21, 2013
The Renwen Society at China Institute will present a film screening and talk by Dr. Richard Meyer on Wang Renmei, a famous movie actress of the early 20th century, on September 21st. Prior to the founding of the PRC, Wang Renmei was on a fast track to becoming one of China's leading film stars. Her early films received magnificent praise by audiences and critics alike. The film, "Song of the Fishermen," in which she sang and played a major role, was the first Chinese motion picture to win an International Award in Moscow in 1935. The presentation will explore the era’s prevalent anti-feminist attitudes and feudal society that, along with her personal problems, the Anti-rightist Movement, and the Cultural Revolution, contributed to the downturn of Wang’s promising career and hospitalization for mental illness. Dr. Meyer's new book, Wang Renmei：The Wild Cat of Shanghai, was recently published by Hong Kong University Press. It will be available for sale and signing by the author at the event. More...