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Becoming an Influencer in 13th Century China

Becoming an Influencer in 13th Century China

Yuan-Heng Mao describes how cultural elites shared ideas and “went viral” during the Yuan Dynasty.
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Plague in China’s Dynastic Twilight

Plague in China’s Dynastic Twilight

Wilt Idema, Professor of Chinese Literature Emeritus at Harvard University, introduces his translation of the Precious Scroll of the Rat…
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Arise, Africa! Roar, China! Black and Chinese Citizens of the World in the Twentieth Century

Arise, Africa! Roar, China! Black and Chinese Citizens of the World in the Twentieth Century

Gao Yunxiang, professor of history at Ryerson University, highlights the close relationships between three famous African Americans and two…
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Partnering for Overseas Development: International NGOs’ Changing Engagement with China

Partnering for Overseas Development: International NGOs’ Changing Engagement with China

Wendy Leutert, Elizabeth Plantan, and Austin Strange explain how international NGOs are working with Chinese state-owned companies.
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Why India & China See Any Border Breach As A ‘Threat’ to Identity

Why India & China See Any Border Breach As A ‘Threat’ to Identity

Arunabh Ghosh, Associate Professor of History at Harvard University, writes in The Quint about China and India’s recent border standoff.
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National health insurance, health policy, and infection control: insights from Taiwan

National health insurance, health policy, and infection control: insights from Taiwan

Ya-wen Lei, Assistant Professor of Sociology, examines how Taiwan as a democratic developmental and welfare state managed to contain the…
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Elegy to a Uyghur Dreamscape

Elegy to a Uyghur Dreamscape

قەسىدە: ئۇيغۇرنىڭ ئۇيقۇسىز چۈشلىرى
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Teaching China Through Black History

Teaching China Through Black History

A Reading and Teaching Guide to the history of Black and African American connections with China.
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Re-harmonizing China: Dissonant Tone Clusters, a Consonant Nation

Re-harmonizing China: Dissonant Tone Clusters, a Consonant Nation

Rujing Huang 黃儒菁 , Ph.D. Candidate in Ethnomusicology at Harvard University, explores the musical roots of “harmony” in Chinese history.
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Excavating the Marquis of Haihun’s Tomb

Excavating the Marquis of Haihun’s Tomb

Ziliang Liu, a Ph.D. Candidate in the History of Art and Architecture at Harvard University, describes his close encounter with a unique…
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Defining China Studies for 60 Years

Defining China Studies for 60 Years

2016–2017: Our 60th Anniversary Year in Review
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