Below are all coming and past 600+ events since 2010, now totaling 70+ talks per year on “China and the world” at China Crossroads, Shanghai’s largest platform of public talks. To learn more, email editor@shanghai-review.org.
Coming Events:
- 10/17/24: International Brands in China: Don’t Get Lost in Translation (China Crossroads)
- 10/20/24: Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI (Book Club)
- 10/21/24: Comparing American and Chinese Exceptionalism: Can They Coexist? (China Crossroads)
- 10/23/24: Live Episode of the Sinica Podcast: Decoupling, De-risking, and the Great Disconnect (China Crossroads)
- 10/24/24: Bypassing the Dollar: How China’s RMB Offshore Centers Reshape Global Finance (China Crossroads)
- 10/28/24: Rethinking White Supremacy in International Legal Order (China Crossroads)
- 10/31/24: What China’s Next Decade Holds for Foreign Firms and Executives? (China Crossroads)
- 11/04/24: The Liberation of Shanghai: May 1949 to May 1950 (China Crossroads)
- 11/06/24: US Election: Impact on Business Risks for China and the World (China Crossroads)
Past Events:
- 09/22/24: The Atomic Human: What Makes Us Unique in the Age of AI (Book Club)
- 09/19/24: Social Media in China: A Golden Cage? (China Crossroads)
- 09/17/24: Yugoslavia and China: Lessons from the Past, Insights for the Future (China Crossroads)
- 09/12/24: How Does Climate Change Affect China? (China Crossroads)
- 09/10/24: Observing Australia-China Relations over a Lifetime: What Next from Here? (China Crossroads)
- 09/09/24: Race to the White House: Insights on the US Election from the Radical Center (China Crossroads)
- 08/30/24: China as Rival or Partner: A Transatlantic Perspective from the US and Europe (China Crossroads)
- 08/27/24: 100 Years of Finnish-Chinese Relations: Observing China’s Rise (China Crossroads)
- 08/15/24: Third Plenum and China’s Economy: What Does It Mean for Business? (China Crossroads)
- 08/12/24: Demonstrating Generative AI and AI Music: Make Your Own Song (China Crossroads)
- 07/23/24: Engage or Derisk? Multinational Companies in Search of a New China Playbook (China Crossroads)
- 07/22/24: Tech and Travel: How Is Trip.com Navigating Internationalization (China Crossroads)
- 07/15/24: Which Chinese Cities Are Overbuilt? Insights from Urban Complexity Science (China Crossroads)
- 07/11/24: UK Election: Impact on UK-China Relations and Business Prospects (China Crossroads)
- 07/08/24: China’s High-Speed Railway Revolution: A Swiss Perspective (China Crossroads)
- 07/04/24: The Tables Turned: How China Is Changing How the World Shops (China Crossroads)
- 07/02/24: Biopharma in China: Innovation, Trends, Dealmaking (China Crossroads)
- 06/24/24: Alternative Entrepreneurship: From Intrapreneurship to Accelerator (China Crossroads)
- 06/18/24: Cars and Chips: Outlook for Mobility Innovation in China (China Crossroads)
- 06/17/24: Corporate Public Diplomacy in the Belt and Road Initiative (China Crossroads)
- 06/16/24: The Identity Trap (Book Club)
- 06/13/24: You’re Not Protected Like Your Chinese Friends: Employment Rules for Foreigners (China Crossroads)
- 06/06/24: Ranking Global Harms: Genocide, Terrorism, and Climate Change (China Crossroads)
- 06/03/24: Coping with AI at Work: Strategies for Employees and Managers (China Crossroads)
- 05/30/24: Cross-Cultural Communication for Managers: Navigating the Minefield (China Crossroads)
- 05/27/24: China’s Ecological Civilization and Its Implications for the Global South (China Crossroads)
- 05/23/24: Reforming China’s Capital Markets: Today’s Critical Moment and Global Finance (China Crossroads)
- 05/20/24: Shifting Frontiers of Liberty: How the Global South Will Affect China and the West (China Crossroads)
- 05/16/24: Electric Vehicles and the US-China-EU Strategic Triangle (China Crossroads)
- 05/14/24: Geopolitical Risk and the Shifting Geometry of Global Trade (China Crossroads)
- 05/13/24: Decisions, Missteps, and Lessons of China’s Industrial Businesses (China Crossroads)
- 05/09/24: Sustainability Redefined: Lessons from 20 Years Solving Real Problems in China (China Crossroads)
- 05/06/24: Why Nobody Can Write Chinese Anymore and Why It Doesn’t Matter (China Crossroads)
- 04/29/24: How the Media Works in China (China Crossroads)
- 04/25/24: Thank You, Mr. Nixon: The 50 Years since China’s Opening Told in Stories (China Crossroads)
- 04/24/24: Chinese Tech Giants in the Global South: Local Agency and Sinocentric Hierarchies (China Crossroads)
- 04/02/24: The State of Direct Democracy Globally: A Perspecitive from Switzerland (China Crossroads)
- 04/01/24: Rural-Urban Migration and Agro-Technological Change in China (China Crossroads)
- 03/25/24: How Weak States Can Benefit from the Multipolar Order and the Rise of China (China Crossroads)
- 03/18/24: Does American Business Still Believe in the China Dream? (China Crossroads)
- 03/14/24: A Better Future Faster: Creating Momentum for Large-Scale Social Change (China Crossroads)
- 03/11/24: China’s Relational Power in Africa (China Crossroads)
- 03/07/24: Creativity with Chinese Characteristics: Opportunities and Challenges (China Crossroads)
- 03/04/24: How An Accurate Understanding Global Trade Can Resolve Tensions with China (China Crossroads)
- 02/29/24: Leaving, Derisking, or Staying? What the Western Media Misses about China Today (China Crossroads)
- 02/26/24: ESG Developments in China and Europe: Alignments and Tensions (China Crossroads)
- 02/25/24: The Rise and Fall of the East (Book Club)
- 02/22/24: Barriers to Mental Health Care Support among Locals and Expats (China Crossroads)
- 01/29/24: Asia on the Cusp of a New Era: From Taker to Shaper of Global Rules (China Crossroads)
- 01/25/24: Chinese Consumers Pre- and Post-Covid: Comparison and Discussion (China Crossroads)
- 01/22/24: The Complex Psychology of Chinese Born and Raised in the West (China Crossroads)
- 01/18/24: Financing and Building China’s Industry 4.0 (China Crossroads)
- 01/15/24: Understanding the Global Landscape for Climate Finance (China Crossroads)
- 01/11/24: Doing Tech Deals for 20 Years in China and Prospects for Avoiding Tech War (China Crossroads)
- 01/08/24: Aviation in China: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (China Crossroads)
- 01/07/24: Diplomacy (Book Club)
- 01/04/24: Coming Out as Transgender in China and the United States (China Crossroads)
