The Claremont Courier reported on the unveiling of CMC’s 2023 Rose Parade^® float design at Family Fun Day on Dec. 11. The design, with the theme ‘launching responsible leaders,’ was visible in a detailed rendering.

 The Claremont Courier featured CMC’s float entry in the 2023 Rose Parade^®, sharing the float’s design elements, which include “snow-capped Mt. Baldy, public art, iconic buildings, a creative take on CMC’s book and globe logo, and Southern California native flora.”

Prof. Minxin Pei published an op-ed in the Los Angeles Times arguing that the Chinese government must order “the immediate approval and import of mRNA vaccines” to quell protests over the country’s “rigid ‘zero-COVID’” policies.

Prof. Terril Yue Jones published an essay in Politico magazine, reflecting on the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests—which Jones covered as a journalist—in relation to the recent anti-zero-Covid protests in China. Jones noted the distinct similarities between 1989 and 2022 before detailing the stark differences. “In 1989 there was … no internet and the mobile phone I used was as big as my shoe. People relied on newspapers, radio and television for their news and for their cues.

Business Insider interviewed Prof. Minxin Pei about how the mass protests in China present the country’s President Xi Jinping with the biggest crisis of his time in power. "This is Xi's first real test," Pei said. "The choices are very hard, and he's not been faced with such a tough challenge in the last decade."