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2004-2005
Date Title Speaker
September 13

Impact to the World: HIV/AIDS Pandemic and Social Responsibility

Co-sponsored with MIT-ABC

Dr. David Ho, Director & CEO at the Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center, Irene Diamond Professor at Rockfeller University

Oct. 25

 

 

 

 

Calligraphy: Tools, Techniques, Traditions;
A Lecture and Demonstration

Co-sponsored with Dept. of FL&L and Kelly Douglas Fund

Yonglong Qin,
Professor of Calligraphic Art and Etymology,
Beijing Normal University

 

2003-2004
Date Title Speaker
September 2

Epoch Foundation: "Young Entrepreneurs of the Future from Taiwan"

Co-sponsored with the MIT Asian Business Club

Special Guest: Epoch's Vice Executive Director Josephine Chao
September 5 "Entrepreneurship in Asia & Foreign Direct Investment: Reflections for China from India, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore & Malaysia"

Co-sponsored with MIT-ABC and MIT-CSSA

Professor Yasheng Huang,
MIT Sloan School of Management

October 2

"Changing the Face of Poverty: Recent Trends in Poverty Reduction in China"

Co-sponsored with MIT ABC

 

Mr. David S. Sobel,
Chief of Poverty Reduction &
Senior Country Officer,
Asian Development Bank Resident Mission in China
October 14

"Technology-Enabled Education and Distance Education at MIT"--Talk to delegation from China's Ministry of Education

Professor Richard Larson, MIT Civil Eng & Engineering Systems Division
November 12

"Entering China as a Technology Company"

Co-sponsored with MIT ABC

Mr. William Graylin, CEO of Way Systems
February 26, 2004

"Stay Connected with Greater China for Career Opportunities"

Co-sponsored with MIT ABC

Mr. Edmund Wei, President and CEO of CommVerge Solutions, Hong Kong

April 24, 2004

MIT-China Conference: "Planning for Continuity and Change in Modern China"

Co-sponsored with MIT Department of Urban Studies, the Harvard Project for International and Asian Relations, and China Planning

Mr. John Courtney, formerly World Bank, Mr. Erik Eckholm, “New York Times,” Mr. Peter Midgley, formerly World Bank, Mr. Anthony Tung, New York City Government, Prof. Shen Qing, University of Maryland, Prof. Tingwei Zhang, University of Illinois
April 24, 2004 "From Hutong to Highrise: The Impact of Redevelopment in Beijing on its Citizens" Ms. Beatrice Chen and Mr. Jasper Goldman, MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning
May 3, 2004

"Franchising Success in China by an American Company"

Co-sponsored with MIT ABC

Mr. Tomer Rothschild, President of Bally Fitness China

 

2002-2003
Date Title Speaker
November 28

"The Redevelopment of the Xi-Yuan Neighborhood"

 

MIT Professors Dennis Frenchman and Jan Wampler, and the 2002 MIT Beijing Urban Design Studio
February 8 "Chinese Regional Dialects"

Dr. Julian Wheatley, MIT-China Program

February 13

"China's HIV/AIDS Crisis: Social, Political, and Economic Factors"

co-sponsored with MIT CIS

Dr. Bates Gill, Center for Strategic and International Studies
March 12

"The Redevelopment of Old Beijing"

Jasper Goldman and Beatrice Chen, MIT Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning
April 9 "China's SARS Crisis" Dr. Howard Heller, MIT Medical Center
May 5 "Chinese Gunpowder Art" Mr. Cai Guo-Qiang, Ida Ely Rubin Artist-in-Residence at MIT

 

2001-2002
Date Title Speaker
October 22

"Technology and Infrastructure: The Development Bank Perspective"

co-sponsored with MIT-CSSA

Mr. Yi Wang, Vice President, China Development Bank
December 13 "Creative Destruction of Restructuring: China's Urban Unemployment and Social Security (1993-2000)"

Professor Hu Angang, Director, Center for China Studies, Tsinghua University

January 22

"Terrorism : Views from Abroad"

co-sponsored with MISTI

Panelists: Professors Monica Toft, David Leheny, and Roger Petersen
February 25

"The US and China: A Coming Conflict?"

co-sponsored with MIT CIS

Mr. Harvey Feldman, Mr. Chas Freeman, MIT Professors Thomas Christensen, Edward Steinfeld; Moderator: MIT Professor Stephen Van Evera
April 2 "People and Environment on the Northern Chinese Frontiers" Panelists: Professors Piper Gaubatz, Deng Hui, Tang Xiaofeng, Wang Shouchun
April 17

"Technology Innovation in a New Asia"