- 12/21/23: Living in China 50 Years: The Life and Times of an Old China Hand (China Crossroads)
- 12/18/23: Is There Really an Oversupply of Housing in China? (China Crossroads)
- 12/14/23: Workplace Discrimination and Harassment in China (China Crossroads)
- 12/11/23: Study Gods: How the New Chinese Elite Prepare for Global Competition (China Crossroads)
- 12/10/23: Invisible China: How the Urban-Rural Divide Threatens China’s Rise (Book Club)
- 12/07/23: China’s Elite Quality and Its Impact on Economic Growth? (China Crossroads)
- 12/04/23: Going Global: The New Wave of Chinese Tech Expansion (China Crossroads)
- 11/30/23: Reimagining China for Global HQ (China Crossroads)
- 11/21/23: Global English Proficiency Rankings and Why They Matter (China Crossroads)
- 11/11/23: Book Launch of Golden Childhood: Memories of Growing Up in 1990s Rural China (China Crossroads)
- 11/09/23: Making the Most out of AI: How to Understand, Tame, and Leverage It (China Crossroads)
- 11/02/23: African Food Security and Asian Agricultural Investment: Firsthand Observations (China Crossroads)
- 10/29/23: Dragon Tactics: How Chinese Entrepreneurs Thrive in Uncertainty (Book Club)
- 10/26/23: Psychological Safety in the Workplace (China Crossroads)
- 10/24/23: Government Relations in China: Observations of a Corporate Affairs Executive (China Crossroads)
- 10/19/23: Legal and Policy Implications of AI in China (China Crossroads)
- 09/21/23: Book Launch of Dragon Suit: Golden Age of Expatriate Executives in China (China Crossroads)
- 09/18/23: Is China Still Investable? Thinking Smart about the Opportunities Ahead (China Crossroads)
- 09/17/23: The Dean of Shandong: Confessions of a Minor Bureaucrat at a Chinese University (Book Club)
- 09/16/23: An Imperfect Laoban: Failing to Win over a Decade of Managing in China (China Crossroads)
- 09/13/23: Raising the Bar for Sustainable and Inclusive Growth around the World (China Crossroads)
- 09/09/23: Legalism and Han Feizi on the “Basic Good Modern State” (China Crossroads)
- 09/02/23: Space Sustainability: Preventing Collisions with Satellites in Space (China Crossroads)
- 08/31/23: Youth Unemployment in China (China Crossroads)
- 08/25/23: Human Development and Happiness: Comparing Denmark and Finland (China Crossroads)
- 08/24/23: How Generative AI Will Drive Fundamental Business Change (China Crossroads)
- 08/21/23: Productive Disagreement: Tips for Not Fighting with or Annoying People (China Crossroads)
- 08/20/23: Middle Class Shanghai: Reshaping US-China Engagement (Book Club)
- 08/17/23: China’s Auto Industry: The Race to a Sustainable Future (China Crossroads)
- 08/14/23: Book Talk on China’s Confucian Comeback (China Crossroads)
- 07/15/23: Young China 2023: A Discussion of the Present and Future of China’s Youth (China Crossroads)
- 07/13/23: Offline and Booming: Navigating Headwinds in “Space as a Service” (China Crossroads)
- 07/08/23: Rocking China: Music Scenes in Beijing and Beyond (China Crossroads)
- 07/06/23: Shortcomings in Chinese Capital Markets and Paths Forward (China Crossroads)
- 07/03/23: How AI Will Shape the Future of Education (China Crossroads)
- 06/29/23: Selling to China: Stories of Success, Failure, and Constant Change (China Crossroads)
- 06/22/23: The Benefits of Trust for Society: A Discussion of Denmark and Beyond (China Crossroads)
- 06/17/23: Science Fiction in China: Imagining Futures and Alternate Realities (China Crossroads)
- 06/15/23: The Naked Story: Strategic Business Decisions of a Homegrown Success (China Crossroads)
- 06/08/23: How Culture Does and Does NOT Matter in Sino-Western M&As (China Crossroads)
- 05/30/23: Biopharma in China: Big Bubble or Global Potential? (China Crossroads)
- 05/28/23: Why Your CEO Failed in China (Book Club)
- 05/20/23: Chinese Characters and the Limits of Translation in the New Poetry Movement (China Crossroads)
- 05/18/23: How to Protect Your Job from AI? (China Crossroads)
- 05/11/23: Strategic Communications in China: Reputation Ruined, Reputation Restored (China Crossroads)
- 04/27/23: Unpacking Chinese Attitudes to the West: Diverging Views of Europe and America (China Crossroads)
- 04/22/23: The Global Semiconductor Industry in Transition: State Action and MNC Reaction (China Crossroads)
- 04/20/23: Should Cities Sprawl or Densify? Climate Trade-offs in Urban Growth (China Crossroads)
- 04/15/23: Why Some Countries are Happier than Others: Socioeconomic Factors in Happiness (China Crossroads)
- 04/13/23: Are Multinational Businesses Planning to Leave China? (China Crossroads)
- 04/09/23: Has China Won? (Book Club)
- 04/01/23: What Multilingualism Means for the Mind, the City, and Your Life (China Crossroads)
- 03/26/23: Governing China’s Financial System through Markets (China Crossroads)
- 03/18/23: Western Bias in Global Comparisons of Good Governance (China Crossroads)
- 03/16/23: How China Thinks: From Yin-Yang to Dialectical Materialism to Youth Culture (China Crossroads)
- 03/11/23: Populism in Europe and North America: Drivers and Consequences (China Crossroads)
- 03/05/23: Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (Book Club)
- 03/04/23: Redefining Diplomacy One Village at a Time: 30 Years in Rural China (China Crossroads)
- 03/02/23: Interrogating ChatGPT: Is AI for Real This Time? (China Crossroads)
- 02/25/23: Dynamics of Asia-Pacific Security (China Crossroads)
- 02/23/23: Why Development Banking Matters: Financing Infrastructure and Public Goods (China Crossroads)
- 02/18/23: China in Africa: Post-Pandemic Trends (China Crossroads)
- 02/16/23: Managing Risks and Opportunities of China’s Reopening with Strategic Intelligence (China Crossroads)
- 02/11/23: Shanghai’s Construction Industry and the Formation of Chinese Masculinity (China Crossroads)
- 02/09/23: Is ESG a Scam? (China Crossroads)
- 02/05/23: The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters (Book Club)
- 02/04/23: Cosmopolitan Shanghai: From Paris of the Orient to Post-Covid City (China Crossroads)
- 02/02/23: Decoupling or Engagement for Europe China Business in 2023? (China Crossroads)
- 01/19/23: China’s Coming Tourism Boom: Will Big Investments and Reckless Gambles Pay Off? (China Crossroads)
- 01/14/23: Chinese Views of Europe and China (China Crossroads)
- 01/12/23: Is the World Really De-Globalizing? (China Crossroads)
