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Asia News

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  A Fantastical Take on Reality

  January 17, 2012

  Watching the film Godzilla with his classmates, USC senior Elton Keung initially saw the scaly creature as nothing more than a monster stomping through the streets of Tokyo, Japan. Keung was surprised to learn that the… more>

  categories: undergraduate, undergraduate research

  tags: asia, class, east asian languages and cultures, entertainment, film, godzilla, humanities, literature, movie

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  Land of the Rising Sun in the City of Angels

  June 28, 2011

  Wendy Barrios was on the fourth floor of a building at Tokyo International University (TIU) the afternoon of March 11, 2011, when the floor began to tremble. She was taking a break between her classes at TIU, where she was… more>

  categories: undergraduate, research, undergraduate research

  tags: asia, east asian area studies, humanities, japan, language, los angeles, overseas studies, study abroad, travel

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  Learning from ‘On Top of the World’

  July 30, 2009

  A tall, mysterious edifice looms over Shanghai. The Oriental Pearl Tower, located in the Pudong district, juts out of the landscape as if from another place and time. USC College undergraduates Annie Gillman and Blair Jason… more>

  categories: undergraduate

  tags: asia, china, east asian studies center, shanghai, study abroad

• Prestigious Luce Scholarship Awarded to USC College Undergrad

  March 1, 2005

  By Kaitlin Solimine March 2005 Sam Bazzi, a USC College undergraduate senior majoring in international relations and economics, has been awarded a Luce Scholarship. The highly competitive Luce Scholars Program provides… more>

  categories: undergraduate

  tags: asia, internship, scholarship, stipend