China Focus is thrilled to announce the 2024 China Focus Essay Contest. This year’s contest is organized by China Focus and is jointly hosted by the Fudan-UC Center on Contemporary China, the 1990 Institute, The Carter Center, and the 21st Century China Center.
We will accept both Chinese and English submissions. The contest offers two topics and awards two prizes of $1,000 and four runner-up prizes of $500.
Award winners will grant China Focus and co-sponsors the right to publish their essays on their respective platforms or in their publications. Winners may then be contacted with additional award opportunities to transform their essays into teaching materials and also to discuss their work with a panel of experts during the summer.
2024 ESSAY TOPICS (CHOOSE ONLY ONE):
Topic 1: China has positioned itself as a potential mediator in conflicts like the Russo-Ukrainian War and the conflicts in the Middle-East. How would you define China’s track record in its mediation? Evaluate Chinese success so far and the geopolitical implications and potential obstacles surrounding China’s newfound role as an international mediator.
Topic 2: The U.S. and China have had an ongoing exchange of students and migrants for years as a product of increasingly globalized education and labor markets. How does the flow of U.S.-Chinese populations influence U.S.-China relations? To what extent can these population flows and ensuing people-to-people ties help to stabilize the relationship?
CONTEST REQUIREMENTS
The contest is open to undergraduate, graduate students, and recent graduates. Each entry must be the original work of students enrolled during the 2023-24 academic year as well as students who graduated after May 2023. We especially welcome submissions by students from U.S. and Chinese universities. Collaborative projects are encouraged, but prize money must be split among collaborators. Entries can be in either English or Chinese.
Essays should be written in op-ed style, with references provided as appropriate but no need for detailed footnotes, with a length of up to 2,500 words in English and 3,000 in Chinese.
Each entry will be reviewed by a panel of judges drawn from the China Focus board of advisers, experts in U.S.-China relations from the 21st Century China Center, and others with relevant expertise.
CONTEST PRIZES
Two equal $1,000 prizes for contest winners, the 1990 Institute Prize and the Jimmy Carter Prize, will be awarded. Four runner-up essays will also be selected to win $500 each.
Winners will be selected on quality without regard to the question addressed in the essay. Essay winners may then be contacted with additional award opportunities entailing transforming their essays into teaching materials and/or discussing their essay themes with experts on a panel event during the summer.
CONTEST DEADLINE (EXTENDED)
May 1st, 2024, 11:59 PM PST
Contestants who have already submitted are free to send in any revisions before the new extended deadline.
PREVIOUS CONTEST WINNERS
https://chinafocus.ucsd.edu/category/essay-contest/
HOW TO ENTER
- Send your submission to us by email (chinafocus@ucsd.edu) with the subject heading: “CF Contest2024-LastName”
- Send from your official university email address.
- Send your essay attached as a PDF.
- Please include a cover page with the following information:
- Submission title
- Author name(s)
- Affiliated school
- Degree just completed or being pursued in the current school year
- Nationality
- 3-4 sentences bio
- An alternative (permanent) email address (different from the school email address)
- Where did you hear about the essay contest?
For more information, email chinafocus@ucsd.edu and follow our LinkedIn page.
2024″中国焦点”作文大赛
2024“中国焦点”年度征文比赛正式开启。本届征文比赛由“中国焦点”（China Focus）倡议和组织，复旦-加大当代中国研究中心、1990学社（The 1990 Institute）、卡特中心（The Carter Center）和加州大学圣地亚哥分校21世纪中国研究中心(21st Century China Center)共同协办。本届比赛共有两个主题，邀请就读于中、美两国的本科生、研究生 (包括毕业不到一年的学生) 任选其中一个主题，针对中美两国正共同面对的一些挑战表述自己的观点和看法。
比赛共将选出六篇优胜论文，两个冠名一等奖，奖金额1,000美金；和四个二等奖，奖金额500美金。有奖征文评委会将同时接受收中文及英文稿件。大赛组织方将在各自平台或出版物上发表获奖论文。届时，获奖者也将有机会获得额外奖励，与大赛组织方专家合作，将获奖文章改编成教学材料，并在暑假期间应邀参与远程讨论，与相关专家面对面讨论获奖论文。
征文比赛题目（二选一）
题目一：中国在俄乌和中东地区局势中将自己定位为潜在的调停者。中国作为调停者迄今为止的表现如何?该如何评价中国为俄乌和中东地区局势带来的积极影响？中国的调停者角色是否会对地区局势产生影响？作为新晋的调停者，中国将会面临哪些障碍和考验?
题目二：多年来，教育市场和劳动力市场的日益全球化促进了中美的学生交流和移民往来。中美之间的人口流动是如何影响中美双边关系? 在多大程度上，中美双边的人口流动和民间交流能够促进两国关系的稳定发展?
征文比赛资格和其他要求：
参赛者须于2023至2024学年度在中国或美国大学注册或有学籍（包括自2023年5月毕业不足一年的应届生）的学生。比赛对本科生、研究生以及博士生开放。如果征文稿由多位作者共同撰写，则奖金须平分。
稿件必须为参赛者原创，中、英文皆可。征文长度不超过英文2,500字、中文3,000字。文体属非学术论文，但必须有理有据，可以参照长篇时事评论、专栏形式或往届获奖征文。酌情提供参考文献，但无需详细脚注。
有奖征文评委会由“中国焦点”顾问团队，包括21世纪中国研究中心教授以及其他中美关系专家担任。
提交截止日期
2024年5月1日，23：59（美西时间）
优胜者奖励
两个冠名一等奖，奖金额1,000美金。
四个二等奖，奖金额500美金。
往期获奖作品
https://chinafocus.ucsd.edu/category/essay-contest/
如何参赛
- 在截止期限之前，将稿件存为PDF格式，寄至chinafocus@ucsd.edu，标题为“CF Contest2024-LastName”
- 征文必须由学校官方电子邮箱寄出
- 除去文章本体，请于稿件首加上一页封面页，并包含以下信息：
- 文章标题
- 作者姓名
- 所属学校
- 当前所修学位
- 国籍
- 个人简历 (3-4句话即可）
- 永久个人电子邮箱（非学校官方邮箱）
- 你从哪个渠道听说此次征文比赛
如果您还有其他问题，请咨询chinafocus@ucsd.edu或关注中国焦点官方领英。
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