Co-sponsored with the Singapore-MIT Alliance

Panelists: Dr. William Keller, MIT Professors Simon Johnson, Eleanor Westney, Mr. Chu Taik Him, Mr. Teh Bong Lim, and Dr. Lap Chan

 

2000-2001
Date Title Speaker
October 3 "Taiwan and the global economy" Dr. George S.C. Yang
Senior Vice Minister, Ministry of Economic Affairs of Taiwan
October 4 "The state of the Taiwan High Tech Industry"

Dr. Paul S. P. Hsu
Senior Partner of Lee and Li, Attorneys-at-Law

November 29 "Beijing Urban Design Studio 2000" Professors Denis Frenchman, Jan Wampler
February 20 "R & D in Chinese Industry" Professor Gary Jefferson
Economics Department, Brandeis University
March 20 "Gender Issues and the Work Place" Dr. Sara Friedman
Research Fellow at the Fairbank Center, Harvard University
May 14 "China-US relation under the Bush Administration" Dr. Zhang Yunling
Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

 

Spring 2000
Date Title Speaker
March 4 "Orphans of the Cold War: the United States, China, and the Tragedy of Modern Tibet" Ken Knaus,
Harvard University
March 12 "WTO Panel Discussion" Prof. Dwight Perkins,
Prof. Joel Trachtman,
and Prof. Suzanne Berger
April 22 "New Wine or Old Wine in Taiwan's Bottle? Implications of the Recent Presidential Elections" Ass. Professor Alan Wachman, Tufts University

 

Fall 1999
Date Title Speaker
March 4 "Education Reform and Opportunity in China" Prof. Xu Luodan, Zhongshan University
March 12 "US and China Relations Today" Ambassador Shen Guofan, Deputy Permanent Rep. of China to the UN
April 22 "Chinese Popular Protest at the Turn of the Millennium" Professor Elizabeth Perry, Harvard University

 

Spring 1999
Date Title Speaker
March 4 "China and the End of Transition" Ass. Prof. Edward Steinfeld
March 12 "The Contemporary Relevance of China's May 4, 1919 Cultural Revolution" Professor Paul Pickowicz
April 22 "China and the Asian Financial Crisis" Professor Dwight Perkins
April 29 "China's Urgent Challenge: Providing Public Goods in a Market Environment" Lu Mai

 

Fall 1998
Date Title Speaker
Oct. 21 "China, Japan and the Security Dilemma in East Asia" Assoc. Prof. Thomas Christensen
Nov. 17 "Why is There So Much Foreign Direct Investment in China?" Yasheng Huang
Nov. 20 "China in Light of the Asian Financial Crisis" Ass. Prof. Zhiyuan Cui

 

Spring 1998
Date Title Speaker
Jan. 12 "Can China Sustain Her Growth?" Dr. Justin Yi fu Lin
Feb. 10 "Building a Profitable Hi-Tech Business in China: Strategies in Market Entry and Manufacturing Localization" Dr. Zheng-Hong Zhou
April 13 "Changes in Chinese Perspectives on Security in the 1990's" Dr. Mingquan Zhu
May 6 "China & East Asia: Meeting the Challenge for the Financial Crisis" Dr. Yunling Zhang

 

Spring 1997
Date Title Speaker
Feb. 6 "A Framework for Sustainable Development in Post 1997 Hong Kong and China" Dr. S.L. Wan Laurie
Feb. 10 "Doing Business in China: Opportunities, Challenges, and Future Trends in the Electronics Industry" Dr. Zhen-Hong Zhou
Feb. 19 "Hong Kong in the 21st Century: The Role of Hong Kong After 1997" Professor Charles Kao
Mar. 10 "Who is Reforming China's Enterprises?" Professor Gary Jefferson
Apr. 7 "Building the Rule of Law from Scratch: The Case of Administrative Litigation in China" Professor Pei Minxin

 

1996
Title Speaker
"China and Asian Security: Emerging Threat or Paper Tiger" Robert Ross
"The Making of The Gate of Heavenly Peace" Carma Hinton
"A Confucian Perspective on Human Rights" Tu Weiming
"Trends in US-China Relations" Li Shenzhi
"The Trend of Sino-American Relations in a Historical Perspective" Zhang Zhongli
"The Trends of China's Economic Reform" (Synopsis) Wu Jinglian
"Beijing Eyes Washington and Tokyo: China and the Future of East Asian Security" Thomas Christensen
"Regional Economic Disparities in China" Hu Angang
"China in the 21st Century" Arthur Hussain
"The Internationalization of China in the Republican Era" William Kirby



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