- 01/08/23: Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male is Struggling and Why It Matters (Book Club)
- 01/07/23: The Future of Books in an Age of Social Media (China Crossroads)
- 01/05/23: Leadership Lessons from Intentional Parenting (China Crossroads)
- 12/17/22: Shanghai History in 12 Maps (China Crossroads)
- 12/15/22: On the Cusp of a New Global Era? China Beyond the Era of Markets (China Crossroads)
- 12/10/22: Confucian Morality: Daily Life, Relationships, and Humanism (China Crossroads)
- 12/08/22: De-Risking Your Supply Chain (China Crossroads)
- 12/03/22: European Recipes for Innovation: Switzerland, the UK, and the Netherlands (China Crossroads)
- 11/27/22: Woke, Inc: Inside Corporate America’s Social Justice Scam (Book Club)
- 11/19/22: Self-Help Psychology and the Value of Personality in China (China Crossroads)
- 11/17/22: Financial Markets in China: Do They Really Work? (China Crossroads)
- 11/10/22: Singapore-China Relations: Past, Present and Future (China Crossroads)
- 11/05/22: Decoding China’s Digital Economy: Policy Views and Long-Term Goals (China Crossroads)
- 10/29/22: Compassionate Communication: The Key to Conflict Management (China Crossroads)
- 10/27/22: Predicting China’s Economy (China Crossroads)
- 10/23/33: Crazy Like Us: The Globalization of the American Psyche (Book Club)
- 10/22/22: Rethinking Higher Education with Classical Chinese Thought (China Crossroads)
- 10/08/22: Will the Coming Metaverse Improve Education in China? (China Crossroads)
- 10/06/22: Mental Health in China (China Crossroads)
- 10/01/22: Life in North Korea (China Crossroads)
- 09/29/22: Handling Medical Emergencies in China: Stories from the Frontline (China Crossroads)
- 09/25/22: The Culture Map (Book Club)
- 09/24/22: Study Abroad in the Pandemic: Considerations for Applicants and Educators (China Crossroads)
- 09/22/22: Book Launch: The Geopolitics of Global Railways (China Crossroads)
- 09/17/22: The People’s Bank of China and the Rise of Market-Based Banking (China Crossroads)
- 09/10/22: China’s Banking System in 2022 (China Crossroads)
- 03/10/22: Fact-Checking Misinformation: Professional Media Perspectives (China Crossroads)
- 03/05/22: China in Western Maps: How Europe and China Learned About Each Other (China Crossroads)
- 02/26/22: Study Abroad in the Pandemic: What Has and Has NOT Changed since 2020 (China Crossroads)
- 02/24/22: The Year Ahead in Ecommerce: How Digital Trends Will Impact Brands in China (China Crossroads)
- 02/19/22: China’s Gilded Age: The Paradox of Economic Boom and Vast Corruption (Book Club)
- 02/17/22: Artificial Unintelligence: Why You Should NOT Expect Intelligent AI (China Crossroads)
- 02/06/22: The Joys and Pitfalls of Book Publishing (China Crossroads)
- 02/05/22: European Public Opinion Towards the European Union (China Crossroads)
- 01/27/22: Digital Orientalism: Chinese Technology and Western Misconception (China Crossroads)
- 01/23/22: Igniting the Startup Sprit: How to Scale Up and Motivate without Being Hated (China Crossroads)
- 01/22/22: Aviation Growth in Modern China: From Propellers to Megaterminals (China Crossroads)
- 01/20/22: Digital Transformation with Impact: Insights from Best Practice (China Crossroads)
- 01/16/22: Unconscious Bias: Avoiding Pitfalls in Building a Diverse and Inclusive Workplace (China Crossroads)
- 01/15/22: Capitalism and the Death Drive (Book Club)
- 01/08/22: Career Paths to the Top at Global MNCs: International vs. Local Strategies (China Crossroads)
- 12/30/21: Data Governance in China: Is Cross-Border Trade and Investment Under Threat? (China Crossroads)
- 12/19/21: Covid-19 and the Tourist Industry: Trends in China and Beyond (China Crossroads)
- 12/18/21: Man’s Search for Meaning (Book Club)
- 12/15/21: Understanding China’s Social Media Landscape in 2022 (China Crossroads)
- 12/12/21: The New Countryside in China: An Urban Vision? (China Crossroads)
- 12/09/21: From Jakarta to Shanghai: Indonesian Diplomacy in Shanghai (China Crossroads)
- 12/07/21: Does China Still Welcome Foreign Investment? (China Crossroads)
- 11/28/21: Chinese Tech Firms Going Abroad: Challenges and Opportunities (China Crossroads)
- 11/27/21: More Than One Child: Memoirs of an Illegal Daughter (Book Club)
- 11/25/21: Social Accountability and Public Supervision in China (China Crossroads)
- 11/21/21: China’s Innovation Engine: Culture, Financial Environment, and Business Practices (China Crossroads)
- 11/18/21: Sustainability in China: What It Means for Consumers and How It Impacts Brands (China Crossroads)
- 11/13/21: More Than One Child: Growing Up as a Hidden, Excess Child in China (China Crossroads)
- 11/07/21: Shanghai’s Expat Population: Post-Covid Demographics, Trends, and Insights (China Crossroads)
- 11/06/21: Rethinking Chinese Politics (Book Club)
- 10/30/21: Post-Election Germany and German-Chinese Relations (China Crossroads)
- 10/23/21: Trial and Error with M&A in China: Cautionary Tales (China Crossroads)
- 10/21/21: Who Should Run Your China Business? The Changing China General Manager (China Crossroads)
- 10/17/21: RMB Internationalization: Will the RMB Become the Global Currency? (China Crossroads)
- 10/16/21: The Zhuangzi (Book Club)
- 10/14/21: What is Good Government in East Asia? (China Crossroads)
- 10/10/21: Gorillas Can Dance: Lessons from Large Corporations on Partnering with Startups (China Crossroads)
- 10/10/21: The Ethics of Authenticity (Book Club)
- 09/26/21: Challenges and Prospects for Foreign Universities in China (China Crossroads)
- 09/25/21: The Future of Sustainability: China’s Leadership in Digital Assets and Green Finance (China Crossroads)
- 09/18/21: Afghanistan and American Decline: The Graveyard of Empires? (China Crossroads)
- 09/12/21: Beyond Income: Redrawing Asia’s Consumer Map (China Crossroads)
- 09/11/21: The Evolving Landscape of Global Political Risk: 20 Years since 9/11 (China Crossroads)
- 09/05/21: How Big Tech Leverages Data to Support Financial Inclusion in China and India (China Crossroads)
- 08/29/21: Gravity and the Origins of Time (China Crossroads)
- 08/28/21: USA-Europe-China: The Triangular Relationship That Will Define the 21st Century (China Crossroads)
- 08/21/21: How Fosun Built a Global Chinese Investment Brand: The Inside Story (China Crossroads)
