Aug. 3, Shanghai – Consular Officer Stephen Sanders led a discussion about film Swing Vote as a way to shed light on the importance of swing votes and the big role they can have in determining the outcome of an election in the United States. The film was very well received by the audience, as ...
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By U.S. Mission China | 3 August, 2016 | Topics: Events, Shanghai | Tags: 2016, Election, Event, Shanghai
Jul. 25, Shanghai – As interest in U.S. high school continues to grow amongst Chinese young people and their parents, The Shanghai American Center (ShAC) hosted a panel featuring five American high school students participating on a Mandarin language program to discuss their own high school experience. The students, who come from different regions of ...
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By U.S. Mission China | 25 July, 2016 | Topics: Events, Shanghai | Tags: 2016, Education, Event, Exchange, Language, Shanghai
Mar. 22, Shanghai – As part of the Consulate’s women’s history, approximately 40 people came to the Shanghai American Center on Tuesday evening to watch “Big Dream,” a documentary about empowering girls to pursue a future in STEM – Science, Technology, Engineering and Math. Economic Officer Arati Shroff introduced the film, talked about the importance ...
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By U.S. Mission China | 22 March, 2016 | Topics: Events, Shanghai | Tags: 2106, Event, Shanghai, Shanghai American Center, Women
The Shanghai American Center hosted Beijing-based American old time string band the Hutong Yellow Weasels for an evening of performance, participation, and story-sharing. Click
here to see video footage.
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By U.S. Mission China | 3 February, 2016 | Topics: Events, Shanghai | Tags: 2016, Culture, Event, Music, Shanghai
Deputy American Citizen Services Chief Rachel Washington hosted a screening of the film Selma at the Shanghai American Center, the first event in a month-long series the Shanghai American Center will be hosting in honor of Black History Month. Click
here to see the series schedule.
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By U.S. Mission China | 1 February, 2016 | Topics: Events, Shanghai | Tags: 2016, Event, Shanghai
Nov. 18, Chengdu – Teaming up with news portal Sina.com, PAS welcomed 17 local middle and high school students to experience “One Day at the U.S. Consulate,” where students learned about Public Affairs work and U.S. culture by creating media reports based on the traditional and social media available in the IRC and also attended ...
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By U.S. Mission China | 18 November, 2015 | Topics: Chengdu, Events, News | Tags: 2015, Chengdu, Event
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs Kurt Tong hosted an aviation forum in the Shanghai American Center. The theme of the event was Meeting the Demand of Air Travel and Transportation. Read his remarks
here (PDF 117 KB).
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By U.S. Mission China | 17 November, 2015 | Topics: Events, Shanghai | Tags: 2015, Event, Shanghai
Nov. 13, Chengdu – Representatives of multiple local and national news outlets, including China’s largest news agency and one of the country’s major online news portals, attended Consulate Chengdu’s 30th Anniversary Ceremony, resulting in media coverage that reached millions of people. The Sichuan Foreign Affairs Office also publicized this event on its official WeChat account, ...
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By U.S. Mission China | 13 November, 2015 | Topics: Chengdu, Events, News | Tags: 2015, Anniversary, Chengdu, Event
Oct. 28, Chengdu – In anticipation of one of America’s favorite holidays, English Language Fellow at Sichuan Normal University LaTasha Simms and Professional Associate Heidi Hartman teamed up to host a Halloween-themed party that included a brief introduction of the history of the holiday, several craft activities and contests, bobbing for apples, pin-the-tail, and trick-or-treating. ...
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By U.S. Mission China | 28 October, 2015 | Topics: Chengdu, Events, News | Tags: 2015, Chengdu, Event, Halloween
Sep. 18, Chengdu – Executive Dean at the Indiana University Kelley School of Business Philip Cochran, who is also one of the world’s foremost experts in corporate philanthropy, met with who different groups in Chengdu as part of his IIP-sponsored tour of China. With both groups (local entrepreneurs and business people who are members of ...
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By U.S. Mission China | 18 September, 2015 | Topics: Chengdu, Events, News | Tags: 2015, Chengdu, Event
In collaboration with Post’s Civil Society Working Group, Shanghai PAS hosted a roundtable for ten local female entrepreneurs featuring Sarah Kauss, the CEO and Founder of S’well, a company that sells high-end water bottles made from recycled materials. Kauss is mentor for the Fortune-State Women’s Entrepreneur Mentoring Program, which provides female entrepreneurs from around the ...
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By U.S. Mission China | 17 September, 2015 | Topics: Events, Shanghai | Tags: 2015, Entrepreneurship, Event, Shanghai
Consul General Raymond Greene on September 10, 2015 congratulated eight winners of the Consulate’s “Dream Itinerary” social media contest, in which residents of the Consulate’s district submitted creative plans for a two-week long trip to America. The winning itineraries that were authored by residents of Chengdu, Chongqing, and Guizhou were selected from over 170 submissions, ...
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By U.S. Mission China | 10 September, 2015 | Topics: Chengdu, Featured Event, News | Tags: 2015, Chengdu, Contest, Event
