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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261007T150000
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SUMMARY:On Political Thought in China
DESCRIPTION:Register now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeaker: Daniel Bell\, Chair Professor of Political Theory at the University of Hong KongModerator: Rana Mitter\, S.T. Lee Professor of U.S.-Asia Relations\, Harvard Kennedy SchoolJoin us for an afternoon with Professor Daniel Bell\, Chair Professor of Political Theory at the University of Hong Kong and an expert on Chinese political thought\, to discuss how ancient ideas still shape decisions in Beijing today. Professor Bell will explain how the debates of China’s great rival thinkers\, from Confucius to Mozi\, continue to root China’s political thinking\, and how their logic factors into Chinese leaders’ calculations on the most consequential decisions they face\, including a potential move on Taiwan. \n\n\n\nDon’t miss the chance to understand the deep philosophical roots behind China’s present-day politics! \n\n\n\nThis event is part of the newly launched Thinking About China: A Belfer Center Conversation Series. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/on-political-thought-in-china/
LOCATION:Ellwood Democracy Lab – Rubenstein 414AB\, 79 JFK St.\, Cambridge\, Massachusetts\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events of Interest
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261007T161500
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SUMMARY:China’s Industrial Overcapacity: Impacts Beyond the U.S. and Europe
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Padmashree Gehl Sampath\, Senior Fellow\, Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government\, Harvard Kennedy School \n\n\n\nLed by M-RCBG Senior Fellow Padmashree Gehl Sampath\, this study group looks at recent geopolitical changes in light of China’s excessive industrial capacity to assess its implications for other late industrializing economies outside of USA and Europe. \n\n\n\nIt will focus on emerging technological dominance in key sectors and discuss policy options. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/chinas-industrial-overcapacity-impacts-beyond-the-u-s-and-europe/
LOCATION:Ofer 401\, Harvard Kennedy School\, 79 JFK St.\, Cambridge\, Massachusetts\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events of Interest
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261013T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261013T130000
DTSTAMP:20261006T125736Z
CREATED:20260923T184456Z
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SUMMARY:When Men Marry into Their Wives’ Families: Changing Patriarchy\, Intimacy\, and Masculinity in Everyday Family Life of Post-Reform China
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Guanli Zhang\, Associate Professor\, School of Sociology\, Beijing Normal University; HYI Visiting Scholar\, 2026-27Chair/Discussant: Susan Greenhalgh\, John King and Wilma Cannon Fairbank Research Professor of Chinese Society Emerita\, Harvard University \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/when-men-marry-into-the-wifes-family-patriarchy-intimacy-and-masculinity-in-everyday-family-life-of-post-reform-china/
LOCATION:Common Room\, 2 Divinity Ave.\, 2 Divinity Ave.\, Cambridge\, Massachusetts\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events of Interest
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261015T170000
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DTSTAMP:20261007T143733Z
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SUMMARY:Mapping Global China: Data\, Maps\, and Stories of China’s Global Presence
DESCRIPTION:Register now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers:Adele Carrai\, Associate Professor\, University of OxfordDavide Zoppolato\, Hong Yen Chang Center Fellow\, Columbia Law School  \n\n\n\nModerator: Iain Johnston\, Gov. James Albert Noe and Linda Noe Laine Research Professor of China in World Affairs\, Harvard University  \n\n\n\nRegistration appreciated for planning purposes.  \n\n\n\nThis presentation introduces Mapping Global China\, an open-access research initiative that maps and analyzes China’s expanding global presence.  \n\n\n\nBringing together original datasets\, interactive maps\, and narrative storytelling\, the project examines how Chinese capital\, institutions\, infrastructure\, and other forms of engagement are reshaping places around the world. The conversation will present some of the project’s new tools and findings and reflect on what mapping can reveal about the changing geography of Global China. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/mapping-global-china-data-maps-and-stories-of-chinas-global-presence/
