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SUMMARY:Fairbank Center Director's Seminar featuring Martin K. Whyte - China's Hukou System: How an Engine of Development Has Now Become a Major Obstacle
DESCRIPTION:Read the transcript of the event here. \nSpeaker: Martin K. Whyte\, John Zwaanstra Professor of International Studies and Sociology\, Emeritus\, and former director of the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies\, Harvard University \nAs the People’s Republic of China has pursued economic development over the decades\, a central dilemma concerns how to treat its massive rural population\, and the extent to which its rural-origin citizens can contribute to\, and benefit from\, economic growth.  In different time periods\, there have been dramatic changes in the nature of rural-urban relations\, often with paradoxical consequences for prospects for economic growth. The talk will examine the nature of rural-urban relations in different time periods\, with a focus on post-1978 changes.  The initial reforms\, by freeing peasants from the “socialist serfdom” of the communes and allowing geographic mobility while maintaining the hukou system and systematic discrimination against those of rural origin\, produced the primary engine of China’s post-1978 economic boom.  However\, by maintaining pernicious discrimination based upon hukou status\, particularly regarding the educational opportunities of rural youths\, China now faces a major human capital deficit that it is struggling to overcome.  The talk concludes with a discussion of why it has been so hard to reform and eliminate hukou-based discrimination\, and what more needs to be done for China to escape the “middle income trap” and continue its economic rise. \nPart of the Fairbank Center Director’s Seminar Series \nPresented via Zoom Webinar
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/fairbank-center-directors-seminar-featuring-martin-k-whyte-chinas-hukou-system-how-an-engine-of-development-has-now-become-a-major-obstacle/
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SUMMARY:Fairbank Center Director's Seminar featuring Kerry Ratigan - Social Policy and Decentralization in China
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Kerry Ratigan\, Assistant Professor of Political Science\, Amherst College \nChina is widely known for its strong central government\, but the center needs the provinces to implement policies using their knowledge of local conditions. However\, provincial priorities sometimes conflict with those of the center. Drawing on research conducted for her forthcoming book\, Let Some Get Healthy First: How Local Politics Shaped Social Policy in China\, Ratigan shows how local politics have impacted social policy implementation in China. While some provinces tend to closely follow central directives\, others resist central policy\, sometimes subverting the goals of the central government. Although decentralization in contemporary China peaked in the early 2000s\, the impact of local government is still salient despite recent efforts to reign in local actors. \nDr. Kerry Ratigan is an assistant professor of Political Science at Amherst College where she currently teaches courses on Chinese politics and social movements. Her research has focused on Chinese politics\, social policy\, and state-society relations\, including extensive work on health policy adoption and implementation in rural China. She received her PhD in Political Science from the University of Wisconsin–Madison\, a Master’s Degree from the London School of Economics\, and a BA in Political Science and Spanish from Haverford College. \nPart of the Director’s Seminar Series \nPresented via Zoom Webinar \n\n\nTranscript: Download Transcript
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/kerry-ratigan-fairbank-center-directors-seminar/
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SUMMARY:Fairbank Center Director's Seminar Series featuring David Yang - AI-tocracy: the Political Economy of AI
DESCRIPTION:Read the transcript of the event here. \nSpeaker: David Yang\, Assistant Professor Economics\, Harvard University \nThe conventional wisdom suggests a misalignment between autocracy and technological innovation. In this project\, we examine whether there exists a political and economic alignment between the monitoring aims of autocracies and the innovative aims of AI firms. We gather comprehensive data on firms and government procurement contracts in China’s facial recognition AI industry. We find two results. First\, autocrats benefit from AI: local unrest leads to greater government demands for public security AI\, and increased AI investment suppresses subsequent unrest. Second\, AI sector benefits from the autocrats: the contracted AI firms innovate more both for the government and commercial markets. Taken together\, these results indicate a stable equilibrium between the autocrats and the AI sector. Using a directed technical change model\, we show that autocrats’ demand for AI not only could enhance its stability\, but may also sustain growth and bias innovation towards data-intensive sector when economies of scope from government data are sufficiently large. \nDavid Yang is an Assistant Professor of Economics. His research focuses on political economy\, behavioral and experimental economics\, economic history\, and cultural economics. In particular\, David studies the forces of stability and forces of changes in authoritarian regimes\, drawing lessons from historical and contemporary China. David received a B.A. in Statistics and B.S. in Business Administration from University of California at Berkeley\, and PhD in Economics from Stanford. \nPart of the Fairbank Center Director’s Seminar Series \nPresented via Zoom Webinar
