Events

Ya-Wen Lei – Coping With Growing Inequality

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

Read event summary here Speaker: Ya-Wen Lei, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Harvard University

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 […]

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 […]

Critical Issues Confronting China Series Featuring Robert Ross – Rising China in Perspective: Global Threat or Great Power Competitor

https://youtu.be/fwwxMTfMxyE https://soundcloud.com/fairbank-center/rising-china-in-perspective-global-threat-or-great-power-competitor-with-ross-robert?in=fairbank-center/sets/public-lecture-series-fairbank Read the transcript of the event here. Speaker: Robert S. Ross, Professor of Political Science, Boston College; Fairbank Center Associate Part of the Critical Issues Confronting China Series […]

Critical Issues Confronting China Series Featuring Jorge Heine – China and the Global South: From Debt Diplomacy to Dependency?

https://youtu.be/pQ-2N-J47wE https://soundcloud.com/fairbank-center/china-and-the-global-south-from-debt-diplomacy-to-dependency-with-jorge-heine Read the transcript of the event here. Speaker: Jorge Heine, Research Professor, Boston University; Former Ambassador of Chile to China (2014-2017), to India (2003-2007) and to South Africa […]

Critical Issues Confronting China Series Featuring Rosemary Foot – China, the UN, and Human Protection: Beliefs, Power, Image

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUGul3_tUiw https://soundcloud.com/fairbank-center/china-the-un-and-human-protection-with-rosemary-foot Read the transcript of the event here. Speaker: Rosemary Foot, Senior Research Fellow in International Relations at the University of Oxford; Emeritus Fellow of St Antony’s College; Research […]