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 …
Health
2023-24 Hou Family Postdoctoral Fellow in Taiwan Studies; PhD University of California, San Francisco
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.
Professor Winnie Yip maps out her concerns that China’s slowing economy and ever expanding hospitals will hamper much-needed healthcare reform.
Guanchi Zhang and Changxin Xu argue that gated residential communities are key to understanding both the success and demise of China’s zero-COVID lockdown policies.
December 5, 2022 @ 8:30 pm - 10:00 pm
Speaker: Tingting Lu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University The COVID-19 pandemic is a governance challenge for nations and cities across the world. While early observations have primarily focused on nation-scale government actions, …
December 12, 2022 @ 11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Speaker: Trisha Tsui-Chuan Lin, Professor, College of Communication, National Chengchi University, Taiwan; Harvard Yenching Visiting Scholar, 2022-23; Fulbright Senior Researcher, Harvard University, 2022-23 Chair/discussant: Winnie Yip, Professor of the Practice …
Austin Jordan reviews Yanzhong Huang’s analysis of China’s challenges in sustaining its COVID-response strategy.
October 25, 2022 @ 10:30 am - 11:45 am
Speaker: Chia-Ling Wu, Professor, National Taiwan University Venue
October 5, 2022 @ 12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
Read our blog post on the event: Is ‘Zero-COVID’ Crippling Xi Jinping’s Domestic Agenda? Five Unintended Consequences Speaker: Yanzhong Huang, Professor and Director, Center for Global Health Studies, Seton Hall …