Critical Issues Confronting China featuring Ma Jun – Can China Meet its Green Targets?
Presented via ZoomSpeaker: Ma Jun, Director, Institute of Public & Environmental Affairs (IPE)Moderator: Daniel Schrag, Sturgis Hooper Professor of Geology, Professor of Environmental Science and Engineering, Harvard University; Director, Harvard University Center for the Environment ***PLEASE NOTE EARLIER START TIME*** President Xi Jinping has sought to make the environment part of his lasting legacy. Since 2012, China […]
Evaluating the Impact of the Feed-in Tariffs on Solar PV and Wind Power Development in China
Presented via ZoomSpeaker: Changgui Dong, Associate Professor, School of Public Administration and Policy, Renmin University of China Dr. Changgui Dong's research focuses on energy and environmental economics, technological change, policy evaluation and China’s governance. He is particularly interested in analyzing energy and environmental policies from an interdisciplinary perspective, and understanding China’s governance from the perspective of renewable energy […]
Brandon Dotson – Marginal Comedy and the Production of Sutras in 9th-Century Dunhuang
Barker Center, Thompson Room 12 Quincy St, Cambridge, MASpeaker: Brandon Dotson, Associate Professor and Thomas P. McKenna Chair of Buddhist Studies, Georgetown University There is something delightful about jottings and doodles in the margins of religious books. Perhaps it is the counterpoint that they offer to the generally serious and devout contents of the texts they abut. Perhaps it is also that marginalia […]
US-China-India Triple Entente in Bangladesh
Presented via ZoomPanelists:Anu Anwar, Fellow, Harvard University Asia Center; Ph.D. candidate, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International StudiesMichael Kugelman, Director, South Asia Institute, The Wilson CenterGeoffrey Macdonald, Senior Advisor for Asia, International Republican Institute Moderator: James Robson, James C. Kralik and Yunli Lou Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations; Victor […]
Bo Li – Regulating Fintech: The Asian Experience
WCC 2036 Milstein East A, Harvard Law SchoolSpeaker: Bo Li, J.D. ‘99, Deputy Managing Director, International Monetary Fund Boxed lunch will be provided. Venue
Final Conference of 1st Fudan-Harvard China-U.S. Young Leaders Dialogue
Starr Auditorium, Belfer Building, Floor 2.5, Harvard Kennedy School 79 JFK St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesFeaturing: James Heller, Consul General of the US Embassy in ShanghaiRandall Schriver, Former Assistant Secretary of Defense for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs and more. The U.S.-China relationship is undoubtedly the most important bilateral relationship in the world today. In recent years, the conflicts between China and the United States in various key areas and issues have […]
Jie Gao – From Planned Economy to Planned Governance: Transformation of China’s Socialist Planning System
Common Room, 2 Divinity Ave. 2 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesSpeaker: Jie Gao, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, National University of Singapore; HYI Visiting Scholar, 2022-23Discussant: Isabella Weber, Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Massachusetts, Amherst In China as in many other Communist countries, the evolution of socialist planning has been central to the transition from a planned economy to a market-oriented one. Conventional […]
Urban China Series featuring Chen Jinsong
Presented via ZoomSpeaker: Chen Jinsong, Shenzhen Worldunion Group (世联行) This event series is made possible by the generous support of the MIT Sustainable Urbanization Lab, the School of Community and Regional Planning at the University of British Columbia, and the Harvard Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies. Venue
Visiting Scholars Present: European-Chinese Imperial Maps, China-South Korea (Is the Party Over?), and More
CGIS South, Room S153 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesFairbank Center visiting scholars will share their research in China studies with the Harvard community. This workshop-style event will feature current research on the social networks of Chinese equity analysts, Korea-China relations, European-Chinese imperial maps of Central Asia, and land development in China. There will be an opportunity for Q & A discussion following each […]
Li Chunyuan – Contextualizing the Numbers: grain prices in Yuan 元 dynasty China, 1250-1350
Common Room, 2 Divinity Ave. 2 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesSpeaker: Li Chunyuan, Associate Professor, Department of History, Xiamen University; HYI Visiting Scholar, 2022-23 Chair/Discussant: David Yang, Associate Professor of Economics, Harvard University Harvard-Yenching Institute Visiting Scholar Talk Masks are required for all in-person audience members. Seating is limited. Venue
Critical Issues Confronting China Series featuring Austin Strange – China’s Overseas Infrastructure: Bumps Along the Road to Global Influence?
CGIS South S020, Belfer Case Study Room 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Austin Strange, Assistant Professor of International Relations, Department of Politics and Public Administration, University of Hong Kong Infrastructure is at the heart of China’s growing, controversial presence in global development. In addition to economic considerations, infrastructure projects are important cogs in China’s pursuit of international influence. But do overseas infrastructure projects actually serve as […]
Chinese Politics and Foreign Policy Workshop featuring Joseph Torigian – Succession Politics and the Xi Family in the 1980s: The “Three Types of People,” “Princelings,” and Center-Provincial Relations in Hebei and Fujian
CGIS South, Room S050 1730 Cambridge St, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesSpeaker: Joseph Torigian, Assistant Professor, School of International Service, American University After the Cultural Revolution, a three-fold succession crisis loomed for the People’s Republic of China. First, at the very top, old party cadres dominated and were reluctant to relinquish their positions – especially after spending so much time with no power whatsoever during the […]