- 08/21/21: Diary of a Madman and Other Stories (Book Club)
- 08/15/21: Diversity and Inclusion at Work: Why It Matters and How Organizations Fall Short (China Crossroads)
- 08/14/21: Trends in U.S.-China Relations (China Crossroads)
- 08/08/21: Collecting ‘Red Relics’ in Contemporary China (China Crossroads)
- 07/24/21: Karl Marx (Book Club)
- 07/24/21: Adventures in China’s Economy: 16 Years of Doing Business from Tier 5 and Up (China Crossroads)
- 07/22/21: How Bosch Trains Local Chinese Managers for Global Leadership (China Crossroads)
- 07/17/21: European Strategic Autonomy and Its Implications for EU-China Relations (China Crossroads)
- 07/10/21: How Global Investment Giants Do Business in China (China Crossroads)
- 07/03/21: The Roots of Romanticism (Book Club)
- 07/01/21: AI and the Future of Leadership (China Crossroads)
- 06/27/21: First Time in History: China’s Economic Transformation since 1978 (China Crossroads)
- 06/20/21: Banning the Slave Trade in the Indian Ocean (China Crossroads)
- 06/19/21: Science Diplomacy in China and Beyond: A Personal Journey (China Crossroads)
- 06/18/21: The Sociology of Religion (Book Club)
- 06/13/21: Los Angeles vs. New York: Which is the Best? (China Crossroads)
- 06/12/21: China’s Soft Power Initiatives in the Middle East (China Crossroads)
- 06/06/21: Can AI Make Irrational Decisions? (China Crossroads)
- 06/05/21: Motivating and Leading Employees in the Knowledge Economy (China Crossroads)
- 05/30/21: Geopolitics of China and the U.S. in East Asian Regional Relations (China Crossroads)
- 05/29/21: Beyond Giving: Philanthropy and the NGO Sector in China (China Crossroads)
- 05/23/21: The Current State of EU-China Relations: Chinese Perspectives (China Crossroads)
- 05/22/21: China’s Openness to the West Preceding the Opium War (China Crossroads)
- 05/16/21: Design and Creative Integrity in China and Beyond (China Crossroads)
- 05/15/21: Popeye’s Chicken: Lessons Learned after One Year in China’s Fast Food Market (China Crossroads)
- 05/15/21: China’s New Red Guards: The Return of Radicalism and the Rebirth of Mao Zedong (Book Club)
- 05/09/21: U.S.-China Relations: Investors’ Perspectives (China Crossroads)
- 04/29/21: Business Negotiation in China: Navigating Roadblocks and Traps (China Crossroads)
- 04/24/21: Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business (Book Club)
- 04/23/21: Reviving the Glory Days of a Jazz Metropolis: Jazz & Blues à la Shanghai (China Crossroads)
- 04/22/21: Is China Facing a Food Crisis? (China Crossroads)
- 04/17/21: Complexity Science: Getting Things Done with Less Stress and Better Results (China Crossroads)
- 04/10/21: Asian Power and Politics: The Cultural Dimensions of Authority (Book Club)
- 04/10/21: Civil Society, Democracy, and Politics (China Crossroads)
- 04/03/21: Everything is Normal: The Life and Times of a Soviet Kid (China Crossroads)
- 04/01/21: Insurance, Banking, and Broader Financial Sector Reform in China (China Crossroads)
- 03/27/21: Explaining Ant’s IPO Suspension: Fintech and Financial Regulations in China (China Crossroads)
- 03/25/21: Management Agilityin a Post-Pandemic World (China Crossroads)
- 03/20/21: The Great Flowing River: A Memoir of China from Manchuria to Taiwan (Book Club)
- 03/20/21: Smashing China’s Glass Ceiling: Insights of Female CEOs in China (China Crossroads)
- 03/13/21: From Citizens to Experts: Patterns of Participatory Policymaking in Urban China (China Crossroads)
- 03/06/21: Huawei’s Globalization: The Inside Story from a 12-Year Overseas VP (China Crossroads)
- 03/04/21: China eCommerce: Counterfeits, Chinese Partners, and Growth Hacking (China Crossroads)
- 02/27/21: The Crippled Tree: A Story of War and Revolution in China (Book Club)
- 02/27/21: Fortress Europe: Contemporary Art and its Representations of Borders (China Crossroads)
- 02/25/21: Energy Transition in Europe and China: Challenge and Collaboration (China Crossroads)
- 02/21/21: Walking Across China: Inspiration from the Heartland and Portrait of a Nation (China Crossroads)
- 02/17/21: Screening and Discussion of “Down: Indie Rock in the PRC” (China Crossroads)
- 02/06/21: Tectonic Politics: Global Political Risk in an Age of Transformation (Book Club)
- 02/06/21: Inventing the “Maritime Silk Road” (China Crossroads)
- 02/04/21: Data Privacy and Cybersecurity in China: Managing Risks for MNCs (China Crossroads)
- 01/21/21: Why Building a Learning Culture Should be the #1 Priority at Your Organization (China Crossroads)
- 01/16/21: The Far Right Today (Book Club)
- 01/16/21: Food Safety Scares in China: Emergence, Diffusion, Mitigation (China Crossroads)
- 01/09/21: China-Serbia Relations: Test Case for China’s Growing Global Influence? (China Crossroads)
- 01/07/21: A More Authentic Approach to Local Heritage Tourism in China (China Crossroads)
- 01/03/21: Upswing: How America Came Together a Century Ago and How We Can Do It Again (Book Club)
- 01/02/21: China’s Green Religion: Daoism’s Role in a Global Ecological Civilization (China Crossroads)
- 12/26/20: Intimate Technologies: The Ethics and Effects of Relationships with Sex Robots (China Crossroads)
- 12/19/20: Good Fortune and Cosmology in Chinese Art and Archaeology (China Crossroads)
- 12/12/20: Long Live the City: How China is Reshaping How We Plan the Urban Landscape (China Crossroads)
- 12/12/20: Caste: The Origins of our Discontents (Book Club)
- 12/10/20: Sustainable BRI Infrastructure: On-the-Ground with Chinese Projects Globally (China Crossroads)
- 12/05/20: Connecting the World through Poetry: Chinese and American Poetry in Translation (China Crossroads)
- 11/29/20: China’s Got Talent: Reskilling the World’s Largest Workforce for Lifelong Learning (China Crossroads)
- 11/28/20: Plagues and Peoples (Book Club)
- 11/26/20: What Foreign Investors (Should) Worry about in the China Market (China Crossroads)
- 11/19/20: Green Funding: The Development of Sustainable Finance in China (China Crossroads)
- 11/14/20: Dictionary of the Khazars (Book Club)
- 11/12/20: How the U.S. Election Results Impact U.S.-China Relations (China Crossroads)
- 11/07/20: Winter is Coming: How Weather Affects the Spread of Covid-19 (China Crossroads)
- 11/05/20: Digital Finance in China: Driving the Future of FinTech and Blockchain Innovation (China Crossroads)
