Summer Reading List 2018

Government, History, Law, Literature and Culture, News, Outreach, Sociology

New from Harvard University Asia Center Press: Legal Lessons: Popularizing Laws in the People’s Republic of China, 1949–1989, by Jennifer Altehenger The popularization of basic legal knowledge is an important and contested technique of state governance in China...

Spring 2018 Courses on China

Anthropology and Archaeology, Business and Economics, Environment, Government, History, International Relations, Law, Literature and Culture, News, Outreach

FRESHMEN SEMINAR FRSEMR 61M: The Silk Road as History, Culture, and Politics Mark Elliott Description:In 1923, Harvard’s Fogg Museum of Art sought to add to its collections by sending Langdon Warner, the University’s first professor of Asian art, on an expedition to...

“The China Questions: Critical Insights into a Rising Power”

Anthropology and Archaeology, Art History, Business and Economics, Digital China, Environment, Gender Studies, Government, History, International Relations, Law, Literature and Culture, News, Outreach, Research Projects, Sociology, Taiwan Studies

The Fairbank Center is thrilled to announce the publication of The China Questions: Critical Insights into a Rising Power, edited by Jennifer Rudolph and Michael Szonyi (Harvard University Press, 2018). Published to celebrate the Fairbank Center’s 60th...

UPDATED INFOGRAPHIC: A Post-19th Party Congress Guide to China’s New Leadership

Business and Economics, Government, International Relations, Law, News, Outreach, Sociology

The 19th Party Congress saw a reshuffling of China’s leadership. The Fairbank Center presents a new and updated visual guide to what we know about China’s new leaders of party and state. Click here to download the full-sized and updated infographic Read more about our...

INFOGRAPHIC: How the CCP Rules, a Guide to China’s leaders of party and state

Government, Law, News, Outreach, Research Projects, Sociology

As leaders meet in Beijing for the 19th Party Congress, the Fairbank Center presents a visual guide to understanding China’s elite politics. Click here to download the full-size infographic. In the People’s Republic of China (PRC), the term “leaders of party and...