Finding security: US-China Ag Trade in a changing world
Despite growing competition between the U.S. and China, trade volume between the two countries remain significant and robust. U.S. agricultural exports to China, in particular, has seen tremendous growth. Â But the world is changing dramatically and the impact is felt locally in the Heartland, where a majority of the U.S. agricultural exports to China are produced.Â
Meet me on the Mississippi: USHCA team visits partners in Missouri
Contact: Min Fan, USHCA Executive Director contact@usheartlandchina.org Meet Me on the Mississippi: USHCA Team Visits Partners in Missouri May 22, 2022 – St. Louis, MO Missouri has always been a must-go destination for the USHCA team. It is the home state
Beyond ZOOM: USHCA’s first delegation opens new doors for U.S.-China collaboration in agricultural education
Contact: Min Fan, USHCA Executive Director contact@usheartlandchina.org Beyond ZOOM: USHCA’s First Delegation Opens New Doors for U.S.-China Collaboration in Agricultural Education April 25, 2022 – Jefferson City, MO Two years after the pandemic shut down our in-person programs, conditions have finally
2022 U.S.-China High-Level Dialogue Brings Old and New Friends Together in Iowa
Contact: Min Fan, USHCA Executive Director contact@usheartlandchina.org April 21, 2022 – Des Moines, Iowa 2022 U.S.-China High-Level Agricultural Dialogue brings Old Friends and New Friends Together in Iowa Building on two successful virtual U.S.-China Agriculture Roundtables in 2021 and 2022, the
2022 U.S.-China Ag. Roundtable Promotes World’s Largest Ag. Trade Relationship
Contact: Min Fan, USHCA Executive Director contact@usheartlandchina.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: PLANTING PEACE: U.S. Heartland China Association Promotes World’s Largest Agricultural Trade Relationship in 2nd Annual U.S.-China Ag. Roundtable April 10, 2022 – Jefferson City, MO Former Missouri Governor Bob Holden: “We
Deep Dive on China, Session 1: China’s Foreign Policy
China’s Foreign Policy The U.S. and China share very different historical backgrounds in terms of challenges, growth, and philosophy, including very different geographical perspectives that have played a large part in each country’s trajectory. How do these historical perspectives impact
Deep Dive on China, Session 2: Doing Business In and With China
The New Reality of Doing Business In and With China As the world’s largest economic superpowers, the U.S. and China often have very different perspectives when it comes to doing business both at home and abroad. However, the two countries
Press Release: U.S. – China Diplomacy Takes Center Stage at USHCA Agricultural Dialogue in Des MoinesÂ
https://youtu.be/KZMYQjubQGA Contact: Min Fan, USHCA Executive Director contact@usheartlandchina.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  U.S. – China Diplomacy Takes Center Stage at USHCA Agricultural Dialogue in Des Moines  U.S. Ambassador to China R. Nicholas Burns, participating virtually from Beijing, joined Chinese Ambassador
Powerful, Different, Equal: Overcoming the Misconceptions and Differences between china and the us
Powerful, Different, Equal: Overcoming the Misconceptions and Differences Between China and the US China and the US are two countries that are distinctly rooted in very different systems of governance, economic, and social issues, that play a uniquely large role
U.S. Heartland China Association Announces Strategic Partnership with LingoAce, Leading Mandarin Chinese Learning Platform
JEFFERSON CITY, MO (March 3, 2022) – The United States Heartland China Association has announced its partnership with LingoAce, a Singapore-headquartered global education technology company and leading Mandarin Chinese language learning platform that offers an immersive language learning experience tailored
Better angels of our nature
I was fortunate to be among the generation of Chinese who grew up untouched by war or hunger. My grandparents who vanished in the bombings of WWII and the famine in the 50’s are only fuzzy memories kept in black and white pictures.
So Close and Yet So Far: Ten Years After Chinese President Xi Visited the Heartland
Ten years have passed since Mr. Xi Jinping, then Vice President of China, made a historic visit to the heartland of America.
Mr. Xi was returning to Muscatine, IA, where nearly a quarter-century before, he had spent six months as a young county-level cadre member of the Hebei Shijiazhuang Prefecture Corn Processing delegation. Chinese officials said Mr. Xi was grateful for the hospitality of his hosts and enjoyed his time living in rural America. He wanted to visit with old friends and relive those memories.