- 10/31/20: Under Red Skies: Three Generations of Life, Loss, and Hope in China (Book Club)
- 10/31/20: Shanghai 1935: High Life and Nightlife in a Glamorous Metropolis (China Crossroads)
- 10/29/20: U.S.-China Trade War: Trade and Investment Laws, Regulations, and Prospects (China Crossroads)
- 10/24/20: Emergence of a Football Nation: Observations of Football Development in China (M Talks China)
- 10/20/20: China-Russia Relations: Issues Today and Prospects Tomorrow (China Crossroads)
- 10/17/20: How Chinese SOEs Invest in Europe: A Window on the Belt and Road (China Crossroads)
- 10/17/20: The Captive Mind (Book Club)
- 10/15/20: Outlook for Chinese vs. International Airlines (China Crossroads)
- 09/27/20: Appreciating the String Quartet (M Talks China)
- 09/21/20: U.S.-China Tech Decoupling: Where Are We Now? (China Crossroads)
- 09/20/20: What is Leadership? (China Crossroads)
- 09/17/20: Business Climate 2020: Findings from the 2020 AmCham Business Climate Survey (China Crossroads)
- 09/12/20: China’s Political System: Responding to Giant Crises (China Crossroads)
- 09/10/20: Why China is So Uncool: Beijing’s Branding Crisis and Western Media Bias (China Crossroads)
- 09/05/20: Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914 (Book Club)
- 08/20/20: Trends in Expat Regulation and Employment Pre/Post-Covid (China Crossroads)
- 08/15/20: Climate Change by 2050: A Forecast of Global Risk and What To Do About It (China Crossroads)
- 08/13/20: Crimes Against Data: How to Stop Them and Create Data-Driven Corporate Culture (China Crossroads)
- 08/08/20: The World of Yesterday (Book Club)
- 08/06/20: Living the Headlines: The New Intersection of Business and Geopolitics in China (China Crossroads)
- 07/30/20: Will America Survive Trump? (China Crossroads)
- 07/26/20: Quarreling Cousins: China and Japan from Antiquity to 2022 (M Talks China)
- 07/23/20: Innovation or Perfection: German Mittelstand Business in the China Market (China Crossroads)
- 07/16/20: FinTech Today: Technology and Investment (China Crossroads)
- 07/12/20: Breaking Boundaries with Design: New Design Trends in China (China Crossroads)
- 07/11/20: AI Superpowers: China, Silicon Valley, and the New World Order (Book Club)
- 07/09/20: Digital Trends Engaging Chinese Consumers: Truly Unique or Marketing as Usual? (China Crossroads)
- 06/30/20: America in the Post-Covid World: Inevitable Decline or Enduring Status? (China Crossroads)
- 06/23/20: Online Teaching for Villages in China: Rural Education and Remote Solutions (China Crossroads)
- 06/20/20: The Future of Work: A Post-Virus Forecast (M Talks China)
- 06/18/20: Fast Forward China: How Covid-19 Accelerates Five Key Trends in China’s Economy (China Crossroads)
- 06/16/20: Just Hierarchy: Why Social Hierarchies Matter in China and the Rest of the World (China Crossroads)
- 06/14/20: Against Political Equality: The Confucian Case (Book Club)
- 06/10/20: Covid-19 and China’s International Order Building (China Crossroads)
- 06/07/20: The Future of Work: A Post-Virus Forecast (Hopkins China Forum)
- 05/31/20: Covid-19 Learning Curve: Evolution in the University Education Sector (Hopkins China Forum)
- 05/24/20: China’s Financial System: A Primer for the Non-Finance Practitioner (China Crossroads)
- 05/21/20: Confucian Alternatives to Liberal Democracy (China Crossroads)
- 05/17/20: International Education in Post-Virus China: Accelerator or Disrupter? (China Crossroads)
- 05/16/20: The Light That Failed: Why the West is Losing the Fight for Democracy (Book Club)
- 05/16/20: Never Waste a Crisis: Five Takeaways from Covid-19 for Business Reputation (M Talks China)
- 05/14/20: Covid-19 and the 1st Wave for Consumers: Lessons Learned (China Crossroads)
- 01/12/20: Three Generations of Chinese Women in the Family of Author Zhang Lijia (M Talks China)
- 01/11/20: Great Delusion: Liberal Dreams and International Realities (Book Club)
- 12/15/19: Out of China: How the Chinese Ended the Era of Western Domination (Book Club)
- 11/23/19: Infinite Jest (Book Club)
- 11/10/19: Tai-Chi, Qigong, and the Globalization of Traditional Chinese Breathing Practices (M Talks China)
- 09/15/19: Panel on Waste, Recycling, and the Circular Economy in China (M Talks China)
- 09/07/19: Higher Education That Nurtures Creativity (M Talks China)
- 08/17/19: NGOs in China: Stories from the Frontline (M Talks China)
- 07/25/19: China’s Response to Climate Change (Hopkins China Forum)
- 07/07/19: The Rice Theory of Culture and the North-South Divide in China (China Crossroads)
- 07/06/19: Gem-Hunting in China and Africa (M Talks China)
- 06/27/19: Explaining Populism in the West: France and America as Case Studies (China Crossroads)
- 06/23/19: Book Launch: Fashion in Multiple Chinas (M Talks China)
- 06/13/19: Europe, China, and Systemic Rivalry? (China Crossroads)
- 06/08/19: The Shanghai Jews: Risk and Resilience in a Refugee Community (M Talks China)
- 06/02/19: The China Lover: A Novel (Book Club)
- 06/01/19: Our Story: A Conversation with Chinese Best-Selling Writer Rao Pingru (M Talks China)
- 05/29/19: Belt and Road, Neither Boom Nor Bust (China Crossroads)
- 05/19/19: China-Africa Investment: Debunking the “Debt Trap” (China Crossroads)
- 05/15/19: Europe Meets the China Challenge: Explaining Recent EU Moves on China (Hopkins China Forum)
- 05/12/19: The Moral Roots of Business East and West (China Crossroads)
- 05/11/19: Youth Culture in China: From Red Guards to Netizens (Book Club)
- 04/27/19: Chinese Buddhas and Bostonian Brahmins (M Talks China)
- 04/25/19: China-Africa Development Cooperation: From Free Aid to SEZs (Hopkins China Forum)
- 04/14/19: Nations and Nationalism since 1780 (Book Club)
- 04/13/19: Affordable Shanghai Housing: Dream or Aspiration? (M Talks China)
- 03/30/19: Single Women Doing Creative Work in Shanghai: Caring in Times of Precarity (China Crossroads)
- 03/27/19: Emerging C2: Why China and the U.S. are Destined for Co-Development (Hopkins China Forum)
- 03/24/19: 21 Lessons for the 21st Century (Book Club)
- 03/09/19: Covering Up Half the Sky: Sexism in the Chinese Language (China Crossroads)
- 03/03/19: Bitter Revolution: China’s Struggle with the Modern World (Book Club)
- 03/02/19: The Story of China’s Economy as Told through the World’s Biggest Building (China Crossroads)
- 02/26/19: China and the World: Inside a Changing Economic Relationship (China Crossroads)
