Economy

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November 15, 2022 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

China Economy Lecture featuring Jonas Nahm – Collaborative Advantage: Forging Green Industries in the New Global Economy

Speaker: Jonas Nahm, Assistant Professor of Energy, Resources, and Environment, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) Nahm’s new book examines the development of wind and solar industries in China, Germany, …

China Economy Lecture featuring Jonas Nahm – Collaborative Advantage: Forging Green Industries in the New Global Economy

October 13, 2022 @ 11:00 am - 12:30 pm

Zhang Changdong – Taxation and State Building Contradiction: Grassroots State Reconfiguration under Tax State Transition in Rural China

Speaker: Zhang Changdong, Peking University; HYI Visiting Scholar 2022-23Chair/discussant: Elizabeth J. Perry, Henry Rosovsky Professor of Government at Harvard University; Director of the Harvard-Yenching Institute. Taxation is regarded as an important …

Zhang Changdong – Taxation and State Building Contradiction: Grassroots State Reconfiguration under Tax State Transition in Rural China

October 27, 2022 @ 9:00 am - 10:30 am

Debt and Financial Risk from China’s Real Estate Sector: Michael Pettis and Hui Shan

Speakers:Michael Pettis, Professor of Finance, Peking UniversityHui Shan, Managing Director and Chief China Economist, Goldman Sachs Concluding Remarks:William Overholt, Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government, Harvard Kennedy School Moderators:Richard Yarrow …

Debt and Financial Risk from China’s Real Estate Sector: Michael Pettis and Hui Shan

September 26, 2022 @ 8:30 pm - 10:00 pm

Urban China Series featuring Yang Zhan – “Keep Moving, Little Bees!”: Real Estate Promotion and the Financial Roots of Urban Precariousness in China

Speaker: Yang Zhan, Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Developers in China’s real estate industry organize temporary workers, or “little bees,” to promote sales. Most developers …

Urban China Series featuring Yang Zhan – “Keep Moving, Little Bees!”: Real Estate Promotion and the Financial Roots of Urban Precariousness in China

September 12, 2022 @ 8:30 pm - 10:00 pm

Christine Wong – Local Finance Under Siege: Unpacking the Paralysis of Fiscal Policy on the Eve of the 20th Party Congress

Speaker: Christine Wong, National University of Singapore Local finances are under stress.  In the first seven months of 2022 tax revenues were down 14%, and land revenues 32%, yet payroll …

Christine Wong – Local Finance Under Siege: Unpacking the Paralysis of Fiscal Policy on the Eve of the 20th Party Congress

September 20, 2022 @ 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm

Panel Discussion – Making Meritocracy: Lessons from China and India, from Antiquity to the Present

Speakers:Tarun Khanna, Jorge Paolo Lemann Professor at Harvard Business School; Faculty Director of the Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute, Harvard University Michael Szonyi, Frank Wen-Hsiung Wu Memorial Professor …

Panel Discussion – Making Meritocracy: Lessons from China and India, from Antiquity to the Present

October 11, 2022 @ 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm

Modern China Lecture featuring Philip Thai – Communist China’s Capitalist Front: The China Resources Company in Cold War Hong Kong

Speaker: Philip Thai, Northeastern University The China Resources Company is a Hong Kong-based, Chinese state-owned conglomerate with diverse businesses interests in real estate, retail, pharmaceuticals, energy, and other industries. Today, …

Modern China Lecture featuring Philip Thai – Communist China’s Capitalist Front: The China Resources Company in Cold War Hong Kong