LOCATION:CGIS South S020\, Belfer Case Study Room\, 1730 Cambridge St.\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events of Interest
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261019T120000
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SUMMARY:Farewell to Grand Narratives: The Cultural Psychology of China’s Younger Generation (告别宏大叙事：当代中国年轻一代的文化心理)
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Xu Jilin (许纪霖)\, Professor of History\, East China Normal UniversityCo-Chair: Yedong Sh-Chen\, Visiting Assistant Teaching Professor in Chinese\, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures\, Wellesley College***This talk will be in Chinese*** \n\n\n\nThis event is not a Harvard University event\, but may be of interest to our community. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/farewell-to-grand-narratives-the-cultural-psychology-of-chinas-younger-generation-%e5%91%8a%e5%88%ab%e5%ae%8f%e5%a4%a7%e5%8f%99%e4%ba%8b%ef%bc%9a%e5%bd%93%e4%bb%a3%e4%b8%ad%e5%9b%bd/
LOCATION:Common Room\, 2 Divinity Ave.\, 2 Divinity Ave.\, Cambridge\, Massachusetts\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events of Interest
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261021T113000
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SUMMARY:The Ideological Origins of Modern Chinese Revolution: The Noble Spirit of the late Qing Revolutionaries - 近代中国革命的思想起源： 晚清一代革命者的志士精神 
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Xu Jilin\, Professor\, Department of History\, East China Normal UniversityChair/Discussant: Elizabeth J. Perry\, Henry Rosovsky Professor of Government\, Harvard University \n\n\n\nThis talk will be conducted in Chinese. \n\n\n\n清末世纪之交，在读书人中间，分化出一批激进的革命者。这些边缘知识人抛弃了儒家的意识形态，思想深处的虚无主义、破坏主义，与无政府主义的激进乌托邦与反满的族群意识结合，再加上唯意志论的催化，形成了视死如归的志士精神。20世纪中国的思想源头，大半渊源于晚清这一代革命者的志士精神。 \n\n\n\n华东师范大学特聘教授、历史系博士生导师、中国现代思想文化研究所副所长，兼任中国史学会理事、香港《二十一世纪》杂志编委，主要从事二十世纪中国思想史与知识分子的研究以及当代中国文化研究。主要著作有：《中国知识分子十论》（复旦大学出版社，2003）、《启蒙如何起死回生》（北京大学出版社，2011）、《当代中国的启蒙与反启蒙》（社会科学文献出版社，2011）、《家国天下：现代中国的个人、国家与世界认同》（上海人民出版社，2017）、《安身立命：大时代中的知识人》（上海人民出版社，2019）、《脉动中国：许纪霖的50堂传统文化课》（上海三联书店，2021）、《一个民族的精神史》（香港三联书店，2019）、《中国时刻？从富强到文明崛起的历史逻辑》（香港城市大学出版社2019）、《左冲右突：现代政治激流中的中国知识分子》（香港城市大学出版社2021）、Rethinking China’s Rise: A Liberal Critique (Cambridge University Press\, 2018)、《普遍的価値を求める: 中国現代思想の新潮流 (叢書・ウニベルシタス 1121， 日本法政大学出版局2020) 。2004年被广东《南方人物周刊》评为50位中国公共知识分子之一，2025年被广东《南风窗》杂志评为年度学者。《中国知识分子十论》一书2005年获得首届中国国家图书馆文津图书奖，《中国时刻？》一书被香港《亚洲周刊》评为2019年中文十大好书之首。 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/%e8%bf%91%e4%bb%a3%e4%b8%ad%e5%9b%bd%e9%9d%a9%e5%91%bd%e7%9a%84%e6%80%9d%e6%83%b3%e8%b5%b7%e6%ba%90%ef%bc%9a-%e6%99%9a%e6%b8%85%e4%b8%80%e4%bb%a3%e9%9d%a9%e5%91%bd%e8%80%85%e7%9a%84%e5%bf%97%e5%a3%ab/
LOCATION:Common Room\, 2 Divinity Ave.\, 2 Divinity Ave.\, Cambridge\, Massachusetts\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events of Interest
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261021T122000
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SUMMARY:Beyond Tariffs and Subsidies: Toward a New Framework for U.S. Industrial Policy
DESCRIPTION:Register now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeaker: Y.S. Lee\,  West Virginia University College of Law \n\n\n\nThe United States has returned to tariffs and subsidies with renewed force\, seeking to rebuild domestic manufacturing\, promote strategic industries\, and counter geopolitical rivals such as China. This resurgence of industrial policy marks a sharp departure from the rule-based international trade order under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade and the World Trade Organization since 1947. Yet despite costly tariffs and hundreds of billions of dollars in subsidies\, the economic results remain uncertain\, while concerns over inflation\, trade conflict\, and market distortion continue to grow. Current debates in economics\, politics\, and trade law have focused largely on whether tariffs and subsidies are desirable. Far less attention has been paid to a more fundamental question: whether the United States possesses the legal and institutional capacity to implement industrial policy effectively. \n\n\n\nThis Article addresses that question through the General Theory of Law and Development\, a framework that examines how law\, broader legal frameworks\, and institutions