Sports diplomacy became a special focus for the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Center for East Asian Studies (CEAS) in 2025 through an $80,000 public service grant to organize an exchange of hockey coaches.
Sponsored by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, the exchange featured ten Chinese hockey coaches visiting Wisconsin in March, followed by ten American hockey coaches (mostly from Wisconsin) traveling to northeastern China in June.
“The world would be more peaceful if we had more such programs,” said Wu Lanfeng, president of the Jiamusi Hockey Association in China and a member of the delegation of coaches that visited Wisconsin.
China
CEAS Professional Series Features Esteemed Journalist David Rennie
CEAS is delighted to announce that esteemed British journalist David Rennie will be the CEAS Professional Series speaker for 2025. This high impact lecture series brings individuals who do significant work in East Asian studies …
Ruhl, Kim
Library grant keeps the dragon dancing in Viroqua
You can’t have a dragon dance without a dragon. That was the problem weighing on Pleasant Ridge Waldorf School (PRWS) teacher Shihhan Chou as she prepared for Lunar New Year festivities set for the first …
Wang, Jing
Li, Min
Pharmacy archives reveal stories of early students from China
by Laurie Dennis A combination of serendipity and knowing what to look for led history of science graduate student J.J. Strange to a treasure trove of materials about some of the first students from China …