by Lihao “Billy” Yuan (UW-Madison history major). Anfu County in China’s Jiangxi Province was home to three Badgers—Lung Chi Lo, Tsao Shih Wang and Wenying Peng—who trained in political science at UW-Madison in the 1920s …
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Nienhauser receives “Special Book Award of China” honor
Among the cohort of 15 writers, translators and publishers honored with the 2020 Special Book Award of China was one American: UW-Madison’s Halls-Bascom Professor of Chinese Literature William H. Nienhauser, Jr. The annual award celebrates …
Remembering ‘Red Cap’ China lecture series founder and former WCI board chair Wade Fetzer
Wade Fetzer III, former chair of the Wisconsin China Initiative (WCI) External Advisory Board and a tireless champion of UW-Madison engagement with China, died August 20, 2020, at his home in Glencoe, Illinois. Mr. Fetzer, …
Higher education workshop collaboration with Peking University enters fifth year
Re-posted from School of Education News UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank and Peking University President Hao Ping helped open a major conference on international higher education held in Beijing May 25-26. “The U.S. and China need …
WCI Hosts 2nd “Welcome New Students” Events in China
The Wisconsin China Initiative, working with International Student Services and the Center for the First-Year Experience, coordinated a second annual program to meet with incoming students and their parents in China prior to the start …
Former UW-Madison Chancellor Irving Shain Dies at 92
Irving Shain, a chemistry professor and UW–Madison chancellor emeritus who advanced the university’s interests in China died peacefully Tuesday, March 6, in Madison after a brief illness. He was 92. (Click here to see the full …
CLACC Adds New Scholarship to Annual Program
Jane Jingyu Zhang, recipient of the inaugural CLACC Ambassador scholarship, is the student organization’s Public Relations Officer. Above is the Panda/Badger design she created for the CLACC t-shirt. The Chinese Language and Culture Club (CLACC) …
WCI Concludes 2nd Year of Bubble Tea Events
The WCI, in partnership with the Asian American Student Union, concluded a 2nd year of the successful Bubble Tea program. This program was made possible by a 2017 “campus climate improvement” grant to the Wisconsin China …