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...]
July 13 Event: Alumni Reception & Reporting Asia Panel
On July 13, the Weatherhead East Asian Institute hosted an alumni reception and the latest talk in the Reporting Asia series at the Columbia Global Center in Beijing. The event was well attended and drew a crowd of more than 130 attendees. Keith Bradsher, the Pulitzer Prize-winning Shanghai bureau chief for The New York Times and the company's senior … [Read more...]
A Discussion on Chinese Classics with Professor Wei Shang, Professor Lihua Yang, and Professor Chunying Li
Discussion Please join Wei Shang, Du Family Professor of Chinese Culture at Columbia University, and Lihua Yang, Professor of Philosophy at Peking University for a discussion on Chinese classic literature. The panel will focus on the essence and wisdom of Chinese classic literature and its modern significance. Chunying Li, Associate Professor at the International Confucian … [Read more...]
Andrew Nathan comments on US-China “visa war” in SCMP report
Professor Andrew Nathan was quoted in a recent South China Morning Post article titled "US and China must stop ‘race to bottom’ in blocking academic visas, say American scholars." In the article, Professor Nathan suggested that recent moves by the US to block or revoke the visas of a number of Chinese academics follow a long history of Chinese denials of visas for American … [Read more...]
“They are One Hundred Years Old”
Join us for a special preview of this Tibetan documentary film, introduced by Riga Shakya. After the film, stay for a Q&A with the director, Dukar Tserang, and discussant, Nelson Walker. Featuring: Dukar Tserang, Nelson Walker and Riga Shakya They are One Hundred Years Old A Dukar Tserang Film In his previous life, he was her husband. In this life, he is her … [Read more...]
