Location: CGIS South, Room S050, 1730 Cambridge Street, Harvard University

At the Crossroads of History: Intellectual Elites in the Debate between the Right and the Left in China Today
Zhou Zhixing, Media Executive and Former Official

*This talk will be given in Chinese, with English translation provided.*

Mr. Zhou Zhixing, a well-connected publisher and a distinguished political commentator, is the founder, president, and editor-in-chief of both Leaders (领导者) and Financial Digest (财经文摘), two increasingly prominent journals in China today. He is also the founder of Consensus Net (共识网), a digital platform for political debate within China. His family salon, the most influential of its kind in Beijing, includes annual participation by over 2,000 renowned officials, business people, and scholars representing China’s entire contemporary political spectrum.

Location: CGIS Building, Room S050, 1730 Cambridge Street, Harvard University

Other Modernism and Other Communities: Underground Art During Mao’s Cultural Revolution
Aihe Wang

Aihe Wang will examine underground art and art communities during China’s Cultural Revolution. Centering on the Wuming (No Name) painting group active in the 1970s, she will show the interconnections between such art practice and community formation. Aihe Wang will set forth three points: As a history, Wuming challenges the orthodox verdicts of the Cultural Revolution; as a community, it reveals novel social forms and forces of grass-roots transformation within a militant society; and as art, it discloses an alternative modernism and modern identity.

Location: CGIS South, Room S153, 1730 Cambridge Street, Harvard University

Asia-Pacific Security Environment Changes and ROC's Defense Transformation
Andrew Nien-dzu Yang

Andrew Yang will give an overview of the security environment in the Asia-Pacific with a focus on critical issues such as the East China Sea sovereignty dispute, the South China Sea sovereignty dispute, the Korean Peninsula crisis, and the PRC’s military threat. He will also discuss the ROC’s national defense policies and military strategy and the presence of the US military in the Asia-Pacific.