The Weatherhead East Asian Institute is pleased to share a December 12, 2016 conversation between Howard W. French, Associate Professor of Journalism at the Columbia Journalism School, and Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom, Chancellor's Professor of History at the University of California, Irvine, about the influence of China's political history on current events. Howard W. French is … [Read more...]
Howard W. French discusses his new book about the massive Chinese migration to Africa
Howard W. French, a professor at the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism, has spent years reporting about the massive migration of Chinese people to Africa. Alfred A. Knopf has just published the results of his work: China's Second Continent: How a Million Migrants are Building a New Empire in China. French, who has served as the bureau chief in Japan, China, West and … [Read more...]
