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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.
Fairbank Center Blog
May 23, 2022
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…
Fairbank Center Blog
Apr 29, 2021
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…
Fairbank Center Blog
Apr 29, 2021
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.
Fairbank Center Blog
Jun 29, 2020
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.
Fairbank Center Blog
Jun 20, 2020
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…
Fairbank Center Blog
Apr 22, 2020
Elegy to a Uyghur Dreamscape
Elegy to a Uyghur Dreamscape
قەسىدە: ئۇيغۇرنىڭ ئۇيقۇسىز چۈشلىرى
Fairbank Center Blog
Feb 27, 2020
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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.
Fairbank Center Blog
Jan 30, 2019
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.
Fairbank Center Blog
Apr 18, 2018
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…
Fairbank Center Blog
Jan 29, 2018
Defining China Studies for 60 Years
Defining China Studies for 60 Years
2016–2017: Our 60th Anniversary Year in Review
Fairbank Center Blog
Jan 26, 2018
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