Film Screening: Still Life
Grand Prize winner at the 2006 Venice Film Festival! In "Still Life" the blood and the sweat run directly into the Yangtze River, where they [...]
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Reflections and Analysis of the Historic Constituent Assembly Election
Reflections and Analysis of the Historic Constituent Assembly Election: A Discussion with Bhojraj Pokharel, Chief Election Commissioner of Nepal This discussion will be followed by [...]
China’s Gradual Economic Reform in Light of Income & Wealth Distribution
Presentation by Zhao Renwei Institute of Economics, CASS - part of ICI fellows' China ResidencyView presentation
The Disinterested Government: An Interpretation of China’s Economic Success in the Reform Area
A talk by Professor Yao Yang, China Center for Economic Research, Beijing University & ICI Fellow. In the last 30 years, China has reached high [...]
China, India, Brazil and South Africa: Engines of Growth in the World?
Deepak Nayyar, Distinguished Univeristy Professor of Economics, The New School, will deliver a lecture on his research regarding China, India, Brazil and South Africa as [...]
Harmony between Urban Development & Environmental Planning: The successful case of Xi’an, China
WANG Jun, Deputy Mayor of Xi'an, will deliver a talk about urban development and environmental planning in Xi'an. As Deputy Mayor, Mr. WANG is utilizing [...]
Transforming China: The Impact of Buddhism and Islam on Premodern and Modern China
Professors Tansen Sen and Yihong Liu will lead a panel discussion on religion in China, with a focus on the contributions of Buddhism and Islam. [...]
Smoke and Mirrors
Author and journalist Pallavi Aiyar will discuss her book Smoke and Mirrors, a personal account of her years spent living and working in China. Moderated [...]
The Future of Inequality in China
Economic inequality has grown sharply in China in recent decades, making a formerly egalitarian society into one of the most unequal countries in its region. [...]
Democracy Today
Modern democracy can be understood as a form of life, a set of institutional structures linked to legal-juridical concerns, and a collective imaginary rooted in [...]