10/06/2011：North Korea：Following the Chinese Road?
Davidson Conference Center, Alumni Room
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089
Cost：Free
Time：4:00PM - 5:30PM

Is isolated and reclusive North Korea  tinkering with Chinese-style economic reform? In the hope of reviving a shattered economy, Beijing has been pressing North Korean leader Kim Jong Il to do so for years. Now, there are some intriguing signs that Kim just might be listening.

U.S.-China Institute Senior Fellow Mike Chinoy has just returned from his fifteenth visit to North Korea. He will be sharing his insights and pictures. For a quarter century, Chinoy reported from Asia for CNN. He’s the author of China Live：People Power and the Television Revolution and Meltdown：The Inside Story of the North Korean Nuclear Crisis.

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10/21/2011-10/22/2011：Media and Culture in Contemporary China
Friday, 10/21, UCLA James West Alumni Center
Saturday, 10/22, USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism Auditorium

The boundaries between Hollywood and Asia are fast disappearing, with Asian corporations playing a key role in U.S. film production, and with American theme parks and retail stores in Japan, Hong Kong and China attracting visitors from all over Asia. The location of Los Angeles and its media industries on the Pacific Rim makes it a vital space to deepen and enrich these trans-Pacific ties.  This conference will explore the globalization of the China entertainment industry and the impact of film and TV on public perception of history and culture in China. It aims to bring together industry leaders, artists, scholars, students, and the public.

The conference will also feature a keynote address by Chinese producer and director Zhang Jizhong, as well as a screening of his new TV serial Journey to the West.