On April 17, in a packed Tsai Auditorium, Ren Ke, one of rock band Wu Tiao Ren’s key members, shared his perspectives with Prof. Zheng Lin from Sun Yat-sen University, who is doing research on the band and urban villages.
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The Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies co-convened Harvard’s first international digital humanities conference, bringing together scholars from China, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Vietnam, Europe, and North America.
A conversation with Angela Leung, University of Hong Kong ——— This year’s three Reischauer lectures—the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies’ signature academic talks—were about, of all things, soy sauce. Angela …
What Soy Sauce Can Tell Us About History, Politics—and Chinese Identity
In recent years, many policymakers and China watchers in Washington, D.C. have developed a sense that China’s increasing economic activity is challenging U.S. influence around the world, particularly in Africa. …
Why the Narrative on China’s Rising Overseas Economic Influence Might be Inaccurate
Professor Winnie Yip maps out her concerns that China’s slowing economy and ever expanding hospitals will hamper much-needed healthcare reform.
Spotlight: Eugene Wang, Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Professor of Asian Art Out of the pitch black, a painted clay Buddhist bodhisattva projected on transparent screens begins to shake and prance, coming …
Since the announcement in 2013 of Xi Jinping’s signature foreign policy program, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), China’s overseas infrastructure investments have been the subject of intense scrutiny by …
Setting the Record Straight on China’s Overseas Infrastructure Investments
Xi Jinping is in full control of Party elite following NPC meeting, according to Fairbank experts
After decades of soaring economic growth, China now aims to take the lead on global climate change. But facing a severe economic slowdown, can China achieve its goals? Environmental pioneer Ma Jun shares his views.
A year after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, are China and Russia still friends with “no limits?” Since embracing that phrase, Chinese President Xi Jinping has publicly obfuscated regarding ties …