WEAI's Professor Qin Gao has published an article with Beijing Normal University's Professor Huawei Han in the Journal of Happiness Studies. The article, titled "Does Welfare Participation Improve Life Satisfaction? Evidence from Panel Data in Rural China" uses recent national longitudinal survey data from the China Family Panel Studies in 2012 and 2014 and a combination of … [Read more...]
Qin Gao publishes new article in Journal of Asian Public Policy
Professor Qin Gao (with coauthors Fuhua Zhai and Xiaoran Wang) published a new article entitled "Education and Gender Gap in Couples' Time Use: Evidence from China" in the Journal of Asian Public Policy. Using the 2010 China Family Panel Studies data, this article provides new evidence on education and gender gap in time use among Chinese couples. Across urban and rural areas … [Read more...]
Andrew Nathan writes Foreign Affairs article on US-China trade war
Professor Andrew Nathan discussed the Chinese perspective in Sino-US trade talks in a new article for Foreign Affairs titled "How China Really Sees the Trade War." According to Nathan, US President Donald Trump must "decide whether to accept the Chinese offer that has been on the table ever since early 2017 and end the trade war or to allow the US and Chinese economies to drift … [Read more...]
Yokohama’s economic history threads together two WEAI titles in JAS review
A review of two titles in the Weatherhead East Asian Institute's publication series roster was recently published in the Journal of Asian Studies. In the journal's May 2019 issue, Eric C. Han, author of Rise of a Japanese Chinatown: Yokohama 1894-1972, discusses Yasuhiro Makimura's Yokohama and the Silk Trade: How Eastern Japan Became the Primary Economic Region of Japan, … [Read more...]
June 13 Event: “A Conversation with Taiwan’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs”
A Conversation with Taiwan’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dr. Szu-chien Hsu – Taiwan’s response to the US Indo-Pacific Strategy Featuring Dr. Szu-chien Hsu Moderated by Class of 1919 Professor Andrew Nathan On June 13, Taiwan’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr. Szu-chien Hsu visited the Weatherhead East Asian Institute to … [Read more...]
