3D Drone Mapping at DKU

By Mai Lam, Class of 2025 This article is reposted from the The LilyPad. Click to read the original article. “Mapping tells a story of how humans adapt to and coexist with the environment,” said Leo Baldiga, a PhD student at Michigan State University, as he reflected on his research in Northern Thailand. This insight set […]

Featured Student: Lingyi Shen

Lingyi Shen is an Anthropology student set to graduate in May 2025. Over the past four years, she has worked closely with the CSCC. She served as a student coordinator for the Care and Gender Cluster and the N Aging and Care Initiative, helped organize and lead several CSCC events, and participated in multiple CSCC […]

Featured Faculty: Xiaochen Zhang

Xiaochen Zhang is an Assistant Professor of Applied Economics at Duke Kunshan University. Specializing in regional and urban economics, as well as population studies, Professor Zhang’s research focuses on migration, aging, and policy evaluation. Professor Zhang recently concluded his research project “Population Aging, Regional Innovation, and Productivity: Evidence from China,” which was supported by a […]

CSCC-Sponsored Debate on Stray Animals Policy in Jiangsu

On February 15, 2025, a 3v3 Chinese political debate competition was jointly organized by the Chinese Debating Club and the Pre-Law Association of Duke Kunshan University, with the sponsorship of the CSCC. The competition centered around the topic of “Policy Debate: Should we promote laws and regulations for taking in and rescue stray animals in […]

Featured Student: Helene Gu

In an increasingly interconnected world, the necessity for effective communication has become ever more critical—nowhere more so than in the realms of healthcare. The Medical English Project (MEP), a visionary initiative, sprouted from a seed of necessity in 2019 to bridge the language gap between healthcare providers and international patients in the city of Kunshan. […]

Announcing the 2024 Fall CSCC Research Grant Recipients 

CSCC is pleased to announce the accepted proposals for the 2024-2025 CSCC Research Grants (Submission deadline: November 1, 2024). Please see below the list of grant recipients: Community Service Project Grant Faculty Research & Creative Activity Grant 

Featured Student: Nicolás Velasco Pérez

Nicolás (Nico) Velasco Pérez is a Class of 2025 Political Economy student from Medellín, Colombia. In November 15-16, 2024, he attended the US-China Hong Kong Forum co-hosted by the China-United States Exchange Foundation (CUSEF) in partnership with the China Center for International Economic Exchanges (CCIEE). Nico spoke at the forum’s first-ever “Spotlight on Youth” Keynote […]

Featured Faculty: Yu Wang

Editors: Chi Zhang & Jingxuan Zhuge, Class of 2025 Dr. Yu Wang is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Duke Kunshan University. She was one of the founding co-directors of the CSCC and is currently a co-lead for the CSCC Care and Gender Cluster. Dr. Wang has a rich academic background, with her research focusing […]

Sino-International Collegiate Moot Court League – Get Involved!

Background & Purpose:The Sino-International Collegiate Moot Court League is a student-led initiative that builds on the successful launch of the First Sino-International Collegiate Moot Court at Duke Kunshan University in Spring 2024. This effort, spearheaded by the DKU Pre-Law Society in collaboration with Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU), aims to foster intellectual exchange and cross-campus collaboration among Sino-international universities […]

Electric China: The Origins of the Chinese Electrical and Electronics Industries, 1870-1937

On the 28th of October, the Meanings, Identities and Communities Cluster were honored to have hosted Dr Ghasssan Moazzin and his talk “Electric China: The Origins of the Chinese Electrical and Electronics Industries, 1870-1937.” Dr Moazzin is Assistant Professor at the Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences and the School of Humanities […]