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China Watcher: Confessions of a Peking Tom
The Institute of East Asian Studies at UC Berkeley presents a discussion with Richard Baum on his latest book.
When:
February 6, 2012 4:00pm to 5:30pm
Where
Richard Baum, Political Science, UCLA
Richard Baum will discuss his latest book, which casts a candid, often humorous eye upon his forty-year experience as a close observer of the Chinese political scene. Trained at Berkeley in the turbulent 1960s, Professor Baum discusses his lifelong quest to understand China's development, from Mao's Cultural Revolution and Deng Xiaoping's market reforms to China's latter-day "peaceful rise" under Jiang Zemin and Hu Jintao. Part memoir, part travelogue, part commentary on recent Chinese history, and part critique of the China-watching profession, Professor Baum abandons conventional scholarly detachment to offer a deeply personal, user-friendly guide to China's post-revoutionary development.
Introduced by Thomas B. Gold, Sociology, UC Berkeley.
This talk is part of the IEAS book series "New Perspectives in Asia."
Cost:
Free
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