the china research center links china experts to the larger community interested in developments in greater china in business, media, academia and government. the center promotes original research on greater china's contemporary political and economic situation, chinese language, culture, history, society, international relations, demographics, geography and the business environment. the center's goal is to make knowledge and expertise available to a wide variety of constituents beyond the academic community, as well as to enhance academic work via cross-disciplinary and institutional collaboration. the center also serves as a bridge, and a base for collaboration, between the southeast united states and greater china.