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Joshua Schlachet's new monograph investigates how 18th- and 19th-century Japan related healthy eating to a healthy society. 

Pathbreaking article, co-authored with former student Zeming Liu, explores the intertwining of China's legal system with Party ideology. 

A spring field trip showcased the vitality and resilience of lower Manhattan's storied Chinese American neighborhood. 

“I want us, as parents … to feel we are not alone,” Director of the China Center for Social Policy says in candid, heartfelt public address.

Premiere ‘Viet Arts in Action’ event pairs French-Vietnamese director with Three Seasons auteur Tony Bui for an insightful talk on cinematic craft.

Sweeping evaluation of three new books on cross-strait relations coincides with a high-profile public visit to the PRC by Taiwanese opposition leader. 

Deadline for all application materials (including letters of reference): Friday, May 22.

The newest Studies title, co-authored by two Columbia alumnae, benefits from unusual access to an insular community who chose to stay in Japan after WWII. 

The Director of Columbia's China Center for Social Policy describes the similar challenges facing America and China around inequality.

Top figures in government and business from both countries see collaboration around AI, semiconductors, and tech infrastructure as the next stage in the bilateral relationship.

This year's prompt asks, "What does it mean to study Northeast, Southeast, and Inner Asia now, in a moment of exceptional geopolitical turbulence?" Deadline to submit: April 27, 2026.  

China is still capable of great things, says the SIPA Adjunct Professor, but it needs a new vision of its workers “not as tools for prosperity but as beneficiaries of prosperity.”