- 02/17/19: U.S.-China Relations: 40 Years of Normalization and Beyond (China Crossroads)
- 02/10/19: Anti-Intellectualism in American Life (Book Club)
- 01/24/19: Are Returnees Treated Unfairly in the Job Market? (China Crossroads)
- 01/19/19: River of Plastic: The Plastic Problem in China (M Talks China)
- 01/13/19: Constricting Belt, One-Way Road: Europe Views the New Silk Road (China Crossroads)
- 01/12/19: Panel on Food Waste in China (M Talks China)
- 01/06/19: When True Love Came to China (Book Club)
- 01/05/19: Screening and Discussion of “Better Angels” (China Crossroads)
- 12/20/18: Manufacturing Strategies in the U.S., China, Germany, and Japan (Hopkins China Forum)
- 12/16/18: The Theory of Moral Sentiments (Book Club)
- 12/15/18: Re-Reading Shanghai: Chinese Characters Deep Inside Shanghai’s Old Lanes (M Talks China)
- 12/13/18: Finding Your Path: Career Development for Young Professionals in China (China Crossroads)
- 12/09/18: FinTech, Financial Integrity, and the Future of Compliance (China Crossroads)
- 12/01/18: Organizing the Myriad Beings: From Traditional Knowledge to Botany in China (M Talks China)
- 11/25/18: Appreciating the String Quartet (M Talks China)
- 11/24/18: Can We Trust North Korea’s Kim Jung Un? (China Crossroads)
- 11/15/18: Comparing Chinese and Indian Consumers: Culture, History, and Demographics (China Crossroads)
- 11/13/18: Inside Indian Politics: Hindu Nationalism and the Transformation of India (Hopkins China Forum)
- 11/08/18: World War II in Europe: The American Experience and the World They Made (Hopkins China Forum)
- 11/04/18: From Bacteria to Bach and Back: The Evolution of Minds (Book Club)
- 11/03/18: Red China’s Green Revolution (China Crossroads)
- 10/30/18: The European Union and China in Central Asia (Hopkins China Forum)
- 10/21/18: From Modernity to Post-Modernity: How Chinese Consumers Have Evolved (China Crossroads)
- 10/18/18: Chinese Characters and Modern Design: Avant-Garde in the Republican Era (Hopkins China Forum)
- 10/17/18: Visionaries of Chinese and Japanese Literature: Lu Xun and Natsume Soseki (China Crossroads)
- 10/14/18: Identity: The Demand for Dignity and the Politics of Resentment (Book Club)
- 10/13/18: Harbin: The Russian City in Shanghai, 1900-1950 (M Talks China)
- 09/26/18: China and the New Scramble for Africa (China Crossroads)
- 09/22/18: Metaphors We Live By (Book Club)
- 09/16/18: Pearl Buck, Lao She, and the Boxer Crisis: A Story of Facts, Fictions, and Friendships (M Talks China)
- 09/13/18: The North Korea Crisis: Any Role for the EU? (Hopkins China Forum)
- 09/08/18: The Internationalization of Chinese Private Education (China Crossroads)
- 09/06/18: Ukraine as Game-Changer: Domestic Transformation, Europe, and the World (China Crossroads)
- 09/02/18: The Human Condition (Book Club)
- 07/15/18: Confucius: The Secular as Sacred (Book Club)
- 06/24/18: Ideas: A History from Fire to Freud (Book Club)
- 06/23/18: Has the West Lost It? (M Talks China)
- 06/21/18: From Nationality to Ethnicity: Performative Politics in China (China Crossroads)
- 06/17/18: Reconnecting with Chinese Consumers: The Beauty of Branding (China Crossroads)
- 06/16/18: Donald Trump’s Worldview: The U.S., Europe, China, and the New Bipolar Order (China Crossroads)
- 06/07/18: Intimate Portraits of China’s Evolving Consumers: Kids and Fresh Graduates (China Crossroads)
- 06/03/18: China and Russia: The New Rapprochement (Book Club)
- 05/28/18: Club Med and How to Cater to China’s Burgeoning Tourism Market (China Crossroads)
- 05/26/18: Historical Photos of China: Visualizing China from the 1840s to 1950s (M Talks China)
- 05/20/18: Book Launch: Intimate Portraits of China’s Evolving Consumers (M Talks China)
- 05/14/18: Health Reform in China: Recent Developments and Key Implications (China Crossroads)
- 05/13/18: End of an Era: How China’s Authoritarian Revival is Undermining Its Rise (Book Club)
- 05/10/18: U.S.-China Trade Tensions and Operational Risks for MNCs in China (Hopkins China Forum)
- 05/08/18: Ireland’s Evolving Role in the EU since Brexit: Looking Forward (China Crossroads)
- 04/22/18: Understanding and Appreciating Jazz (M Talks China)
- 04/21/18: China’s Major Power Engagement with the Developing World (Hopkins China Forum)
- 04/15/18: Israel and China: From the Tang Dynasty to Silicon Wadi (M Talks China)
- 04/14/18: The China Questions: Critical Insights into a Rising Power (Book Club)
- 03/31/18: Small Steps, Run Fast: Global Chinese Brands and How They Engage with the World (China Crossroads)
- 03/30/18: From the Frontline: Recent Developments in U.S.-China Commercial Relations (China Crossroads)
- 03/18/18: Last War of the World Island: The Geopolitics of Contemporary Russia (Book Club)
- 03/08/18: Progress and Prosperity: The New Chinese City as Global Urban Model (China Crossroads)
- 03/07/18: Education in China: Strengths, Weaknesses, and Cultural Difference (Hopkins China Forum)
- 02/27/18: Sanctions on Russia: Geopolitical Factors, Key Events, and Russian Popular Reaction (China Crossroads)
- 02/25/18: The Square and the Tower: Networks and Power from Freemasons to Facebook (Book Club)
- 02/05/18: China’s Search for a Common Language: The Past and Future of Putonghua (Hopkins China Forum)
- 02/03/18: Easternization: Asia’s Rise and America’s Decline From Obama to Trump (Book Club)
- 01/27/18: Digital China: Powering the Economy to Global Competitiveness (China Crossroads)
- 01/23/18: Europe after Brexit: Crisis or Opportunity? (Hopkins China Forum)
- 01/20/18: China’s Private Army: Protecting the New Silk Road (China Crossroads)
- 01/15/18: The War for China’s Wallet: Profiting from the New World Order (Hopkins China Forum)
- 01/13/18: The China Model: Political Meritocracy and the Limits of Democracy (Book Club)
- 12/19/17: Surviving Trump through Rule of Law in America (Hopkins China Forum)
- 12/14/17: China’s Gender Gap in Competitiveness: Culture, Institutions, and Policies (Hopkins China Forum)
- 12/09/17: China’s Political Model: Political Meritocracy, Democracy, or Both? (China Crossroads)
- 12/04/17: James Fallows on Trump’s America (M Talks China)
- 12/03/17: China’s New Era, America’s New Abnormal, and the Need for a New Normal (China Crossroads)
- 12/02/17: Asia’s Reckoning: China, Japan, and the Fate of U.S. Power in the Pacific Century (Book Club)
