The Gilded Cage: Technology, Development, and State Capitalism in China by Ya-Wen Lei, Professor of Sociology at Harvard University Princeton University PressISBN 9780691212821November 21, 2023 416 Pages Overview Since the mid-2000s, the […]
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In the first of our new video series, Fairbank Center: On Books, we talk to Ya-Wen Lei, Professor of Sociology at Harvard University, about her just-published new book, The Gilded
Profiling Recipients of Summer Research Grantsfrom the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies This summer, Harvard Graduate School of Design student Robin Albrecht spent two weeks traveling the Taiwan countryside with
For this Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies roundtable, Anthony Saich, Daewoo Professor of International Affairs, and Rana Mitter, S.T. Lee Professor of U.S.-Asia Relations—both from the Faculty of Public Policy at Harvard
There is a growing case to be made that, of the world’s major economies, China’s is most heavily exposed to climate risks. This talk—part of the Fairbank Center’s Environment in
At a recent talk for the Fairbank Center’s Critical Issues Confronting China series, Ya-Wen Lei, Professor in the Harvard Department of Sociology, assessed the rise of techno-capitalism from the vantage
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
Topics: Yasheng Huang (黄亚生) is Epoch Foundation Professor of Global Economics and Management at MIT Sloan School of Management. During 2023-4, he is serving as a visiting fellow at the
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
Author: Meg Rithmire, F. Warren McFarlan Associate Professor in Business, Government, and International Economy at Harvard Business School About the book Relationships between political and business elites are crucial in