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Justin Yifu Lin onstage.

China’s view on trade war, looming U.S. tariffs

Justin Yifu Lin talks about the growth of his nation’s economy and possible misperceptions of the West

DateDecember 6, 2019December 6, 2019

Nara Dillon's work in China seeks lessons from the country's successful battle against poverty that might be applied elsewhere.

Looking to China for lessons on helping the poor

Harvard's many research ties to that nation reflect broad engagement, as President Bacow visits

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DateMarch 15, 2019March 15, 2019

Cristopher Patvakanian (from left), Maria Tirnovanu, Claire Pinson, and Sierra Nota participate in Monday night's panel.

Finding their place in the world

As part of Worldwide Week, students discuss how going abroad changed their lives

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DateOctober 23, 2018

Cui Tiankai,

The ‘understanding deficit’ between China, U.S.

At Harvard, Beijing’s ambassador downplays prospects of trade war

DateApril 18, 2018August 30, 2018

Fairbank Center aids student research

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DateMay 30, 2013

Harvard President Drew Faust visited the Keio Girls Senior High School during a 2010 trip to Tokyo and later China. “Universities exchange faculty and students as never before, and engage in an increasingly porous world of international problem solving and collaboration,” Faust said at the opening of the Harvard Center Shanghai.

Harvard-Asia: Ties deep and broad

Faust's upcoming visit is framed against University's longstanding involvement with continent

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DateMarch 4, 2013April 10, 2019

Fairbank Center aids student research

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DateMay 24, 2012July 24, 2019

Andrew Gordon moderated a panel titled "Succession in North Korea: Perspectives from Harvard" with Carter Eckert, Mark Kramer, and Anthony Saich. “Everyone wants stability,” said Gordon, summing up views from the neighboring states.

North Korea: Country behind a curtain

Analysts hope for stable transition in secretive nuclear nation

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DateJanuary 24, 2012March 21, 2019

Fairbank Center for Chinese studies aids student research

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DateMay 26, 2011July 19, 2019

Lobsang Sangay (left) talks with Leonard van der Kuijp, professor of Tibetan and Himalayan studies, at a talk sponsored by the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies.

Harvard-trained Tibetan leader

Sangay elected prime minister of government in exile

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DateApril 27, 2011

At a Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies' lecture, activist and publisher Bao Pu addresses the recent events surrounding the awarding of the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize to Communist Party critic Liu Xiaobo. The backlash against Liu, Bao said, is based on the “myth” that China is at ideological odds with the West. While China has embraced liberal economic reforms, the ruling Communist Party has not tolerated Liu’s outspoken support for Western democratic values.

Quashing a voice, attacking a Nobel

Human rights advocate discusses China’s reaction to Peace Prize choice

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DateDecember 17, 2010April 12, 2019

In response to President Drew Faust’s 2008 Civil War book “This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War,” Arthur Kleinman (at podium) and David McCann organized an Asia-focused symposium on the topic. Suffering is “one of those things that defines the human condition,” Kleinman told a gathering at the Harvard Faculty Club.

Suffering, through an Asian lens

How Civil War’s traumas echo through overseas tragedies

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DateNovember 9, 2010May 2, 2019

In a talk at Harvard's Fairbank Center, Hong Kong University social scientist David Zweig discusses what motivates overseas-educated Chinese to return to China, and what they find — and bring back with them.

Brain gain

China embraces valuable ‘returnees’

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DateJuly 20, 2010

Nicholas Platt, president emeritus of the Asia Society, former U.S. ambassador, and China specialist, speaks at a seminar called "China Then and Now."

When China’s doors reopened

A veteran diplomat recounts when West met East in the early ’70s

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DateJune 11, 2010

Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies aids student research

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DateMay 27, 2010July 24, 2019