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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]