Posts by Liangyu Fu

Join the China Ongoing Perspectives (CHOP) Film Series for The Chinese Mayor (2015), Hao Zhou’s award-winning documentary about Datong’s controversial redevelopment and the relocation of half a million residents. A discussion with Director Zhou and U-M professor Lan Deng follows.

This blog post chronicles the Asia Library's major events and highlights of Academic Year 2026 while celebrating achievements, retirements, and new hires.

As the new semester begins, we are delighted to welcome Muyu Lin (林沐雨), the newest member of the Asia Library staff! Muyu joined us as the Asia Library Services Coordinator, and her first day was Tuesday, September 8, 2026.

Following the successful pilot of the Asia Library Third Thursday open house series in Fall 2025, we continued the program in Winter 2026. Once again, the series was enthusiastically received, welcoming many visitors to explore the Asia Library’s collections, engage with colleagues, and learn more about the histories and cultures represented in our collections.

The Asia Library hosted three Third Thursday open houses in Fall 2025, showcasing visually and intellectually inspiring, and even somewhat whimsical, materials on East Asia.

CHOP (China Ongoing Perspective) film series to present a film screening and discussion on documentary film "Made in Ethiopia."

We invite you to look back with us at some of the Asia Library’s most meaningful moments from the past academic year.

Welcome Yung-hui Chou, our new Chinese Studies Librarian.

The Asia Library would like to welcome three new interns, Hao Zhang, Suparna Hande, and Jisu Han. Each of them works on one of the three main subject areas of the Asia Library (Chinese studies, Japanese studies, and Korean studies).

CHOP (China Ongoing Perspectives) Film Series presents a mini-film festival showcasing documentaries about China through the lens of European and Chinese directors.