US-China Institute :: news & features :: usc scholars investigate china's US-China Institute--owner associations: "Homeowner associations are relatively new and increasingly important institutions in China. In June 2007, USC’s Civic Engagement Initiative utilized funding from the USC U.S.-China Institute to co-sponsor an international conference in Beijing looking at the legal, political, social, and economic implications of China’s burgeoning homeowner association (HOA) movement and comparing it to similar trends in other national contexts."

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Who is that guy in the white shirt, fifth from the right?