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Confucianism and Inequalities: Applications in the Treatment of Women and Ethnic Minorities
Melissa Brown will speak on Confucianism and inequality at Stanford University.
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Melissa Brown autobiography:
I am a sociocultural anthropologist of China and Taiwan. My research examines broad-scale sociocultural changes, including ethnic and national identities in Taiwan and China, girls’ and women’s labor contributions to the Chinese rural economy, footbinding, the impact of son preferences and the population sex-ratio imbalance on marriage and well-being in China, and historical demography of the Japanese colonial period in Taiwan. I am interested in bridging classic and contemporary social theory with gene-culture coevolutionary theory to identify processes of how broad-scale sociocultural changes move from the micro- to the macro-level.
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We note the passing of many prominent individuals who played some role in U.S.-China affairs, whether in politics, economics or in helping people in one place understand the other.
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Ying Zhu looks at new developments for Chinese and global streaming services.
David Zweig examines China's talent recruitment efforts, particularly towards those scientists and engineers who left China for further study. U.S. universities, labs and companies have long brought in talent from China. Are such people still welcome?