Project Pengyou, Middlebury Chapter

11/23/2019

Middlebury was proud to be the only location in Vermont to host the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations China Town Hall on Monday! Five experts had a discussion on the differing perspectives of the U.S. and Chinese governments, followed by a Q&A session with two Middlebury and MIIS professors.

11/22/2019

Happy Pengyou Day! Pengyou 朋友 is Mandarin for friend. Today, we are celebrating all our U.S.-China bridge builders on campus who work to create better friendships in our communities. Who is your unsung Pengyou today?

11/18/2019

It's today! Join us in the RAJ Conference room at 6 p.m. for China Town Hall. ABC News' George Stephanopoulos and a panel of experts will speak on the state of U.S.-China relations today, followed by a discussion with Associate Professor of Political Science Jessica T***s. Food will be served!

10/05/2019

It was an honor to host Scott Rozelle from Stanford University’s Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies yesterday! Professor Rozelle talked to economics and political science classes and gave a lecture entitled “The Other China,” where we discussed China’s middle income trap and human capital. He also had the opportunity to dine with students!

10/03/2019

A development economist with over 30 years of experience in China, Professor Scott Rozelle of Stanford University will share about his team's innovative work to close the rural-urban divide in China and shed light on China's rural issues.

Join us today at 4:30 in Hillcrest 103!

10/03/2019

Thank you to those who came out to our Midd-Autumn Festival at the Knoll on Friday! We had lots of fun celebrating the fall harvest.

08/25/2019

It is with great sadness that Project Pengyou at Middlebury acknowledges the passing of Sidney Rittenberg at the age of 98. Rittenberg was an American journalist, scholar, Chinese linguist and the first American to join the Chinese Communist Party. He arrived in China in 1944 with the U.S. Army and stayed in China until 1980, during which he spent 16 years in solitary confinement. We were proud to host a conversation with him in December 2018, which many of our members attended. His personal and professional life were intertwined with the rise of modern China and as a foreigner, he had remarkable influence in a country largely closed off to the outside world. This picture displays Chairman Mao Zedong signing a copy of his Little Red Book for Rittenberg in Beijing in 1966. Check out this interview with Rittenberg in The Atlantic in 2013.

On the dictator's 120th birthday, Sidney Rittenberg—whose life story entwines with the turbulent history of the People's Republic—describes his interactions with the man who still dominates China 37 years after his death.

07/26/2019

Today in Beijing, board member Benjy Renton met with Melissa and Jessica of and Jack . We discussed ’s network of global U.S.-China bridge builders and how we can work together in the future to help bring more Americans to China.

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05/30/2019

Earlier last week, board member Benjy Renton attended “The State of U.S.-China Relations: A Conversation,” an event by the National Committee of U.S.-China Relations. Six China policy experts talked about a new shift from strategic cooperation to strategic competition and what can be done.

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05/02/2019

Thank you to those who came to our research panel last night! We had a great discussion about research in China and students’ research processes.

05/01/2019

Join us today to learn more about research in China! 6:00 in Axinn 229.

04/27/2019

It was great to have Thomas Fingar, an APARC Fellow at Stanford University's Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, speak at Middlebury today! Professor Fingar outlined the challenges, constraints and choices that will shape China's future.