Tag: Hong Kong

  • Nation & World

    China’s tightening leash on Hong Kong

    Harvard scholar discusses what China’s sweeping new security law will mean for the future of democratic rule in the semiautonomous territory of Hong Kong.

    11 minutes
    Hong Kong protesters.
  • Nation & World

    A look at the future as Beijing seeks more influence over Hong Kong

    With the National Party Congress, China’s annual legislative session, concluded, the Ash Center sat down with Director Anthony Saich, Daewoo Professor of International Affairs, to discuss a new security law that could define the future of Beijing’s relationship with Hong Kong.

    6 minutes
    Hong Kong skyline.
  • Nation & World

    Simmer nears boil in Hong Kong

    The Gazette spoke with China expert Anthony Saich, director of the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation and Daewoo Professor of International Affairs at Harvard Kennedy School, about the protests and about what the future might hold for Hong Kong.

    10 minutes
    A mass of protesters march in Hong Kong.
  • Nation & World

    The rising in Hong Kong

    Harvard Kennedy School’s Anthony Saich explains the uprising sparked by a pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong.

    11 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Creator of skyscrapers

    Harvard College and Graduate School of Design alumnus Paul Tange is changing skylines across Asia through the work of his Tokyo-based architecture firm, Tange Associates.

    6 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Harvard’s hand in shaping education

    Opening a weeklong visit to Asia, Harvard President Drew Faust on Monday called knowledge “the most important currency of the 21st century,” highlighting faculty research, student engagement, and online learning as central to Harvard’s global strategy.

    4 minutes
  • 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.

    9 minutes
  • Nation & World

    The Hong Kong model

    Anson Chan, the former chief secretary for administration for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, outlined her hopes for a more democratic China when she delivered the Rama S. Mehta Lecture at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study.

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    ‘One country, two systems’

    Hong Kong chief executive Donald Tsang touts onetime Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping’s “one country, two systems” philosophy for his area’s economic fortitude.

    2 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Black belt Lee battles in the arena of world politics

    Born in the United Kingdom, but raised for most of her first six years in Hong Kong, transnational Harvard graduate student Yue Man Lee grew up a fervent lover of reading, travel, and food.

    4 minutes
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    Laurence Coderre sings the praises of China

    Laurence Coderre came upon her concentration in music and East Asian studies almost by accident.

    4 minutes