In late October and November, as part of the initiatives by the Harvard China Fund and the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies to reengage activities in China, the China Biographical […]
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China’s Economic Odyssey in the Contemporary Era: Yao Yang gives a broad-ranging talk assessing the unintended consequences of four decades of economic reform For the first talk of the fall
In a special talk with Confucian expert Daniel A. Bell, three scholars consider the evolving role of Confucianism in China During the Cultural Revolution, Chairman Mao and his Red Guards
The first deadline for undergraduate Winter Term student grants and graduate students Taiwan Studies grants is October 30! Are you considering doing work in China or Taiwan during the Winter
Arthur Kroeber reflects on the downturn of China’s economy The title of the Fairbank Center’s recent China Economy Lecture asks a direct question: Has China’s Economy Hit the Wall? A
Jennifer Altehenger’s Talk Kicks Off the Fairbank Center’s Modern China Lecture Series China has been one of the largest furniture exporters for several decades, with its products furnishing homes all
As soon as travel restrictions were lifted, Prof. Winnie Yip quickly made plans to return to China to resume her dialogue with Chinese scientists, doctors, and health officials. In April, Yip traveled to Yunnan for a meeting of the Tsinghua-Lancet Commission on Health and Poverty Alleviation in China.
Zak Dychtwald argues that China’s youth, accustomed to rapid change and rising prosperity, are looking for freedom from society’s expectations.
Top Beijing thinker Jia Qingguo says it is “harmful” to frame U.S.-China relations in ideological terms. The Biden administration, he says, has used China as “a tool and a target,” and hostile rhetoric has stymied constructive negotiations.
On March 7, 2023, the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies convened the first Big Questions Forum with a panel of experts to explore “The Stories We Tell: The Politics of History in the United States and China.”