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Center News
China Research Center celebrates 10th Anniversary
Established in 2001 with seven Associates, the Center celebrated its 10th year anniversary this fall. Now with 24 Associates and five esteemed Advisory Board members, the Center actively promotes education about greater China with an annual lecture series, the China Currents journal, faculty development and corporate training, and numerous public programs throughout each year.
The Center would like to gratefully acknowledge a grant from the Luce Foundation initiated by Dr. Mary Brown Bullock, one of the Center's Advisory Board members.
China Currents Special Edition 2010 Published
Economic reform and political development in China are reshaping the global system in the 21st Century and bringing about an unprecedented social transition within China itself. China Currents is a forum for thoughtful, concise articles about what is happening in contemporary China. This book is a collection of articles from past issues covering a broad survey of change in China based on recent academic research and the experience of practitioners both inside and outside of China. The authors provide different perspectives reflecting their professional work and wide-ranging knowledge about China.
Appropriate for anyone interested in China, the articles are written with depth and detail, without jargon. Organized into six sections, the twenty-three articles span topics on China's international relations, domestic politics, economic transition, emerging consumer markets, the evolution of business, and social progress and challenges. Articles focus on issues such as the China-Iran relationship, China's evolving environmental institutions, self-government in the villages, the "street" view of President Obama, a migrant's search for a better life, and much more.
The book can be purchased from the China Research Center website http://www.chinacurrents.com/cc_book.htm ) or from Amazon.com for $14.95 plus tax and shipping.
Dr. Yasheng Huang gives the Center's Annual Lecture, November 3rd, 2010
Dr. Huang is professor of political economy and international management and holds the International Program Professorship in Chinese Economy and Business at Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His presentation was on "Entrepreneurship in China." The Center's Annual Lecture Series was hosted this year by the Halle Institute at Emory University. The event was also co-sponsored by the Hong Kong Association of Atlanta, Georgia Tech CIBER, and the National Association of Chinese Americans. He also gave a second lecture at Georgia Tech, co-hosted with CISTP, entitled "Chinese Economy: Dynamics & Challenge." The Center would like to thank all of those who co-sponsored Dr. Huang's visit to Atlanta and helped to make this event successful.
Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences Visiting Scholar at Tech
Dr. Shixin Jiao, a researcher with the Asia-Pacific Institute of Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences is spending the September 2010-March 2011 period as a visiting scholar at the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs of Georgia Tech. Dr. Jiao holds a Ph.D. from Fudan University, School of International Relations and Public Affairs. He has researched in the areas of China's relations with Southeast Asia, China's soft power, and China's relation to international human rights regimes. His current research while at Tech focuses on the parameters of PRC-US cooperation in the area of nuclear non-proliferation. Dr. Jiao may be reached via email at jiaoshixin@gmail.com.
