China Economy Lecture featuring Qiao Liu — How to Understand China’s Economy?
CGIS South S020, Belfer Case Study Room 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Qiao Liu, Professor of Finance; Dean, Guanghua School of Management, Peking University As China’s economy shifts from high-speed growth to a medium-to-high-speed growth stage, maintaining an economic growth rate of around 5% per year has become a more frequently anchored goal when China plans its economic work and formulate macro policies. At the same […]
Urban China Lecture Series Featuring Zhao Yawei — Escaping to Dalifornia: Lifestyle Migration in Urban China
Presented via ZoomSpeaker: Zhao Yawei, University of ManchesterThis presentation explores the intersection of migration studies and urban studies, focusing on the case of Dali, a small city that has experienced urban transformations due to lifestyle migration. During the past decade, newcomers have flocked to this city, some of whom called it Dalifornia as its atmosphere reminds them […]
HYI Annual Roundtable — Authoritarianism in Hong Kong
CGIS South, Tsai Auditorium (S010) 1730 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA, United StatesPanelists:John P. Burns, Emeritus Professor and Honorary Professor of Politics and Public Administration, the University of Hong KongMichael C. Davis, Global Fellow, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars; Senior Research Scholar, Weatherhead East Asia Institute, Columbia University; Professor of Law and International Affairs, O.P. Jindal Global University, IndiaVictoria Tin-bor Hui, Associate Professor, Department of Political […]
Critical Issues Confronting China Series featuring Martin Whyte and Scott Rozelle — Getting Ahead in Today’s China: From Optimism to Pessimism
CGIS South S020, Belfer Case Study Room 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeakers:Martin K. Whyte, John Zwaanstra Professor of International Studies and Sociology, Emeritus; Former Acting Director, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies 2007-2008, Harvard UniversityScott Rozelle, Helen F. Farnsworth Senior Fellow and Co-Director, Stanford Center on China's Economy and Institutions, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, Stanford University. Moderator: Ya-Wen […]
Margarita Estévez-Abe — Citizenship and Multiculturalism in East Asia: A Comparative Study of Marriage Migration in Japan, South Korea and Taiwan
CGIS Knafel K262 1737 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Margarita Estévez-Abe, Associate Professor, Political Science Department, Syracuse University Moderator: Susan Pharr, Edwin O. Reischauer Research Professor of Japanese Politics; Senior Advisor, Program on US-Japan Relations, Harvard University Also via Zoom. Register at: https://harvard.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwpfuGqqDsjH9LgCaHUWTqRhSIkadozzBwd Venue
Layered Taiwan: Interwoven Pasts and Multiple Futures
Pardee School of Global Studies, Boston University 121 Bay State Rd, Boston, Massachusetts, United StatesModerated by Robert Weller, Boston University Department of Anthropology Program Schedule9:00 AM Morning Opening Reception 9:15 AM Welcoming Remarks from BUCSA Director Robert Hefner9:20 AM Welcoming Remarks by TECO-Boston Education Director Cynthia Huang9:25 AM Opening Remarks by Rob Weller and Daigengna Duoer, Overview of the conference theme & Q&A format9:30 AM Lung-chih Chang, Director, National […]
Asia’s Border Conflicts & Indigenous Approaches to Peace and Healing
CGIS South S020, Belfer Case Study Room 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesPanelists: Hana Shams Ahmed, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Social Anthropology, York University, CanadaBinalakshmi Nepram, Fellow, Harvard University Asia Center; Founder-Director, Manipur Women Gun Survivors Network & Global Alliance of Indigenous Peoples, Gender Justice, and PeaceWai Wai Nu, Founder and Executive Director of the Women Peace Network in MyanmarEnghebatu Togochung, Director, Southern Mongolian Human Rights Information Center Moderator: Sugata Bose, Gardiner Professor […]
Trump’s U.S., Xi’s China, and Our Future: An Evening with the Award-Winning Creators of Face-Off: The U.S. vs China
Room S030, CGIS South 1730 Cambridge St, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesSpeakers: Jane Perlez, Former Beijing Bureau Chief, The New York Times Rana Mitter, S.T. Lee Chair in U.S.-Asia Relations, Harvard Kennedy School Mia Lobel, Executive Producer, Face-Off: U.S. vs China Frank Zhou ’26, Associate Producer, Face-Off: U.S. vs China ****THE EVENT VENUE HAS CHANGED TO CGIS S030.**** Curious what China's rise means for you as […]
Urban China Lecture Series Featuring Samantha Vortherms — Manipulating Authoritarian Citizenship
Presented via ZoomSpeaker: Samantha Vortherms, University of California, Irvine In Manipulating Authoritarian Citizenship, Samantha Vortherms examines the institutions constructing authoritarian citizenship in the crucial case of China—where internal citizenship regimes control who can and cannot become a local citizen through the household registration system (hukou). She highlights how autocrats use internal citizenship regimes to create particularistic membership in citizenship, […]
Critical Issues Confronting China Series featuring Wang Feng — The End of the Miracle: How a Shrinking Population Impacts China’s Future
CGIS South S020, Belfer Case Study Room 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Feng Wang, Professor, Sociology, UC IrvineDiscussant: Xiang Zhou, Professor of Sociology, Harvard University China’s spectacular economic growth of the past four decades is a happy outcome of numerous historical junctures and opportunism. One pivotal factor was China’s population, particularly its healthy and literate rural population on the eve of the economic take-off. China’s hyper-growth […]
Rong Ma — Powering a Just Transition: The Impacts of Place-Based Solar Expansion in Rural China
Pierce Hall Room 301 29 Oxford St., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesSpeaker: Rong Ma, Associate Professor, China Agricultural University; Alumnus (Visiting Fellow) and Collaborator, Harvard-China Project This paper examines a solar subsidy program in China designed to alleviate poverty among rural households in the country’s most impoverished regions through solar resource development. The empirical findings indicate a substantial increase in firm entry in treated villages, accompanied […]
China Economy Lecture featuring Lizhi Liu — From Click to Boom: The Political Economy of E-Commerce in China
CGIS South S020, Belfer Case Study Room 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Lizhi Liu, Assistant Professor, McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University In merely two decades, China has transformed from a digital newcomer to the world’s largest e-commerce market, with 800 million users and nearly 50% of global retail sales. In From Click to Boom, Lizhi Liu examines how China’s e-commerce boom is inherently "paradoxical," why it addresses […]