- 11/25/17: Dancing Ballet in China (M Talks China)
- 11/22/17: 18th Shanghai Social Studies Colloquium (SSSC)
- 11/18/17: The China Model in Ethiopia: Win-Win or Dependency? (China Crossroads)
- 11/12/17: Creating Across Cultures: Chinese Women in the Arts (M Talks China)
- 11/11/17: Book Launch: Little Soldiers (M Talks China)
- 11/11/17: The Better Angels of Our Nature (Book Club)
- 11/09/17: European Business in China: Recommendations for Policymakers (Hopkins China Forum)
- 10/28/17: Out of China: How the Chinese Ended the Era of Western Domination (China Crossroads)
- 10/21/17: The Retreat of Western Liberalism (Book Club)
- 10/14/17: East Meets West: Western Operas Set in Asia (M Talks China)
- 10/12/17: China’s New Cyber Security Law: Challenges and Compliance Strategies (China Crossroads)
- 09/30/17: A History of Future Cities (M Talks China)
- 09/23/17: The Future of Japan-China Relations (China Crossroads)
- 09/21/17: The Great Gamble: Neo-Mercantilism in One Belt One Road (Hopkins China Forum)
- 09/13/17: 17th Shanghai Social Studies Colloquium (SSSC)
- 09/09/17: The Last Confucian: Liang Shuming (M Talks China)
- 09/09/17: China’s Asian Dream: Empire Building along the New Silk Road (Book Club)
- 09/07/17: Results from the European Chamber’s 2017 Business Confidence Survey (China Crossroads)
- 08/20/17: On-the-Ground in One Belt One Road: Local Problems and How to Fix Them (China Crossroads)
- 08/19/17: The China Challenge: Shaping the Choices of a Rising Power (Book Club)
- 08/03/17: Intrapreneurship: Going back to the Garage! (Hopkins China Forum)
- 07/30/17: U.S.-China Business in the Year of Trump: Where are We and Where are We Going? (M Talks China)
- 07/24/17: Consumers, Competitors, and Capital: China in 2025 and Asia Transformed (China Crossroads)
- 07/22/17: The End of Europe: Dictators, Demagogues, and the Coming Dark Age (Book Club)
- 07/20/17: Winning Hearts and Minds: Soviet Propaganda in China in the Cold War (Hopkins China Forum)
- 07/18/17: 16th Shanghai Social Studies Colloquium (SSSC)
- 07/02/17: J.G. Ballard and Shanghai: The City that Shaped His Unique Vision (M Talks China)
- 07/01/17: Should We Fear Russia? (Book Club)
- 06/29/17: China and Africa: Past History and Current Prospects (China Crossroads)
- 06/27/17: China’s Invisible Rural Crisis: Childhood Development, IQ, and Parenting (Hopkins China Forum)
- 06/13/17: The Swedish Model: Pros, Cons, and Relevance for China? (Hopkins China Forum)
- 06/10/17: China’s New International Image in a Rapidly Changing World Order (M Talks China)
- 06/06/17: Is China Really an Unfair Trader? (China Crossroads)
- 06/03/17: Everything Under the Heavens: China’s Push for Global Power (Book Club)
- 05/28/17: Forgotten Ally: The Legacy of China’s Role in World War Two (M Talks China)
- 05/22/17: What’s “New” about the New Development Bank? (China Crossroads)
- 05/21/17: The Business Environment for MNCs in China (M Talks China)
- 05/18/17: Whitey Smith in Shanghai’s Jazz Age: The Man Who Taught China to Dance (Hopkins China Forum)
- 05/16/17: Changing Images of China and the U.S. in Asia-Pacific: Trends and Implications (China Crossroads)
- 05/07/17: Stacked Deck: A Story of Selfishness in America (Book Club)
- 05/06/17: China and Black Internationalism in the Early 20th Century (M Talks China)
- 04/26/17: U.S.-China Business Risk after the Trump-Xi Summit (China Crossroads)
- 04/23/17: Covering the China Story: A Look at Foreign Reporting on China (M Talks China)
- 04/19/17: Digital China and Artificial Intelligence (China Crossroads)
- 04/09/17: Capitalism with Chinese Characteristics (Book Club)
- 03/29/17: Book Launch: The Formosa Fraud (Thinkery)
- 03/22/17: The Self-Destructive Path of American Capitalism: A Cautionary Tale for China (Thinkery)
- 03/17/17: The Rooster Crows: What to Expect in China This Year and Beyond (Hopkins China Forum)
- 03/15/17: Unmasking the Self through Photography: Surface, Public Persona, and Society (Thinkery)
- 03/12/17: Anatomy of Revolution (Book Club)
- 03/10/17: Sound and Affect: An Anthropology of China’s Sound Practice (Hopkins China Forum)
- 03/08/17: Fear, Anger, and Pathos: Reclaiming My Soul in China’s Gilded Age, 1986-2016 (Thinkery)
- 03/01/17: NATO Aggression on Yugoslavia in 1999 (Thinkery)
- 02/27/17: China’s Economy in Global, Long-Term Historical Comparison (Hopkins China Forum)
- 02/25/17: Book Launch: Shanghai Lawyer (M Talks China)
- 02/22/17: Dark History of the USSR: Deportations and Genocides (Thinkery)
- 02/18/17: Hurun Report’s China Rich List (M Talks China)
- 02/18/17: Shield of Achilles: War, Peace, and the Course of History (Book Club)
- 02/15/17: Dating in Shanghai: A Slavic Perspective (Thinkery)
- 02/08/17: Inside China’s Biggest Bankruptcy: Shedding Light on a Solar Disaster (Thinkery)
- 01/21/17: Confidence Trap: A History of Democracy in Crisis from World War I to the Present (Book Club)
- 01/19/17: 15th Shanghai Social Studies Colloquium (SSSC)
- 01/08/17: Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder (Book Club)
- 01/03/17: China Today: Society of the Spectacle (Hopkins China Forum)
- 12/21/16: Meeting China Halfway: How to Defuse the Emerging U.S.-China Rivalry (Hopkins China Forum)
- 12/05/16: Ancient China, Modern Science, and the Power of Spontaneity (Hopkins China Forum)
- 12/04/16: A Study of History (Book Club)
- 11/20/16: Tiger Writing: Art, Culture, and the Interdependent Self (M Talks China)
- 11/19/16: Book Launch: Dealing with China’s Debt (M Talks China)
- 11/14/16: Global Cyberpower: The U.S., China, and the Future of the Internet (Hopkins China Forum)
- 11/13/16: Trying Not to Try: The Art and Science of Spontaneity (Book Club)
- 11/10/16: Shanghai’s Changing Restaurant, Nightlife, and Cultural Scene (Hopkins China Forum)
- 10/27/16: Developing China: The Remarkable Impact of Foreign Direct Investment (Hopkins China Forum)
- 10/23/16: The Next Great War: The Roots of World War I and Risk of U.S.-China Conflict (Book Club)
- 10/16/16: Creating Living Artifacts: The Making of Xintiandi (M Talks China)
- 09/28/16: Jack Ma: Icon or Icarus? (Hopkins China Forum)
- 09/25/16: Classical Music in Shanghai and China: The Past and Present Scene (M Talks China)
- 09/25/16: CEO China: The Rise of Xi Jinping (Book Club)