shape economic and social transformation. It argues that contemporary U.S. industrial policy is structurally inadequate to achieve its stated objectives due to serious legal and institutional deficiencies undermining effective implementation\, coordination\, and policy coherence. These deficiencies also generate significant tensions with both domestic and international legal obligations\, as illustrated by the Supreme Court’s recent decision in Learning Resources\, Inc. v. Trump. The Article develops foundational elements of a new legal and institutional framework for industrial promotion grounded in international collaboration\, economic rationality\, and institutional coordination. \n\n\n\nA light lunch will be provided. Please register here. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/beyond-tariffs-and-subsidies-toward-a-new-framework-for-u-s-industrial-policy/
LOCATION:WCC 3016\, Wasserstein Hall\, 1585 Massachusetts Ave.\, Cambridge\, Massachusetts\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events of Interest
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261023T135000
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SUMMARY:CBDB Annual Conference 2026: Research in Chinese Studies in the Age of AI
DESCRIPTION:Program\n\n\n\nPanel 1 (1:55–2:55 PM): Between Print Culture\, Literature\, and Politics\n\n\n\n\nMei\, Yuting 梅愉婷\, Zhejiang UniversityBeyond Famous Names: The Rise of Compiler and Selector Credits in Ming Imprint Records\n\n\n\nLiu\, Zaicheng 劉再騁\, Fudan University“The South Wants to Shackle the Officials from the North”: Court Politics\, Commercial Print\, and Local Society in the Southern Ming\, 1644\n\n\n\nLi\, Xiaobei 李小貝\, Beijing Union UniversityHow Did Women in Chinese Opera Enter the Historical Record?\n\n\n\nLi\, Meifang 李美芳\, Xihua UniversityRecovering Poets from Anthologies: Expanding and Cross-Correcting CBDB with the Wanqing yi shihui 晚晴簃詩匯\n\n\n\n\nPanel 2 (3:05–4:05 PM): From a Local Perspective\n\n\n\n\nWang\, Huimin 王慧敏\, Nanjing Xiaozhuang UniversityMapping Jiangsu’s Cultural Ecology Based on the Jiangsu yiwen zhi 江蘇藝文志\n\n\n\nLi\, Anrunze 黎安潤澤\, Renmin University of ChinaA Multidimensional Analysis Based on Zhejiang tongzhi: Renwu zhuan 浙江通志·人物傳\n\n\n\nWang\, Rongjing 王榕靖\, Zhejiang UniversityNeo-Confucian Learning in Fujian: Networks and Genealogy in Li Qingfu’s 李清馥 Minzhong lixue yuanyuan kao 閩中理學淵源考\n\n\n\nDang\, Qiong 黨瓊\, Guangxi UniversityBeyond the Center: Official Careers and Imperial Governance in Qing Guangxi\n\n\n\n\nPanel 3 (4:15–5:00 PM): Another Look at Historiography\n\n\n\n\nZhang\, Zhongyang 張忠楊\, Zhejiang UniversityThe Place of Prestige: The Geography and Social Capital of Choronyms in Tang China\n\n\n\nLin\, Litao 林立濤\, Nanjing UniversityProtagonists and Supporting Players: Two-Way Narrative Salience of Persons in the Songshi jishi benmo 宋史紀事本末 and the Standard Histories of the Song\, Liao\, Jin\, and Yuan\n\n\n\nNie\, Wanchun 聶琬純\, Renmin University of ChinaThe Networks of the Officials under Tang Provincial Governors\, and the Relationship between Regional Military Regimes and the Central Government\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/cbdb-annual-conference-2026-research-in-chinese-studies-in-the-age-of-ai/
LOCATION:CGIS South S020\, Belfer Case Study Room\, 1730 Cambridge St.\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events of Interest
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261024T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261030T170000
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SUMMARY:Pop-Up Exhibition — Resonant Interval: Beyond Seven Strings and Tablature
DESCRIPTION:The history of the guqin\, the Chinese zither\, reflects how a civilization sustains itself amid change. Its tablature preserves fingering while leaving rhythm and expressive proportion to the performer. Each interpretation allows the past to happen anew through another body\, revealing how openness can sustain continuity. \n\n\n\nBringing ancient tablature\, historical interpretation\, contemporary performance\, and AI generation into dialogue\, the exhibition unfolds through layers of sound and moving image. Footsteps awaken the strings; stillness allows resonance to unfold. Visitors become part of this evolving experience\, as their pauses and choices leave a new “score” that becomes the next visitor’s starting point.Exhibition Dates & Hours: October 24–30\, 2026\, 2:00–5:00 PM. Visits outside regular exhibition hours are available by appointment. Please contact bwei@fas.harvard.edu at least one day in advance to arrange a visit. \n\n\n\nFree and open to the public. \n\n\n\nArtists: Youdi Wang and Bing Wei are Visiting Scholars at Harvard FAS CAMLab (2026–2027). Wang is a guqin performer and Assistant Professor at the Xi’an Conservatory of Music. Wei is a curator and artist with PhDs in Engineering and Arts\, and an Associate Professor at the Central Conservatory of Music. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/pop-up-exhibition-resonant-interval-beyond-seven-strings-and-tablature/