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/david-yang-ai-tocracy-the-political-economy-of-ai/
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SUMMARY:Fairbank Center Director's Seminar - Myths and Realities in Sino-American Relations
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: William Overholt\, Senior Research Fellow\, Harvard Kennedy SchoolModerator: Lawrence H. Summers\, Charles W. Eliot University Professor and President Emeritus\, Harvard University; Secretary of the Treasury for President Clinton; Director of the National Economic Council for President Obama. \nIntroduction by: Winnie Chi-Man Yip\, Professor of Global Health Policy and Economics\, Department of Global Health and Population; Faculty Director\, Harvard China Health Partnership\, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health; Interim Director\, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies \nCo-sponsored by the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies and the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business & Government\, Harvard Kennedy School. \nPart of the Fairbank Center Director’s Seminar Series \nPresented via Zoom Webinar \n\n\nTranscript: Download Transcript
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/fairbank-center-directors-seminar-americas-china-policy-a-better-path-forward/
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SUMMARY:Fairbank Center Director's Seminar: Impact of COVID-19 on Mental Health in China\, India\, and the United States
DESCRIPTION:Read the transcript of the event here. \nModerator: Arthur Kleinman\, Professor of Medical Anthropology\, Department of Global Health and Social Medicine\, Harvard Medical School; Professor of Psychiatry\, Harvard Medical School; Rabb Professor\, Department of Anthropology\, Harvard University Faculty of Arts and Sciences. \nPanelists:\nXiao Shuiyuan\, Professor\, Central South University\, Xianya School of Public Health\nYifeng Xu\, President\, Shanghai Mental Health Center; Head & Professor\, Department of Psychiatry\, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine; Director\, WHO/Shanghai Collaborating Center for Research and Training in Mental Health\nVikram Patel\, The Pershing Square Professor of Global Health and Wellcome Trust Principal Research Fellow\, Department of Global Health and Social Medicine\, Harvard Medical School; Professor\, Department of Global Health and Population\, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health; Co-Founder and Member of Managing Committee\, Sangath\nCindy Liu\, Director\, Developmental Risk and Cultural Resilience Laboratory\, Brigham and Women’s Hospital; Assistant Professor of Pediatrics\, Harvard Medical School \nHost and Commentator: Winnie Yip\, Professor of Global Health Policy and Economics\, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health; Director\, Harvard China Health Partnership; Acting Director\, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies \nSponsored by the Harvard China Health Partnership and the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies. Cosponsored by the Mittal South Asia Institute. \nPart of the Fairbank Center Director’s Seminar Series \nPresented via Zoom Webinar
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/fairbank-center-directors-seminar-impact-of-covid-19-on-mental-health-in-china-india-and-the-united-states/
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SUMMARY:Fairbank Center Inaugural Director's Seminar: Impact of COVID-19 on China’s Economy
DESCRIPTION:Read a summary of the event here. \nModerator and Commentator: Lawrence H. Summers\, Charles W. Eliot University Professor and President Emeritus\, Harvard University; Secretary of the Treasury for President Clinton; Director of the National Economic Council for President Obama.\n\nPresenter: Martin Raiser\, World Bank Country Director for China and Mongolia\n\nCommentators:\nDwight Perkins\, Harold Hitchings Burbank Research Professor of Political Economy\, Harvard University\nYang Yao\, Professor and Director at the China Center for Economic Research (CCER) and Dean of the National School of Development (NSD)\, Peking University. \nHost: Chi-Man (Winnie) Yip\, Professor of the Practice of Global Health Policy and Economics in the Department of Global Health and Population\, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health; Director of the Harvard China Health Partnership; Acting Director of the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies \nCOVID-19 has caused catastrophic economic\, social and psychological costs that have far-reaching implications on human welfare. This session examines the effects of COVID-19 on the economy of China\, the first country hit by COVID-19 and the first major economy that is gradually re-opening. \nThis discussion will reference the World Bank’s most recent findings on COVID’s effects on China’s economy. For highlights\, or to download the full report\, please visit the World Bank’s China Economic Update page. \nSponsored by the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies. Co-sponsored by the Harvard China Health Partnership. \nPart of the Fairbank Center Director’s Seminar Series \nPresented via Zoom Webinar
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/fairbank-center-inaugural-directors-seminar-impact-of-covid-19-on-chinas-economy/
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