Posted: Nov 21st, 2008 | Comments: 1
Enforcing China’s Environmental Law: Options, Experience, and Prospects
The legal framework for environmental regulation in China has made progress, but—as with much of Chinese legal reform—the proof is in the pudding, and at issue is enforcement of the ...
Covering the Cultural Revolution: A Conversation with John Burns
Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner John Burns has been a foreign correspondent in Peking, Toronto, Sarajevo, Belgrade, and Johannesburg. He discusses his time based in Beijing from 1971 to ...
Posted: Nov 10th, 2008 | Comments: 1
Adam Smith in Beijing: Lineages of the New Asian Age
In the late 18th century, political economist Adam Smith predicted there would eventually be equalization of power between the conquering West and the conquered non-West. He described the possibility that ...
Posted: Oct 15th, 2008 | Comments: 0
Art and China’s Revolution: Curator’s Talk by Zheng Shengtian
Go inside China's revolution with a renowned artist who worked during the period. Join Zheng Shengtian, the co-curator of “Art and China’s Revolution,” an exhibition up ...
Posted: Oct 2nd, 2008 | Comments: 0
The Economist Covers China: Earthquakes, Demonstrations and the Beijing Olympics
James Miles, Beijing Bureau Chief for The Economist, joins Orville Schell, Director of the Center on US-China Relations at the Asia Society, to discuss his experience covering ...
Posted: Jul 9th, 2008 | Comments: 0
China’s Great Leap: The Beijing Games and Olympian Human Rights Challenges
When Beijing first sought to host the Olympics, China was still recovering from the upheavals of Maoist rule and adapting to a market revolution. Today, in a time of rapid ...
Posted: Jun 18th, 2008 | Comments: 0
Hao Jiang Tian: My Wild Ride from Mao to the Met
Operatic bass Hao Jiang Tian reminisces about and performs the songs that highlight his tumultuous journey from the Cultural Revolution to the Metropolitan Opera. Tian is the first Chinese-born ...
Posted: May 4th, 2008 | Comments: 1
Prosperity and Inequality: Debates in India and China
India and China are emerging as major players in the global political economy of this century, having enjoyed record growth rates for the past five years. Yet each faces major ...
Posted: Mar 27th, 2008 | Comments: 0
China’s Business & Policy Evolution
China’s two legislative bodies met in March 2008 to vote on and discuss their agenda for the year, with far-reaching business and economic implications. With this context in mind, a ...
Posted: Mar 4th, 2008 | Comments: 0