LOCATION:Sackler Building\, Lower Level\, 485 Broadway\, Cambridge\, Massachusetts\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events of Interest
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261030T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261030T130000
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CREATED:20260923T183339Z
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SUMMARY:Between Cinema and Experience: War-Related Dreams and the Intergenerational Transmission of Memory in China
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: ISHII Yumi\, Associate Professor\, Tohoku University; HYI Visiting Scholar\, 2026-27Chair/Discussant: Andrew Gordon\, Lee and Juliet Folger Fund Professor of History\, Harvard University \n\n\n\nhttps://www.harvard-yenching.org/events/trans-generational-transmission-of-war-memories-in-china/ \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/trans-generational-transmission-of-war-memories-in-china/
LOCATION:Common Room\, 2 Divinity Ave.\, 2 Divinity Ave.\, Cambridge\, Massachusetts\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events of Interest
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261103T122000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261103T132000
DTSTAMP:20261006T152744Z
CREATED:20261006T152740Z
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SUMMARY:Networked State Capital in China's AI Ecosystem
DESCRIPTION:Register now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeaker: Curtis J. Milhaupt\, William F. Baxter International Professor of Law\, Stanford Law School; Senior Fellow\, by courtesy\, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies \n\n\n\nProfessor Milhaupt will discuss “Networked State Capital in China’s AI Ecosystem\,” his current joint project with Liwen Lin\, Associate Professor at the University of British Columbia\, Allard School of Law. \n\n\n\nSelf-reliance and technological resilience in artificial intelligence are national priorities of the Chinese party-state. Yet most of the key players in China’s AI ecosystem – including major platform and technology groups designated by the government as members of the “AI National Team” as well as AI unicorns – remain privately controlled at the apex of their corporate groups. If AI is a strategic priority\, why are many of the leading players not subject to apex-level state ownership and hierarchical administrative control traditionally associated with Chinese state capitalism? \n\n\n\nUsing corporate registry data\, the article maps where state-affiliated capital enters otherwise private technology groups and AI unicorns. The analysis shows that state capital is positioned at multiple points within AI ownership\, investment\, and deployment networks\, typically in subsidiaries below the apex. Some of these positions create durable channels through which the development of technology\, pilot projects\, standard setting\, and deployment can be coordinated with policy priorities. \n\n\n\nThe article conceptualizes China’s approach to state capitalism in the AI sector as a networked system of state capital and institutionalized state-private encounters rather than a binary divide between state-owned and private firms. \n\n\n\nCurtis J. Milhaupt is an internationally recognized expert on comparative corporate governance\, the legal systems of East Asia (particularly Japanese law)\, and state capitalism. \n\n\n\nA light lunch will be served. Please register here. Registration is not required but appreciated\, for planning purposes. \n\n\n\nA Harvard ID is required in order to enter Harvard Law School buildings. If you have questions\, please contact eals@law.harvard.edu in advance of the event. \n\n\n\nCo-sponsored by the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/networked-state-capital-in-chinas-ai-ecosystem/
LOCATION:WCC 3019\, Wasserstein Hall\, 1585 Mass. Ave.\, Cambridge\, Massachusetts\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events of Interest
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261104T131500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261104T143000
