Government

Environment in Asia Series featuring Dr. Scott Moore – The Climate Risk to China’s Rise: Political, Economic & Ecological Implications of Extreme Weather in China

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 …

Environment in Asia Series featuring Dr. Scott Moore – The Climate Risk to China’s Rise: Political, Economic & Ecological Implications of Extreme Weather in China

Critical Issues Confronting China Series featuring Ya-Wen Lei – Techno-Capitalism: Social Challenges and Fissures in Today’s China

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 …

Critical Issues Confronting China Series featuring Ya-Wen Lei – Techno-Capitalism: Social Challenges and Fissures in Today’s China

Critical Issues Confronting China Series featuring Kenneth I. Juster – How China is Reshaping U.S.-India Relations and the Quad

Kenneth I. Juster, AB ’76, MPP ’79, JD ’79, served as the U.S. Ambassador to India from 2017 to 2021. During his November 1, 2023 Critical Issues Confronting China talk, …

Critical Issues Confronting China Series featuring Kenneth I. Juster – How China is Reshaping U.S.-India Relations and the Quad

Negotiating the Gap: Communism and Confucianism—What the Struggle Between China’s Two Competing Social Philosophies Tells Us About the Country’s Future

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 …

Negotiating the Gap: Communism and Confucianism—What the Struggle Between China’s Two Competing Social Philosophies Tells Us About the Country’s Future