Prof Conributes to Emmy-Winning Documentary

Wednesday October 26, 2005 Category: Campus/Faculty Permanent Link

CU and The Daily Sun reports that Prof. Chen Jian, the Michael J. Zak Chair of History for U.S.-China Relations, contributed “extensive research on Chinese-American relations” to the documentary Declassified: Nixon in China. The film won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement in News and Documentary Research.

The Cornell Chronicle quotes the Academy as saying that Chen “brought dry government files to life, revealing details that would have rattled the world at the time—including the United States’ provision to China of military intelligence and an unspoken agreement on Taiwan.

Prof. Chen arrived at Cornell just this spring from the University of Virgia. His appointment is part of a new major launched this year in China and Asia-Pacific Studies (CAPS).