The conventional wisdom among China watchers is that political reform in China has not kept pace with the wide-ranging economic reforms of the past few decades. China remains a classic example of a one-party…
Beginning in the late 1950s,the harshness of late Maoism brought to Chinese society a bifurcation of language--clearer and sharper than it is in most other societies--between official and unofficial language. People…
The World Food Day theme for 2013 is “sustainable food systems for food security and nutrition.” Speakers will shed light on perspectives and strategies for food justice outside of the US. This event is part of the…
The speculation over China’s foreign policy shift on North Korea has been particularly feverish during this year’s Korean crisis owing to the fact that there are new leaders in Beijing and Pyongyang and many reports…
Ironically, the prose works that are generally taken to inaugurate the Japanese literary tradition have rarely been analyzed as literary texts. Western-language scholarship generally treats the mythic…
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| Chinese Rotunda at the Penn Museum, 3260 South Street, Philadelphia PA 19104
The International Student Welcome Reception is a special event hosted by International Classroom and sponsored by more than 50 colleges, universities, and programs to welcome new international students and scholars…
Largely formed through gifts and purchases starting from the World’s Fair held in Philadelphia in 1876, the PMA’s Chinese collection reflects the vision and taste of the directors, curators and donors at the time it…
The Hopkins-Nanjing Center is the only graduate program of its kind – a collaborative effort jointly administered by The Johns Hopkins University and Nanjing University. Students take international relations,…
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| Meyerson Conference Room, Van Pelt Library 2nd Floor
In 1949 Mao Zedong hoisted the red flag over Beijing’s Forbidden City. Instead of liberating the country, the communists destroyed the old order and replaced it with a repressive system that would dominate every…
