Events of Interest
Yeling Tan – Disaggregating “China, Inc” – Explaining the Rise of Chinese State Capitalism
Starr Auditorium, Belfer Building, Floor 2.5, Harvard Kennedy School 79 JFK St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Yeling Tan, Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Oregon When China joined the WTO in 2001, conventional wisdom held that global trade rules would provide a credible commitment […]
Symposium – Tale of Three Cities: Urban Regeneration Through Design and Cultural Innovation
Gund Hall Room 111 48 Quincy St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeakers: Yuan Qian, Director, Vanke Urban Research Institute Lemin Zhang, Xiamen University. Ruoxi Zhang, Xiamen University. Neill Mclean Gaddes, Principal, Sans Practice James Shen, Principal, People’s Architecture Office, Harvard Loeb Fellow 2018, Research Fellow - Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies In four decades China’s urban population has exploded, tripling to 58% of its total […]
Julie Zhu – Life under Mao: the Cultural Revolution and the “Barefoot Doctors”
Harvard Chan School, Building 1, Room 1208 677 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Julie Zhu Up through the early 1970s, the "Barefoot Doctor" initiative in China brought primary care to rural China through a cadre of village health workers affectionately referred to as the "Barefoot Doctors." Julie Zhu was one of them. She was sent to the countryside after high school and worked under the most famous […]
Workshop – Sinophone Humanities in Southeast Asia
SCHEDULE 10.15am – 10.30am: Welcome Remarks by David Wang 10.30am – 12pm: Panel A: The Geopolitics of Southeast Asian Space, Memory and History Chair: Huang Ying-che (Aichi University) Ko Chia-cian (National Taiwan University): 漢詩世界裡的華夷風 Tee Kim Tong (National Sun Yat-sen University): 馬華文學、吉隆坡與文學/記憶現場 Liew Zhou Hau (Harvard University): Staging Resettlement: The Re-engineering of Rural History and […]
May Fourth @ 100: China and the World
CGIS South, Tsai Auditorium (S010) 1730 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA, United StatesAn international symposium to celebrate and reflect upon the monumental legacy of China’s May Fourth movement. Listen to the keynote speeches by Rudolf Wagner (University of Heidelberg) and Chen Pingyuan […]
EU-China Trade and Investment Relations: A Vehicle for Cooperation or a Path to Competition?
Adolphus Busch Hall 27 Kirkland St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeakers: Jonathan Brookfield, Tufts University Yasheng Huang, MIT Philippe LeCorre, Harvard Kenned School The trade and investment ties between the European Union (EU) and China run very deep. The EU is China's biggest trading partner, and China is the EU's second biggest. Yet, European concerns over a lack of transparency, protection of intellectual property rights, and […]
Panel Discussion – China and the Middle East in the 21st Century
CMES Room 102 38 Kirkland St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeakers: Ezra F. Vogel, Harvard University Robert S. Ross, Boston College Bruce Rutherford, Colgate University Degang Sun, Shanghai International Studies University Chair: Lenore S. Martin, Emmanuel College and Harvard University
Paul Clifford – Huawei Technologies: World-Class Company or State Agent?
Starr Auditorium, Belfer Building, Floor 2.5, Harvard Kennedy School 79 JFK St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Paul Clifford, Ash Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Moderator: Anthony Saich, Ash Center Director and Daewoo Professor of International Affairs China has come a long way from relying on imports to […]
Sebastian Veg – Minjian: the Rise of China’s Grassroots Intellectuals
Speaker: Sebastian Veg, School of Advanced Studies in Social Sciences (EHESS), Paris While China’s intellectuals throughout the twentieth century were defined in terms of their elite position and responsibility for […]
Yan Xuetong and Graham Allison: US-China Competition in the Age of the Knowledge Economy
Belfer Center Library Room 369, Littauer Center 79 JFK St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Yan Xuetong, Distinguished Professor and Dean of the Institute of International Relations, Tsinghua University Moderator: Graham Allison, Douglas Dillon Professor of Government and former Director of the Belfer Center […]
The EU and China as Global Actors: The Cases of Syria and Africa
Adolphus Busch Hall 27 Kirkland St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeakers: Catherine Gegout, Harvard Kennedy School Fidel Sendagort, Former Ambassador of Spain to Egypt The panelists will discuss the differing approaches towards conflict management, and the different ways through which China and the European Union (EU) engage with the world. Specifically, they will discuss the Chinese and European policy towards the Syrian conflict and their methods […]
Michael Kingston – Arctic Shipping and the Northern Sea Route, Shipping Trends, and The New Polar Code Regulations: The Concerns and Contributions of The International Insurance Industry
CGIS South Room S354 1730 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Michael Kingston, Managing Director, Michael Kingston Associates; Special Advisor, Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment (PAME) Working Group, Arctic Council Moderator: George Soroka, Lecturer, Harvard University; Center Associate, Davis Center […]