DTSTAMP:20260929T183614Z
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SUMMARY:Structuring Chinese History: Diwang Tu 帝王圖\, Nianbiao 年表\, “Chinese Dynasties” Charts\, and Paradigmatic Crisis in Chinese Historiography
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: James Millward\, Georgetown UniversityPeriodization by “Chinese dynasties” is a structural foundation of the historiography of continental eastern Eurasia\, but even those passingly familiar with the field know the idea is beset with problems: The Chinese dynasties aren’t all “Chinese.” They weren’t all in the same place\, but were scattered around geographical China and Inner Asia\, often two or more at the same time. What we call “dynasties” go by many names in Chinese (what’s the difference between a chao\, a dai\, and a guo?). And no one can tell you exactly how many “Chinese dynasties” there were. \n\n\n\nDespite these issues\, the modern list of “dynasties” is central to the notion of a unified\, linear\, and continuous “China” that is said to be the “oldest civilization in the form of a state in the world.” This lecture examines charts and tables of monarchs and polities from Sinitic and European traditions to scrutinize dynasties periodization as a translingual practice. It will argue that Sinitic efforts to periodize were linear and progressive\, not cyclical; always discursive rather than canonical; and that the list of so-called “Chinese dynasties” changed with political winds and trends in historical philosophy. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/structuring-chinese-history-diwang-tu-%e5%b8%9d%e7%8e%8b%e5%9c%96-nianbiao-%e5%b9%b4%e8%a1%a8-chinese-dynasties-charts-and-paradigmatic-crisis-in-chinese-historiography/
LOCATION:CGIS South\, Room S050\, 1730 Cambridge St\, Cambridge\, Massachusetts\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events of Interest
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SUMMARY:The Platform State: How China Innovates to Achieve Tech Supremacy
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Angela Huyue Zhang\, Professor of Law\, University of Southern California\, Gould School of Law \n\n\n\nProfessor Zhang will discuss “The Platform State: How China Governs Innovation to Achieve Tech Supremacy\,” her current joint project with S. Alex Yang\, Professor of Management Science and Operations at London Business School. \n\n\n\nChina’s innovation economy presents a puzzle.  In recent years\, the country has emerged as a leader in fields ranging from advanced manufacturing to artificial intelligence and biotechnology. Yet technological success has not consistently translated into financial success for Chinese firms. Across many high-tech sectors\, even leading companies operate on razor-thin margins\, while others incur substantial losses. \n\n\n\nTo resolve this puzzle\, this talk conceptualizes China as a “platform state” that governs innovation by orchestrating an ecosystem composed largely of relatively autonomous yet highly interdependent firms. This model of governance follows three strategic principles that make China resemble a platform company: prioritizing ecosystem orchestration over picking winners\, embedding control in key interfaces alongside selective ownership\, and scaling first and capturing value later.  While China is not the first to adopt platform strategy to spur innovation\, it stands apart in combining strong state capacity and domestic scale needed to cultivate a vast innovation ecosystem with substantial discretion over how its gains are distributed and deployed. \n\n\n\nLaw is central to the platform state model\, enabling experimentation and expansion while maintaining order in the innovation ecosystem. By shifting the unit of analysis from individual firms to the ecosystem as a whole\, the platform-state framework advances a new organizational theory of state capitalism and broadens the conventional scope of industrial policy. It also offers a more nuanced account of Chinese institutions and contributes to a richer understanding of the functions of law in China. \n\n\n\nAngela Huyue Zhang is Professor of Law at the University of Southern California\, where she writes and teaches at the intersection of law\, technology\, and geopolitics. Her research examines the institutional dynamics of regulation and governance\, with a current focus on the U.S.–China tech rivalry and the global regulation of artificial intelligence. Zhang is the author of two award-winning books: Chinese Antitrust Exceptionalism: How the Rise of China Challenges Global Regulation (Oxford University Press\, 2021) and High Wire: How China Regulates Big Tech and Governs Its Economy (Oxford University Press\, 2024). Prior to joining USC\, Zhang taught at the University of Hong Kong\, NYU School of Law\, and King’s College London. Earlier in her career\, Zhang practiced law for six years in Asia\, the United States\, and Europe. Zhang received her LLB from Peking University and her LLM\, JD\, and JSD from the University of Chicago Law School. \n\n\n\nCo-sponsored by the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/the-platform-state-how-china-innovates-to-achieve-tech-supremacy/
