Tag: Cultural Revolution

  • Nation & World

    How close is China to becoming an economic superpower?

    After strides in its first century, Kennedy School scholar says China now faces hurdles in becoming an economic superpower.

    10 minutes
    Chairman Mao poster.
  • Nation & World

    Along China’s keys

    On view at Loeb Music Library through Dec. 18, “One Hundred Years of Chinese Piano Music” sheds light on a robust tradition of song influenced by native folklore, poems, and philosophy, as well as Western compositional techniques.

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Cultural Revolution comes to Allston

    When Peter K. Bol was in college, a revolution halfway around the world changed his life. Bol, the Charles H. Carswell Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, explored the history of China at a HarvardX for Allston talk earlier this month at the Harvard Allston Education Portal.

    3 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Stability amid revolution

    Daniel Koss, a doctoral student in Harvard’s Government Department, has spent nearly a year in China, studying how such a large, diverse nation could remain intact through decades of warfare, revolution, and unrest, and emerge to wield growing influence on the global stage.

    6 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Snapshots of China

    Art historian Claire Roberts, a Radcliffe Institute fellow, discusses photography in China, and how it was used for varied goals over time.

    5 minutes