Tag: Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies

  • Nation & World

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

    One of China’s best-known economists, Justin Yifu Lin, spoke to the Gazette on some of the dramatic changes China made to spur its growth and on current U.S.-China trade tensions.

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    Justin Yifu Lin onstage.
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    Looking to China for lessons on helping the poor

    Harvard scholar Nara Dillon is seeking lessons on poverty reduction from China’s success, part of Harvard’s long-running, broad engagement with the world’s most populous nation that continues over spring break when President Larry Bacow visits.

    7 minutes
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    Finding their place in the world

    To kick off Worldwide Week at Harvard, students share stories of trips abroad that changed their career choices and their lives.

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

    During an address at Harvard Law School, China’s ambassador to this country, Cui Tiankai, said that misperceptions and misunderstandings are the roadblocks to better U.S.-China relations.

    5 minutes
    Cui Tiankai,
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    Fairbank Center aids student research

    The Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies supports graduate and undergraduate students in advancing their Chinese language skills and conducting research focused on China-related topics. In 2012-13 the Fairbank Center assisted…

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    Harvard-Asia: Ties deep and broad

    Harvard President Drew Faust’s coming trip to South Korea and Hong Kong is framed against a long history of Harvard’s engagement with Asia’s many nations.

    9 minutes
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    Fairbank Center aids student research

    The Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies supports and promotes advanced research and training in all fields of Chinese studies. The center provides a variety of grants to enable graduate and undergraduate students to advance their Chinese language skills and conduct research focused on China-related topics.

    1 minute
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    North Korea: Country behind a curtain

    Many nations are watching the succession of Kim Jong-un to the leadership of North Korea, hoping a smooth transition will lead to economic reforms and opportunities to limit the further development of nuclear weapons, a Harvard panel said.

    4 minutes
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    Fairbank Center for Chinese studies aids student research

    The Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies supports and promotes advanced research and training in all fields of Chinese studies. The center collaborates with the Harvard University Asia Center to offer undergraduate and graduate student grants for Chinese language study and research travel.

    1 minute
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    Harvard-trained Tibetan leader

    Lobsang Sangay, a Harvard Law School graduate, wins office of Kalon Tripa, or Tibetan prime minister, of the government in exile. Earlier this week, he spoke at Harvard.

    5 minutes
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    Quashing a voice, attacking a Nobel

    A Nobel Peace Prize for jailed Chinese activist Liu Xiaobo brought a flood of criticism from China’s ruling Communist Party. The reaction shows China’s dedication to maintaining its “moral authority” at home, said Bao Pu, publisher of a new book of Liu’s essays.

    4 minutes
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    Suffering, through an Asian lens

    Several Asian scholars and historians gathered at the Faculty Club Nov. 5 to discuss the cultures of suffering produced by war and tragedy, as shown in the book “This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War,” by Harvard President Drew Faust.

    6 minutes
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    Brain gain

    A social scientist looks at how a patient China is reversing brain drain to the West.

    5 minutes
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    When China’s doors reopened

    Retired diplomat Nicholas Platt ’57 weighs in on China then and now, and on the durability of U.S. ties to that nation.

    5 minutes
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    Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies aids student research

    The Fairbank Center collaborates with the Harvard University Asia Center to offer undergraduate and graduate student grants for Chinese language study and research travel.

    1 minute