A Wok Through Time
July 18, 2024
Michelle King unpacks the life of Chinese culinary icon Fu Pei-Mei in her recently released book, “Chop, Fry, Watch, Learn.”
China
Mastering Mandarin for Business
February 13, 2020
With nearly 1 billion speakers, Mandarin Chinese is the most spoken language in the world. That’s almost 15 percent of the global population — and why UNC Asian studies professor Yi Zhou has spent the past decade teaching advanced Mandarin courses to undergraduate and MBA students.
Restoring Rural China
May 6, 2019
While the United States and China take up roughly the same amount of land mass, China’s population is over four times that of the U.S. — and more people means more change in vegetation growth. How do these factors connect to climate change? Conghe Song explores this relationship, pursuing a project that has led to his return to his birthplace: rural China.
The China Health & Nutrition Survey
November 17, 2016
This pioneering survey from the UNC Carolina Population Center has identified the "nutrition transition" in China now seen throughout industrialized countries.