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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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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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Understanding CCP Resilience: Surveying Chinese Public Opinion Through Time
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China’s economic recovery foretells unlikely growth in U.S. jobs
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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An Uncertain Future for Hong Kong
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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China’s Most Generous: Examining Trends in Contemporary Chinese Philanthropy
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