Director's Seminar
Fairbank Center Director’s Seminar featuring Kerry Ratigan – Social Policy and Decentralization in China
https://youtu.be/1zocRxRANdE https://soundcloud.com/fairbank-center/social-policy-and-decentralization-in-china-with-kerry-ratigan?in=fairbank-center/sets/public-lecture-series-fairbank Speaker: Kerry Ratigan, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Amherst College China 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 […]
Fairbank Center Director’s Seminar featuring Martin K. Whyte – China’s Hukou System: How an Engine of Development Has Now Become a Major Obstacle
https://youtu.be/2H7cFvQqv-4 https://soundcloud.com/fairbank-center/chinas-hukou-system-with-martin-k-whyte?in=fairbank-center/sets/public-lecture-series-fairbank Read the transcript of the event here. Speaker: Martin K. Whyte, John Zwaanstra Professor of International Studies and Sociology, Emeritus, and former director of the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Harvard University As the People’s Republic of China has pursued economic development over the decades, a central dilemma concerns how to treat its […]