"We should care about the balloon because none of us want to find ourselves in a war, nor do we want to find ourselves unable to solve these problems." Director Mark Wu speaks to GBH wgbh.org/news/news/2023…

Ma Jun, China's environmental hero, will be speaking on Zoom at Fairbank Center tomorrow 2/22 at 9am ET: Can China Meet its Green Targets? Register here: fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/critica…

The Chinese have been rewriting history since...forever. Princeton's Xin Wen recently spoke Fairbank Center, Harvard University on stelae in Xian that recall the Tang Dynasty as a period of staid, traditional Confucian values—not the cosmopolitan time it was. Why? fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/research/blog/…

Tune in on Zoom tomorrow morning at 9am to hear one of China's most important environmental activists on Can China Meet its Green Targets, Fairbank Center, Harvard University. Ma Jun is a true inspiration as he fights to clean up his country. fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/critica…

Ma Jun, climate hero, speaking Fairbank Center, Harvard University now: “If we really want to have clean water and air, we need to address at the root: energy sources…We have to share solutions to help people feel it’s easier to transition” to a clean energy future.

Ma Jun Fairbank Center, Harvard University now: “Market turbulence and geopolitical tensions help those who advocate to build more (coal-fired plants.) But the real energy security relies in the rich (green energy) sources in China’s west.”

Join us Wed 3/8 at 12pm in person or Zoom as "Young China" author Zak Dychtwald talks with Harvard students about what China's youth want. It might not be what you think! fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/critica…

And how to study Qing Dynasty secret societies in the modern age? Oh, sure, ancient texts will help. But how to search them? With digital tools, of course! So says Sophy Shu-Jiun Chen from Taiwan's Academia Sinica at today's "Tools of the Trade" conference

Ending Day 1 of "Tools of the Trade" confab, Harvard Professor Peter Bol & Hsi-yuan Chen of Taiwan's Academia Sinica applaud 3 giants in China digital humanities: Hilde De Weerdt of Leiden, Christian Henriot of Aix-en-Provence, and Sophy Shu-Jiun Chen of Taiwan. Great 1st day!

Key changes in the State Council Working Rules: 1. The guiding thoughts section deleted all previous references to Marxism, Leninism, Mao, Deng, Three Represent, & Scientific Development Outlook, and keeps only XJP Thoughts on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics in the New Era

For Trans Day of Visibility I'm celebrating the hilarious new series @marqueandhector created by trans, queer, and non-binary folks! Creators @linusignatius and Joslyn.defreece: "Queer people are funny as hell! It's time for us to start telling the jokes!" Watch on YouTube!

Had a great conversation with friends from the Harvard community this afternoon. Thanks to Mark Wu, Meg Rithmire and Bill Alford for the kind invitation and thought-provoking questions!

Packed house for two giants in geopolitical thinking ⁦Fairbank Center, Harvard University⁩ with Tsinghua’s Yan Xuetong and Harvard’s Stephen Walt. “Confrontation between China and the U.S. will be getting worse.” — Yan

The Fairbank Center is hiring! Looking for an ambitious communications manager with journalistic chops to create/edit stories, videos, interviews etc about China, U.S-China relations, and the work of scholars in our community! Fun, creative opportunity! bit.ly/3LERjtx

Top China economist/analyst Arthur Kroeber will address the question of the moment: Has China's Economy Hit the Wall? Tomorrow/Tuesday at the Fairbank Center. Please come and/or tune in! fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/china-e…

In Xi’s China, ‘Common Prosperity’ Now Means Lowering Expectations worldpoliticsreview.com/xi-china-econo… Please take a look at my first column for World Politics Review! I reassess Common Prosperity in light of XJP's recent speeches and policies. Summarized here in this long 🧵

Want to understand what Beijing planners are thinking? Join us Thurs Oct 5 4pm with Yao Yang, influential Dean of the National School of Development, Peking University, on "Reversing the Dire Consequences of 40 Years of Reform." At HLS, WCC 1010, Wasserstein Hall, 1585 Mass. Ave.

Join us on Wed 11/8 12pm: Fairbank Center, Harvard University’s Critical Issues Confronting China hosts key #USpolicy maker Julian Gewirtz, Dep. Coordinator, Global China Affairs, for a talk on challenges in the face of #China's rise. China historian Prof. Rana Mitter Commentary to moderate. IN PERSON ONLY

I wish Biden would reflect on this debate performance and then announce his decision to withdraw from the race, throwing the choice of Democratic nominee to the convention. Someone like Gretchen Whitmer or Sherrod Brown or Secretary Gina Raimondo could still jump in and beat Trump.

“It is perhaps unfortunate that Chinese history really was not as wonderful as the advocates of ‘peaceful tianxia [All-under-Heaven]’ think. If we examine the history of East Asia under the so-called tianxia system, when did powerful states not control the rules of the game? …