Author Katherine Chu

Katherine Chu

Adjunct faculty, Political Science, UC Riverside and CSU Dominguez Hills

Katherine Chu teaches courses such as Comparative Politics, Politics in Underdeveloped Worlds, and American Institutions. Her current research projects deal with the Chinese propaganda system on foreign policy and democracy in developing countries. Dr. Katherine Chu holds a PhD in Politics and International Relations and a MA in East Asia Area Studies from the University of Southern California.

So You Think You Know Chinese Film: Beyond Jackie Chan and Crouching Tiger

Katherine Chu and Kaitlin Solimine

Art & Literature, Arts & Culture, Society & Culture

China, with its population of 1.35 billion and annual box office revenues for Hollywood predicted to reach $5 billion USD in 2017, is worth watching—here’s a list of view-worthy films as recommended by academia’s top Chinese film expert, USC Professor Stan Rosen.

With Teen Mental Health Deteriorating Over Five Years, There's a Likely Culprit

Racism and the Scourge of Insecurity

Why We’re in Such a Frenzy About Prince Harry and Meghan Markle

I Run ‘Facial Recognition’ on Buildings to Unlock Architectural Secrets

The Weight of the Presidency

Four Crises Facing the President and How History Can Help

Gullibility and the Triumph of the Con-Artists

Is the Era of In-Class Education Coming to an End?

Colonizing Mars Means Contaminating Mars – And Never Knowing For Sure If It Had Its Own Native Life

Jonathan Franzen, Climate Change and the Need for Imagination

UC Berkeley’s David A. Patterson Sees the Future After Moore’s Law

Some Renewable Energy Types Promise a Bright Future. Others are Merely Sci-Fi Fantasy

Author Katherine Chu

Katherine Chu

So You Think You Know Chinese Film: Beyond Jackie Chan and Crouching Tiger