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COURSES PRIMARILY FOR UNDERGRADUATES Government GOV 1288: China’s Economic Development Nara Dillon How has China achieved high economic growth rates for 40 years? Have the post-Mao economic reforms created a market economy, or a new form of state...
Government, History, News, Outreach
On May 8, 2019, the Fairbank Center held a panel discussion to mark 30 years since the massacre at Tiananmen Square on June 4, 1989. Watch again on YouTube: Listen again on Soundcloud: Speakers:Hao Jian, Professor, Beijing Film AcademyLouisa Lim, Senior...
Anthropology and Archaeology, News, Outreach
Rowan Flad, the John E. Hudson Professor of Archaeology at the Harvard Anthropology Department, led seven Harvard students and four faculty members on a research trip to Chengdu, China from March 18 to 23. An experienced archaeologist, Professor Flad has conducted...
This article was originally published by Colleen Walsh in The Harvard Gazette, entitled: “In China, Bacow emphasizes common values,” on March 20, 2019. Universities are key drivers of innovation and transformation, centers of progress and collaboration,...
Michael Szonyi, Director of the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Harvard University, presented the keynote speech at the 2019 Harvard College China Forum, held from April 12 to April 14, 2019. Below is the speech delivered by Michael Szonyi on the Forum’s...
Harvard University President Lawrence S. Bacow—on an Asian itinerary including stops in Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai, and Tokyo—delivered an address last night at Peking University titled “The Pursuit of Truth and the Mission of the University.” President Bacow...
