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Tag: Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies
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Work & Economy
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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Nation & World
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.
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Nation & World
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.
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Work & Economy
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.
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Campus & Community
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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Nation & World
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.
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Campus & Community
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.
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Nation & World
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.
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Campus & Community
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.
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Nation & World
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.
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Nation & World
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.
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Arts & Culture
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.
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Nation & World
Brain gain
A social scientist looks at how a patient China is reversing brain drain to the West.
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Nation & World
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.
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Campus & Community
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.