Speakers
Video: Willy Lam on Xi Jinping’s Unpublicized Agendas
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Renowned for his coverage of China's elite politics and leadership transitions, veteran Sinologist Willy Lam has produced the firs
Video: Michael Meyer on Manchuria's Past and Present
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For three years, Michael Meyer rented a home in the rice-farming community of Wasteland, hometown to his wife’s family.
Video: David Zweig on Hong Kong's Umbrella Movement
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David Zweig examines the Hong Kong protests and their aftermath.
Video: Timothy Heath on China's New Governing Party Paradigm
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Timothy Heath, Senior International Defense Research Analyst of The RAND Corporation, discusses the historic context, drivers, and meaning of the governing party paradigm in China.
Video: Peter Brack on Adventures in Media Entrepreneurship in China
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Peter Brack, veteran media executive and now a venture capitalist, discusses lessons learned in two decades launching and running media enterprises in China and the rest of Asia.
Video: Sam Crane on Teaching Confucius in China
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Sam Crane (Williams College) discusses the limits of the Confucian revival in China.
Video: Xiao Lin on Shanghai Free Trade Zone
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Xiao Lin, director of the Shanghai Development Research Center, discusses the progress of the "pilot free trade zone" established in Shanghai last year.
Video: James Miller on China's Green Religion
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Professor James Miller of Queen's University discusses the contribution of Daoism to modern-day China.
Video: Media Representations of the Diaoyu/Senkaku Islands
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Presentations by Tom Hollihan, Zhan Zhang, and Patricia Riley on how American, Chinese, and Japanese media discuss the islands and the conflict over them and the impact such representations have on prospects for resolving the dispute.
Video: Sam Crane on Teaching Confucius in China
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Sam Crane (Williams College) discusses the limits of the Confucian revival in China.