In January, CUSEF invited students from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs—the first American college delegation to visit China in 2024. They spoke to The China Current, a digital storytelling platform, about the memories they take away from that trip.

Featured in films, host to annual events, and used as a research center for plant conservation, the Humble Administrator’s Garden is widely considered to be the finest garden in all of southern China.

In November 2023, China’s pandas left the National Zoo in Washington DC, headed for home.