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Answering the big questions about China’s future and its changing role in the world
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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.
The latest news, research, and resources
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China Inside Out: A Conversation with Professor Susan Shirk
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Demystifying Chinese Businesses and Creating Social Impact
In a new Ash Center policy brief, Fellow Wenchi Yu details why Chinese businesses, subject to privacy and national security scrutiny, need to rethink how they add value to communities when they operate in the U.S.
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Risk Mitigation and Creating Social Impact: Chinese Technology Companies in the United States
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Chinese Regional Planning Under Xi Jinping: The Politics and Policy Implications of the Greater Bay Area Initiative
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Orange Skies in Beijing
A spring sandstorm and worsening air pollution came to a head last week in Beijing, causing the city and surrounding area to become enveloped in an orange smog. To better understand the storm and its impact on the environment, Chinese citizens and government, the Ash Center sat down with Jesse Turiel, Ash Center China Energy Postdoctoral Fellow.
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Jack Ma and the Collapse of the World’s Largest IPO
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Challenges for Biden: Sustainable Economic Recovery and China
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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Advice to the New Administration on China
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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Book Talk — Under Beijing’s Shadow: Southeast Asia’s China Challenge
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Finding Allies and Making Revolution
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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Disciplining of a Society: Social Disciplining and Civilizing Processes in Contemporary China
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A Turbulent Decade: The Changes in Chinese Popular Attitudes toward Democracy
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Our Path to “New Normal” in Employment? Sobering Clues from China and Recovery Scores for U.S. Industry
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