LOCATION:Hauser Hall Room 104\, 1575 Mass Ave\, Cambridge\, Massachusetts\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events of Interest
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SUMMARY:Sea Charts in the Eastern Half of Asia
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Yannan DING\, Associate Professor\, Historical Geography\, Fudan University; HYI Visiting Scholar\, 2026-27Chair/Discussant: Peter K. Bol\, Charles H. Carswell Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations\, Harvard University \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/sea-charts-in-the-eastern-half-of-asia/
LOCATION:Common Room\, 2 Divinity Ave.\, 2 Divinity Ave.\, Cambridge\, Massachusetts\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events of Interest
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SUMMARY:Rethinking the Golden Age of Journalism and Liberal Media in China
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Fang Kecheng\, Associate Professor\, School of Journalism and Communication\, Chinese University of Hong Kong; HYI Visiting Scholar\, 2026-27 \n\n\n\nChair/Discussant: Jie Li\, Ford Foundation Professor of East Asian Studies; Director of Graduate Studies\, Harvard University \n\n\n\nChina’s liberal media are often remembered through a familiar narrative: commercialization opened space for critical journalism\, outspoken newspapers challenged political authority\, and tightening state control brought their golden age to an end. This talk revisits that account\, asking what it reveals and what it leaves unexplained. Where did China’s liberal journalistic traditions come from? How did liberal media relate to the state’s reform agenda? And what\, beyond political repression\, helps explain their decline? Drawing on historical examples and research on Chinese newspapers\, the talk explores the tensions between professional ideals\, political commitments\, and the material conditions of journalism. It concludes by considering what survives the golden age and what its legacies and limitations might tell us about the future of journalism in China. \n\n\n\nhttps://www.harvard-yenching.org/events/rethinking-the-golden-age-of-journalism-and-liberal-media-in-china/ \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/rethinking-the-golden-age-of-journalism-and-liberal-media-in-china/
LOCATION:Common Room\, 2 Divinity Ave.\, 2 Divinity Ave.\, Cambridge\, Massachusetts\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events of Interest
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SUMMARY:Economic Historiography in Early PRC: An Intellectual Portrait
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Li Chenxiao\, Research Fellow\, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences; HYI Visiting Scholar\, 2026-27Chair/Discussant: Arunabh Ghosh\, Professor of History\, Harvard University \n\n\n\n\nEconomic Historiography in The Early PRC: An Intellectual Portrait\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/economic-historiography-in-early-prc-an-intellectual-portrait/
LOCATION:Common Room\, 2 Divinity Ave.\, 2 Divinity Ave.\, Cambridge\, Massachusetts\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events of Interest
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20270331T180000
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SUMMARY:Ilse and Leo Mildenberg Memorial Lecture: The Art and Design of Chinese Money
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Helen Wang\, Adjunct Researcher\, School of Art and Archaeology\, Zhejiang University \n\n\n\nMore info coming soon. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/ilse-and-leo-mildenberg-memorial-lecture-the-art-and-design-of-chinese-money/
LOCATION:Harvard Art Museum\, Menschel Hall\, Lower Level\, 32 Quincy St\, cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events of Interest
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