Answering the big questions about China’s future and its changing role in the world
Asia Energy and Sustainability Initiative, China and the World, China Philanthropy Project, China Public Policy Program
How do China’s politics and policies continue to evolve in the 21st century? Can the country continue to make both economic strides and achieve sustainable development goals? How will China’s growing influence be felt in the global community?
These are the pressing questions that our scholars at the Rajawali Foundation Institute for Asia work every day to answer. Explore the events, research, and commentary below to learn more about our work.
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As President-elect Biden prepares to take office, we sat down with Edward Cunningham, the director of the Ash Center’s China Programs and the Asia Energy and Sustainability Initiative at Harvard Kennedy School to discuss how the friction in the U.S.-China relationship might impact America’s economic recovery, and steps that the incoming administration can take to constructively engage with Beijing.
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From selective competition and collaboration to climate change, experts Anthony Saich and Edward Cunningham share guidance on shaping new US-China policy
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In a new book, Ash Center Director Tony Saich stitches together an untold story from the early years of the Chinese Communist Party
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The Ash Center sat down with Edward Cunningham and Philip Jordan, authors of Our Path to “New Normal” in Employment? Sobering Clues from China and Recovery Scores for U.S. Industry, a new report examining China’s post COVID-19 economic recovery in an effort to better understand what might lay ahead for America’s own attempts to rebuild from the economic destruction wrought by the pandemic.
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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.
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The Ash Center sat down with Tony Saich, Daewoo Professor of International Affairs and Center Director, for a conversation about the impact of China’s COVID-19 response on the country’s leadership
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