THE CHINESE MAYOR follows Datong's mayor as he races to rebuild a 1,600-year-old capital, at a steep cost. 🎬 CHOP Film Series 🕘 Mon, Nov 2, 5:30-8 PM 📍 Hatcher Library Gallery 🎙 Q&A with director Hao Zhou & Prof. Lan Deng #umichchina #documentary #ChineseFilm

Sour, bitter, sweet, pungent, salty. Join food writer and chef Fuchsia Dunlop for a talk on her new book, Five Tastes. 🕘 Fri, Oct 30, 12:30-2 PM 📍 Michigan League, Koessler Room 🎟 Free and open to the public #umichchina #globalumich #FuchsiaDunlop #ChineseFood

Metricracy: The Data and Symbolic Politics of a Chinese Social Credit System 🎙 Chuncheng Liu, Northeastern University 🕘 Tue, Oct 27, 12-1 PM 📍 10th Floor Weiser Hall | In-person & Zoom 🔗 Register: myumi.ch/kVZXk #umichchina #globalumich #SocialCredit #sociology

Concurrent Implementation and Innovation: Multi-level Dynamics of China's Affordable Rental Housing Policy Change through Discourse Network Analysis 🎙 Zhilin Liu, Tsinghua University 🕘 Mon, Oct 26, 12-1 PM 📍 Room 555 Weiser Hall | In-person

Happy Double Ninth Festival from the Joy & Awe/Fortune & Longevity U-M Dragon! 🐉 ⚾ Notable Nines... The Detroit Tigers Ninth-inning victory against Cleveland was an epic highlight from the summer. Nothing better than a dragon partnering with Paws to usher in a winning game!

Demons, shape-shifters and mythical beasts from across East Asia are out of the stacks this Halloween! 🕘 Today, Oct 15, 4–6 PM 📍 Asia Library Quiet Study Room, 4th floor Hatcher North 🎃 Costumes & curiosity welcome @UMichLibrary #EastAsianFolklore #Halloween

Take your Chinese from Ann Arbor to Beijing! Learn about the 2nd Year Chinese GCC with @cgisumich's Ben Peipert & Prof. Qian Liu 🕘 Fri, Oct 16, 12-1 PM 💻 Online info session 📅 Apply by Dec 10 🔗 myumi.ch/bDX59 #globalumich #StudyAbroad #LearnChinese

The editors' introduction to Xiaohong Xu's The Great Separation is now in Chinese, which traces Xiaohong's life and scholarship and the making of Great Separation 📖 mp.weixin.qq.com/s/wV8vhF-kW… Translated by Jianqiang Wang, Peking University @THiS_TheHisSoc Authorized by @UofMPress

Haunted Modernities: Gender, Memory, and Place-Making in Postindustrial Taiwan 🎙 Anru Lee, The City University of New York 🕘 Tue, Oct 13, 12-1 PM 📍 10th Floor Weiser Hall | In-person & Zoom 🔗 Register: myumi.ch/VDGR3 #umichchina #globalumich #Taiwan #anthropology

“The best way to honor Xiaohong was creating a path for people who have a similar life trajectory: international students doing work on China or similar topics.” — Roi Livne 💙 Support the Xiaohong Xu Memorial Support Fund: myumi.ch/qwQwe Matching funds available!

Join us Wednesday to celebrate The Great Separation and honor Professor Xiaohong Xu 🕘 Wed, Oct 14, 12-2 PM ET 📍 Michigan Union, Kuenzel Room | In-person & Zoom 🔗 Zoom RSVP: myumi.ch/xjEjN @UMSociology @UofMPress @THiS_TheHisSoc

“It took us almost three years, but Xiaohong now has a book with his name on it, and people will read it. Some will agree and some disagree– this is exactly what Xiaohong wanted.” Co-editor Roi Livne on editing process of The Great Separation 🔗 myumi.ch/8JkVR

Missed the dance? The dragon is coming indoors! 🐉 🕘 Nov 4-Dec 11 📍 Room 547, Weiser Hall 🔗 myumi.ch/X87Ep In the upcoming exhibit, meet the 25-ft LRCCS Fortune and Longevity Dragon and the story of its fabrication and impact on community. #DancingWithTheDragon

Pop-up Moon Festival Dragon Dance at Maya Lin's Wave Field! 🐉 Last weekend, erhuist Xiao Dong Wei serenaded the U-M Fortune and Longevity Dragon as it traversed the crests and troughs of the Wave Field. #DancingWithTheDragon

What does the Cultural Revolution explain about China's reform era? 📖 Yang Zhang, coeditor of The Great Separation, on Xiaohong Xu's concept of ordoeconomism and why it isn't neoliberalism. 🔗 Read the Q&A: myumi.ch/PbQjP @UMSociology @UofMPress @THiS_TheHisSoc

Bad Romance in Southeast Asia 🎙 Tom Narins, University at Albany 🕘 Tue, Oct 6, 12-1 PM 📍 Room 555 Weiser Hall | In-person & Zoom 🔗 Register: myumi.ch/7JPzN #umichchina #globalumich #BeltAndRoad #SoutheastAsia

🎙️ Alumni Story | Ryan Etzcorn: Bridge-building between superpowers LRCCS alum and senior director at Ankura China Advisors, Ryan Etzcorn, reflects on his time at U-M, his career in China, and U.S.-China relations. 🔗 Full Story: myumi.ch/qwqAQ #UMFulbright

Sea as Medium in Early Modern Chinese Fiction 🎙 SE Kile, University of Michigan 🕘 Tue, Sept 29, 12-1 PM 📍 10th Floor Weiser Hall | In-person #umichchina #globalumich #ChineseLiterature #SeaNovels

Erhu meets rock, jazz & bluegrass at Concert of Colors! 🎶 🎙 Xiao Dong Wei & Madame XD, Min Xiao-Fen (pipa), Great Lakes Taiko Ensemble, DJ Thomas Xu 🕘 Sat, Sept 26, 2–4:30 PM 📍 Detroit Shipping Co., 474 Peterboro St 🎟 Free! myumi.ch/DWyyj #erhu #ConcertOfColors

Celebrate the Mid-Autumn Full Moon at a historic observatory! 🌕 🕘 Fri, Sept 25 | 6 PM talks, 8–11 PM drop-in 📍 Frankel Detroit Observatory, 1398 E. Ann St 🔗 Talks: myumi.ch/11Exr @michiganastro @MichiganKorea @UMCJS @iiumich #MidAutumn #FullMoon