Duke University Asian/Pacific Studies Institute

In an interview, Duke University’s Senior Adviser to the President for China Affairs, Dr. Denis Simon, argues that the openness of the U.S. research ecosystem is indeed the best tool in its hands to keep fostering innovation on advanced technologies and compete with China, a country currently producing almost twice the number of STEM graduates as the U.S.

Professor Nayoung Aimee Kwon (AMES), a scholar of Korean culture, politics, and history, explores how criticism of social issues such as inequality raised in popular films and dramas like "Squid Game," "Parasite," "Train to Busan," and "Snowpiercer" are part of a long theme in Korea that can be traced back hundreds of years.

On September 29, DUCIGS hosted a conversation with Dr. Jackson Ewing, exploring the global impact of China's investment sources, standards, and approaches.

In mid-August 2021, a group of talented and enthusiastic scholars arrived in Durham for the first time, eager to begin in-person classes at Duke. Though this cohort includes newly-matriculated students as well as those beginning the second year...