Xin Zhang – Governance by Numbers: Origins, Present and Future of China’s Social Credit System
WCC 1010, Wasserstein Hall 1585 Mass. Ave., Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Xin Zhang, Visiting Scholar, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Harvard University; Associate Professor, School of Law, University of International Business and Economics, Beijing Commenter/Discussant : Ya-Wen Lei, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Harvard University Asian food will be provided.
Jane Perlez – On the trail of Xi Jinping: A New York Times Correspondent on Reporting in China
CGIS South S020, Belfer Case Study Room 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesRead event summary here Speaker: Jane Perlez, The New York Times
Gerard Sanders and Xuan Gao – The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank: A 21st-Century Multilateral Development Bank
Austin East, Room 101 1515 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeakers: Gerard Sanders, General Counsel, AIIB Xuan Gao, Senior Counsel and Head of Institutional Unit, AIIB Non-pizza lunch will be served.
Roger Shih-Chieh Lo – Redemptive Society and Cold War: Tongshanshe (Fellowship of Goodness) in Zhejiang, Fujian, and Taiwan, 1949-1978
Speaker: Roger Shih-Chieh Lo, National Taiwan University; HYI Visiting Scholar Chair/discussant: Michael Szonyi, Harvard University Throughout the 20th century, the two most influential redemptive societies in Chinese local society, Tongshanshe (Fellowship of Goodness) and Yiguangdao (Persistent way) both suffered various level of crackdown from different regimes. From fieldwork and local archives, however, it is evident […]
Faan Chen – Driving and the Built Environment: Is Transit-Oriented Development Effective in Shanghai?
Pierce Hall 100F 29 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Faan Chen, Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard-China Project, Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University The rapid growth of cities such as Shanghai in China has presented many transportation, land use and climate change challenges for local government officials, planning and transit practitioners and property developers. These challenges include traffic congestion, […]
Reveal 揭幕 – 2019 Harvard Taiwan Arts Festival
Arts Wing, Second Floor, Smith Campus Center 1350 Mass Ave., Cambridge, MA, United StatesThe first Taiwan Arts Festival in Boston titled “Reveal” provides a platform for many artwork inspired by Taiwan. Sharing inspirations, the selected artwork display and uncover both similarities and differences […]
Gerard Sanders – Legal Paths in the World of International Organizations
WCC 1010, Wasserstein Hall 1585 Mass. Ave., Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Gerard Sanders, General Counsel, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
Li Jin – Interpreting Demons: Armed Resistance and Epistemic Struggle in 1950s Tibet
CGIS Knafel K262 1737 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Li Jin, Department of Anthropology, University of Michigan In the 1950s, Chinese incursion drove Tibetans in Sichuan to launch a guerrilla war. This war led to the exile of […]
改革开放中的中国与世界 | China and the World In the Age of Reform and Opening Up
9:00 - 10:00am 韩钢 Han Gang, East China Normal University：1980年代中国改革的高层政治格局 China's High-level Political Structures During the Reforms of the 1980s 10:15 - 11:15am: 肖冬连 Xiao Donglian, East China Normal University：农村改革与中国市场的转轨 Rural Reforms and China's Marketization 11:30 - 12:30: Robert S. Ross, Boston College, Fairbank Center Associate: The Origins of the New “Cold War”: U.S.-China Relations, […]
Zeb Raft – ‘Echoes’ in the Shishuo Xinyu: Repetition and its Significance in Early Medieval China
Speaker: Zeb Raft, Institute of Chinese Literature and Philosophy, Academia Sinica The Shishuo xinyu, the fifth-century collection of anecdotes, is full of echoes. Stories can be repeated, in somewhat different form. Individual entries may juxtapose two accounts that are different, yet similar in certain respects. Common motifs figure prominently. How should we interpret this “echo effect”? This […]
Repercussions: The Hong Kong Protests in Context
CGIS South S020, Belfer Case Study Room 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesChair: James Robson, James C. Kralik and Yunli Lou Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations; Victor and William Fung Director, Harvard University Asia Center Steven Goldstein, Sophia Smith Professor of Government, Emeritus, Smith College; Associate and Organizer, Taiwan Studies Workshop, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies Mary Alice Haddad, Professor of Government, East Asian Studies, […]
Geremie R. Barmé – Tales from Two Chinese Cities: Resistance in the 2019 Year of Anniversaries
CGIS South S020, Belfer Case Study Room 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesRead event summary here Speaker: Geremie R. Barmé, Editor, China Heritage From late 2018, China has marked a series of major anniversaries and commemorations. A century of political, cultural and social upheaval has been brought into sharp focus by tumultuous contemporary events. Today, the past is living in to the present in ways that are […]