Chen Hao (Shanghai Jiaotong Univ.): A Tentative Interpretation of the Rise of Global History in China

Verfügungsgebäude, VG 3.101 Platz der Göttinger Sieben 7, Göttingen, Deutschland

Abstract: Whether in a democratic or authoritarian society, it is not uncommon to explain academic currents by taking political and economic factors into consideration. However, the impetus in the intellectual realm itself shall never be disregarded. The recent development of Global History in China can be explained adequately by Chinese intellectuals’ persistent endeavor to stage […]

CeMEAS Lecture Series: How China Escaped the Poverty Trap !!! Please pay attention: this Lecture is cancelled !!!

Verfügungsgebäude, VG 3.101 Platz der Göttinger Sieben 7, Göttingen, Deutschland

Yuen Yuen Ang, Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Michigan Before markets opened in 1978, China was an impoverished planned economy governed by a Maoist bureaucracy. In just three decades it evolved into the world’s second-largest economy and is today guided by highly entrepreneurial bureaucrats. What explains this amazing metamorphosis? !!! Please pay attention: […]