Sino-US Relations in the Time of COVID-19
This lecture will explore the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on Sino-US relations, from the perspective of an expert on the People’s Republic of China. From the emergence of the virus in the Chinese city of Wuhan in early 2020 to the current global situation, the global response to the pandemic, both socially and politically will be discussed, with a special emphasis on current US-China relations.
Maggie Greene
is an assistant professor of Chinese and East Asian cultural history at MSU. She is the author of
Resisting Spirits: Drama Reform and Cultural Transformation
in the People’s Republic of China
(University of Michigan Press, 2019). In addition to her work on theatre and literature, she has published on subjects as varied as high altitude mountaineering to the game of mahjong in modern China.
Date: Thursday, June 11
Time:
10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. (MST)
Location:
Online via Webex
Cost:
Free and open to MSU Wonderlust members and the public.
