Events

Geremie R. Barmé – Tales from Two Chinese Cities: Resistance in the 2019 Year of Anniversaries

CGIS South S020, Belfer Case Study Room 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA, United States

Read event summary here Speaker:  Geremie R. Barmé, Editor, China Heritage From late 2018, China has marked a series of major anniversaries and commemorations.  A century of political, cultural and social upheaval has been brought into sharp focus by tumultuous contemporary events. Today, the past is living in to the present in ways that are […]

Kent Calder – Super Continent: BRI and the Emergence of an Integrated Eurasia

CGIS South S020, Belfer Case Study Room 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA, United States

Read event summary here Speaker: Kent Calder, Johns Hopkins University Kent Calder serves as Vice Dean for Faculty Affairs and International Research Cooperation at JHU. He is also Director of […]

Jude Blanchette – What’s Communist about the Communist Party of China?

CGIS South S020, Belfer Case Study Room 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA, United States

Read event summary here Speaker: Jude Blanchette - Center for Strategic and International Studies The speaker will explore the extant ideological and institutional legacies of socialism and Marxism within the […]

Lenora Chu – Lessons from China: The World’s Largest Education System

CGIS South S020, Belfer Case Study Room 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA, United States

Read event summary here Speaker: Lenora Chu - International Correspondent, Christian Science Monitor; Author, Little Soldiers Based on journalistic research as well as her own experiences as a parent navigating the Chinese education system, Lenora will illuminate the impact of culture on education and global competitiveness, discuss differences between Chinese and Western systems, and detail […]

Critical Issues Confronting China Series Featuring Evan Feigenbaum – US-China Relations: Where We’re Headed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQV-W-SnD-Q&t=1s https://soundcloud.com/fairbank-center/us-china-relations-where-were-headed-with-evan-feigenbaum?in=fairbank-center/sets/public-lecture-series-fairbank Speaker: Evan A. Feigenbaum, Vice President for Studies, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Evan A. Feigenbaum is vice president for studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, where he oversees research in Washington, Beijing and New Delhi on a dynamic region encompassing both East Asia and South Asia. He is also the […]

Critical Issues Confronting China Series Featuring Lily Wu – The Crisis of China’s Investment Environment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96iAuifWlgM https://soundcloud.com/fairbank-center/the-crisis-of-chinas-investment-environment-with-lily-wu?in=fairbank-center/sets/public-lecture-series-fairbank Read the transcript for the event here. Speaker: Lily Wu, Chief Investment Officer, China Prosper Group In over 40 years of opening and reform (改革开放, foreign and domestic direct investment has been a critical economic growth driver, and change driver. However, both drivers face significant challenges today, which could limit their role or efficacy […]