November 15, 2009
TONIGHT!!! Livestream of President Obama's Shanghai town hall
President Barack Obama arrived in Shanghai late Sunday evening local time. In a few hours time, he will hold a town hall meeting with Chinese youth. The event, to be livestreamed on the White House Web site, is scheduled to start Monday at 12:45pm local time in Shanghai which means late Sunday night at 11:45pm EST.
The live streaming of the Shanghai town hall concluded at around 1:10am EST, November 16. 2009. The event in its entirety can be watched below.
Posted by zzhu at 03:02 PM
June 24, 2009
Kenneth Lieberthal joins a panel of Presidential Advisors in discussion of "The White House and U.S. Policy Toward China: Views from the Inside"
Click below to watch entire program, which was held at the 2009 Committee of 100 Annual Conference, May 1, 2009.
Posted by zzhu at 07:21 PM
April 15, 2009
"The China Price" scheduled to air again on the Michigan Channel
Broadcast of "The China Price: The True Cost of Chinese Competitive Advantage," a CCS Public Lecture Series presentation by Alexandra Harney, will be aired on Michigan cable channel 22 this coming Sunday, April 19th at 8:00pm. Ms. Harney's talk was filmed on February 11, 2009 in the 4th floor Amphitheater of Rackham.
Posted by zzhu at 02:54 PM
April 01, 2009
Select images from Xiaobing Tang's inaugural lecture as the Helmut F. Stern Professor of Chinese Studies
Liu Chunhua (刘春华, 1944-), Chairman Mao Goes to Anyuan, 1967, oil, 220 x 180 cm
Liu Chunhua, Drawing study for Chairman Mao Goes To Anyuan, 1967, charcoal on paper
Harbin, July 1968, photograph by Li Zhensheng
Temper Ourselves for a Red Heart in the Wide World, 1969, poster, Stefan Landsberger Collection
Wang Xingwei, The Way to the East, 1995, 200 x 155 cm
Erro (Gudmundur Gudmundsson), Mao's Last Visit to Venice, 1974-2003
Yin Zhaoyang, Untitled, 2005, oil, 180 x 140 cm
Posted by zzhu at 10:39 AM
February 22, 2009
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Visits China
CCS faculty and alumni contribute to major US-China climate change reports
CCS press release on their contribution
Kenneth Lieberthal, CCS faculty associate and U-M Professor of Political Science and Business Administration, talks about the significance of the trip.
Excerpt from exclusive interview with Chinese journalist and media personality Yang Lan (杨澜) (In English; Associated Press). Full transcript here.
Attending church service in Beijing's Haidian district (In Chinese; Phoenix TV).
Visit to thermal power plant (In English; CCTV 9). Read secretary Clinton's remarks here.
Talking about China's continuing confidence in U.S. treasuries (In English; CCTV 9):
CBS News:
Posted by zzhu at 06:04 PM
February 19, 2009
Professor Nico Howson joins panel discussion "China's Changing Courts: Populist Vehicle or Party Puppet?" - Webcast available soon
The US-Asia Law Institute, in conjunction with Columbia Law School's Center for Chinese Legal Studies, cordially invites you to a panel discussion on:
China's Changing Courts: Populist Vehicle or Party Puppet?
Do China’s courts only answer to the Communist Party? Or are they in fact responsive to the Chinese people? How do Chinese courts respond to increasing populist protests? What is holding back Chinese courts from becoming independent? Can China’s experiences with corporate legal disputes serve as a guide to other legal claims?
Webcast now available here. (RealPlayer required; size of window may need to be reduced to obtain best picture quality.)
After watching, submit your questions to the panelists by e-mailing: usasialaw(at)nyu(dot)edu
Ten questions will be answered and posted online by Friday, February 27, 2009.
The US-Asia Law Institute, in conjunction with Columbia Law School's Center for Chinese Legal Studies, cordially invites you to a panel discussion on:
China's Changing Courts: Populist Vehicle or Party Puppet?
Do China’s courts only answer to the Communist Party? Or are they in fact responsive to the Chinese people? How do Chinese courts respond to increasing populist protests? What is holding back Chinese courts from becoming independent? Can China’s experiences with corporate legal disputes serve as a guide to other legal claims?
These crucial questions - which go to the heart of “rule of law” - will be discussed by leading academics in the field from both the U.S. and China, including:
Xin He, Associate Professor of Law, City University of Hong Kong School of Law; Global Visiting Professor of Law, NYU School of Law;
Nicholas C. Howson, Assistant Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School;
Benjamin Liebman, Professor of Law and Director of Center for Chinese Legal Studies, Columbia Law School
Carl Minzner, Associate Professor of Law, Washington University School of Law;
Rachel E. Stern, Ph.D. candidate in political science, University of California, Berkeley.
Posted by zzhu at 04:34 PM
Asia Business Conference 2009 - Keynote Address
"Asia: Globalization and Transformation" by Dr. Surin Pitsuwan, Secretary-General, ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations)
Please click below to watch the entire event.
Posted by zzhu at 04:10 PM
January 28, 2009
Ken Lieberthal gives the 2009 William K. McInally Memorial Lecture - watch online
Please click below to watch the entire event.
Posted by zzhu at 11:12 AM