Events

Urban China Lecture Series Featuring Bruce Pang — China’s Property Market: Navigating the Evolving Landscape

Presented via Zoom

Speaker: Bruce Pang, Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) Greater China For the past three decades, the real estate sector has been a cornerstone of China’s economic growth, social development, and urbanization. Commercial real estate, in particular, has thrived due to vigorous domestic growth and seamless integration into the global marketplace, resulting in a mature, diverse, and thriving […]

Urban China Lecture Series Featuring Koji Hirata — Local Governments and Central SOEs: Historical Evidence from Angang

Presented via Zoom

Speaker:  Koji Hirata, Monash University This presentation examines the city of Anshan in Liaoning Province as a case study to explore the interactions between large state-owned enterprises and local governments in Mao-era China. Anshan was home to China's largest steel enterprise at the time, Anshan Iron and Steel Works (Angang). Although Angang was primarily controlled […]

Urban China Lecture Series Featuring Amy Zhang

Presented via Zoom

Speaker:  Amy Zhang, New York University This event series is sponsored by the MIT Sustainable Urbanization Lab, the University of British Columbia’s School of Community and Regional Planning, and the Harvard Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies. Zoom Meeting Link: https://mit.zoom.us/j/97147498753 Venue

Urban China Lecture Series Featuring Zhao Yawei

Presented via Zoom

Speaker:  Zhao Yawei, University of Manchester This event series is sponsored by the MIT Sustainable Urbanization Lab, the University of British Columbia’s School of Community and Regional Planning, and the Harvard Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies. Zoom Meeting Link: https://mit.zoom.us/j/97147498753 Venue

Urban China Lecture Series Featuring  Samantha Vortherms

Presented via Zoom

Speaker:   Samantha Vortherms, University of California, Irvine This event series is sponsored by the MIT Sustainable Urbanization Lab, the University of British Columbia’s School of Community and Regional Planning, and the Harvard Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies. Zoom Meeting Link: https://mit.zoom.us/j/97147498753 Venue

Urban China Lecture Series Featuring Qiao Shitong

Presented via Zoom

Speaker: Qiao Shitong, Duke University This event series is sponsored by the MIT Sustainable Urbanization Lab, the University of British Columbia’s School of Community and Regional Planning, and the Harvard Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies. Zoom Meeting Link: https://mit.zoom.us/j/97147498753 Venue

Urban China Lecture Series Featuring Mark Baker

Presented via Zoom

Speaker:  Mark Baker, University of Manchester This event series is sponsored by the MIT Sustainable Urbanization Lab, the University of British Columbia’s School of Community and Regional Planning, and the Harvard Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies. Zoom Meeting Link: https://mit.zoom.us/j/97147498753 Venue

Urban China Lecture Series Featuring Claudia Huang

Presented via Zoom

Speaker: Claudia Huang, California State University, Long Beach This event series is sponsored by the MIT Sustainable Urbanization Lab, the University of British Columbia’s School of Community and Regional Planning, and the Harvard Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies. Zoom Meeting Link: https://mit.zoom.us/j/97147498753 Venue