William C. Kirby argues that ‘Science with Chinese characteristics’ is a threat to China and a loss to the world.
Yuan-Heng Mao describes how cultural elites shared ideas and “went viral” during the Yuan Dynasty.
The Digital China Initiative welcomes applications for a two-week in-person workshop on methods of digital scholarship
Introducing Harvard’s leading Digital China project.
This book explains how China’s farm economy historically responded to the demands of a rising population.
Wilt Idema, Professor of Chinese Literature Emeritus at Harvard University, introduces his translation of the Precious Scroll of the Rat Epidemic (鼠溫寶卷 Shuwen baojuan), published in Shanghai in 1911.
Author: Lawrence C. Reardon
About the Book
From 1949 to 1978, communist elites held clashing visions of China’s economic development. Mao Zedong advocated the “first way” of semi-autarchy characteristic of revolutionary Stalinism (1929–34), while Zhou Enlai adapted bureaucratic Stalinism (1934–53) to promote …
The dramatic growth of ethno-nationalism in China and India is a driving force behind their current border tensions.
Ya-wen Lei examines how Taiwan as a democratic developmental and welfare state managed to contain the outbreak of Coronavirus.
A new photography exhibition at Harvard University depicts everyday life in Xinjiang, China’s westernmost region.