Society & Culture

On January 31, 2025, China Focus had the honor of hosting independent filmmaker Qian-Hui Xu for a special screening of her documentaries, Dongting Village and 500 Miles Away From Home. […]

2025年1月31日，加州大学圣地亚哥分校中国焦点有幸邀请独立电影人徐倩惠举办特别放映活动，展映她的两部纪录片《洞庭村》和《离家五百里》。本次活动吸引了众多对纪录片创作感兴趣的学生，徐千惠也通过 Zoom 线上问答环节参与其中，与观众互动并解答他们的提问。此外，我们有机会采访了徐千惠，深入了解她创作这两部纪录片的初衷.

Social media presents challenges and opportunities to Chinese news market. Chinese News Media Has Struggled For Very Long, Both in Objective Reporting and In Garnering Profits For Professor [...]

How and why is Leninism reconstructed in contemporary Chinese domestic politics? Dr. Dimitar Gueorguiev discussed the prevalent use of controlled inclusion in China's participatory governance.

How did the CCP nationalize socialism? This case study looks at a May Fourth Movement exhibition to deduce roots of the CCP's political theology.

As China's demographic transition takes place, what should the central government do to win the war for talents?

With increasing competitions over global talent, concerns over the potential loss brought by talent flows arise. How should international policymakers think of it in a global context?

Retaining top immigrant talent has long been an important goal of US immigration policies. How should policymakers pave the path forward in the interest of attracting foreign talent?

Using geographical data of Chinese people who passed the imperial examination, a connection between historical educational outcomes and modern economic growth is drawn.

Poverty alleviation has always been a core policy goal of the Chinese government. To further evaluate the progress, more systematic factors need to be considered.