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Before the dawn of Western Civilization, a divinely inspired culture blossomed in the East. Believed to be bestowed from the heavens, it valued virtue and enlightenment. Embark on an extraordinary journey through 5,000 years of glorious Chinese heritatge, where legends come alive and good always prevails. Experience the wonder of authentic Chinese culture. Experience Shen Yun.

Join a joyous, multicultural music celebration the whole family can enjoy! Elena Moon Park brings her acclaimed and catchy album Rabbit Days and Dumplings in our very first family concert. Rabbit Days is a celebration of folk and children's music from all over East Asia, reinterpreted to mix various musical traditions, languages, styles, and stories.

Why did the Soviet Union collapse? The dissolution of the USSR is particularly puzzling because China -- also a Marxist-Leninist autocracy -- managed to ditch its centrally-planned economy while maintaining an authoritarian political structure. Christopher Miller’s research in Soviet archives has found that Soviet officials closely followed Chinese policy, and directly copied many Chinese reforms.

Now in its eleventh year, the U.S. Foreign Policy Colloquium (FPC) is an exciting three-day program designed to help Chinese graduate students and visiting scholars of all disciplines better understand the complex forces that shape American foreign policy. This year's FPC will be held from May 28 to May 30, 2014 at The George Washington University Elliott School of International Affairs, with cooperation from the Sigur Center for Asian Studies.

The Global Leadership Seminar is open to all rising high school sophomores, juniors and seniors. This four-day seminar will focus on the key issues impacting the rise of Africa as a leading competitor in the global marketplace.

The Historical Society of Pennsylvania will be hosting a genealogy workshop about how to verify the stories of Chinese families. Jeanie Chooey Low, author of China Connection: Finding Ancestral Roots for Chinese in America, will provide techniques for interviewing family members and deciphering gravestone inscriptions.