- 09/08/16: The Rice Theory of Culture: China’s Two Psychological Cultures (Hopkins China Forum)
- 09/04/16: Jazz in Shanghai (M Talks China)
- 09/04/16: An Intimate History of Humanity (Book Club)
- 08/06/16: Holding up Half The Sky: China’s $2.5 Trillion Opportunity (M Talks China)
- 07/30/16: Brexit: The Coming Storm for China (M Talks China)
- 07/24/16: China’s Future (Book Club)
- 07/23/16: Book Launch: Wish Lanterns (M Talks China)
- 07/14/16: Stories of Hope and Death: Refugees and Emotional Politics in Europe (Hopkins China Forum)
- 07/12/16: 14th Shanghai Social Studies Colloquium (SSSC)
- 07/10/16: Acts of Union and Disunion (Book Club)
- 07/05/16: Finding India in China (Hopkins China Forum)
- 06/29/16: Changing Faces of Shanghai Architecture (Hopkins China Forum)
- 06/26/16: The Great Disruption: Human Nature and the Reconstitution of Social Order (Book Club)
- 06/21/16: Publishing in the Grey: Two Decades of Outlier Publishing in China (Hopkins China Forum)
- 06/16/16: U.S.-China Commercial Relations: The View from Capitol Hill (Hopkins China Forum)
- 06/05/16: Book Launch: Street of Eternal Happiness (M Talks China)
- 06/05/16: The Cultural Revolution: A People’s History, 1962-1976 (Book Club)
- 05/31/16: 13th Shanghai Social Studies Colloquium (SSSC)
- 05/30/16: The Crisis of Putin’s Political Economy: Hopeless but not Serious (Hopkins China Forum)
- 05/23/16: War by Other Means: Geoeconomics and Statecraft (Hopkins China Forum)
- 05/19/16: Results from the 2015-2016 AmCham Shanghai Business Climate Survey (Hopkins China Forum)
- 05/15/16: Democracy in America (Book Club)
- 05/14/16: Can China Innovate? (M Talks China)
- 05/05/16: The Rise of Japan in the 19th Century: International Law and Globalization (Hopkins China Forum)
- 05/03/16: Graham Earnshaw: On Being a Publisher in China (Thinkery)
- 04/26/16: Shanghai Old Town: Topography of a Phantom City (Thinkery)
- 04/25/16: 12th Shanghai Social Studies Colloquium (SSSC)
- 04/24/16: Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy (Book Club)
- 04/19/16: A Decent Bottle of Wine in China (Thinkery)
- 04/14/16: Who’s Still Catching the Growth Wave in China? (Hopkins China Forum)
- 04/12/16: Journeys to a War: Auden and Isherwood in China (Thinkery)
- 04/05/16: International Education in China: It’s NOT Western Education (Thinkery)
- 04/03/16: Why the West Rules for Now (Book Club)
- 03/31/16: Love and Loyalty in Shanghai: His, Her and Their Marriages (Hopkins China Forum)
- 03/29/16: Graham Earnshaw: Founder of Modern Music in China? (Thinkery)
- 03/23/16: Geopolitical Dangers of Islamic Terrorism/ISIS: An Iranian Perspective (Hopkins China Forum)
- 03/22/16: Screening and Discussion: Self-Portrait with Three Women (Thinkery)
- 03/15/16: Marco Polo, Columbus and Old Maps of China (Thinkery)
- 03/14/16: Distant Relatives: Germany and China at the Heart of Europe and Asia (Hopkins China Forum)
- 03/13/16: The Man Without a Face: The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin (Book Club)
- 03/08/16: 11th Shanghai Social Studies Colloquium (SSSC)
- 03/02/16: Shanghai Literary Imaginings: A City in Transformation (Hopkins China Forum)
- 02/21/16: Naked Earth (Book Club)
- 02/18/16: Russia’s Globalization: Rise, Fall, and Future (Hopkins China Forum)
- 02/04/16: China’s Deepening Links to the Middle East and President Xi’s Recent Visit (Hopkins China Forum)
- 01/31/16: Liberalism: The Life of an Idea (Book Club)
- 01/26/16: 10th Shanghai Social Studies Colloquium (SSSC)
- 01/25/16: Building Trust after Conflict: Reconciliation in Europe and East Asia (Hopkins China Forum)
- 01/11/16: The State of U.S.-China Relations (Hopkins China Forum)
- 01/10/16: Unfinished Republic: Leading by Word and Deed in Modern China (Book Club)
- 12/20/15: Midnight’s Furies: The Deadly Legacy of India’s Partition (Book Club)
- 12/15/15: Xi Jinping’s International Strategy and Its Regional Implications (Thinkery)
- 12/10/15: The Future of Sino-Japanese Relations: Eternal Neighbors (Hopkins China Forum)
- 12/08/15: Pyongyang Entrepreneurs: Business Stories from North Korea (Thinkery)
- 12/06/15: Freedom (Book Club)
- 12/01/15: Rule of Law with Chinese Characteristics (Thinkery)
- 11/24/15: What’s Next for China’s Rollercoaster Stock Market? (Thinkery)
- 11/17/15: China’s World Economy: The World of China’s Economy (Thinkery)
- 11/16/15: Maritime Disputes and the China-U.S. Geopolitical Game in East Asia (Hopkins China Forum)
- 11/10/15: Tales of Old Tokyo (Thinkery)
- 11/09/15: 9th Shanghai Social Studies Colloquium (SSSC)
- 11/08/15: On Revolution (Book Club)
- 11/03/15: Memory in Chinese Cinema: Chen Kaige, Wang Xiaoshuai, and Others (Thinkery)
- 10/28/15: China’s Futures: Chinese Elites on China’s Economy, Politics, Foreign Policy (Hopkins China Forum)
- 10/27/15: Quantify Me: Living in an Age of Personalized Genetics (Thinkery)
- 10/18/15: War and State Formation in Ancient China and Early Modern Europe (Book Club)
- 09/21/15: The Present and Future of India-China Relations (Hopkins China Forum)
- 09/20/15: Reading Lolita in Tehran (Book Club)
- 09/13/15: Internet Literature and Publishing Reform in China (Hopkins China Forum)
- 08/23/15: Culture of Freedom: Ancient Greece and the Origins of Europe (Book Club)
- 08/20/15: China’s Emerging Neo-Statism and its Impact on the Global Political Economy (Hopkins China Forum)
- 08/06/15: China’s New Normal and Business Environment for MNCs (Hopkins China Forum)
- 08/02/15: GDP: A Brief but Affectionate History (Book Club)
- 07/13/15: The U.S.-China Economic Relationship: Deepening Partnership (Hopkins China Forum)
- 07/12/15: Rising China and Asian Democratization (Book Club)
- 06/23/15: China Real Estate: Excess Supply and Market Outlook (Hopkins China Forum)
- 06/14/15: Debating China: The U.S.-China Relationship in Ten Conversations (Book Club)
- 06/05/15: Mobilizing International Investment in a Sustainable Global Environment (Hopkins China Forum)
- 05/30/15: Stiff Competition: The New Normal for Foreign Companies in China (Hopkins China Forum)
- 05/31/15: Confucian Political Ethics (Book Club)
- 05/11/15: China’s One Belt, One Road: Prospects and Challenges (Hopkins China Forum)
- 05/10/15: 1984 (Book Club)
- 05/07/15: Banking in China: From Duplication to Innovation (Hopkins China Forum)
- 04/27/15: 8th Shanghai Social Studies Colloquium (SSSC)
- 04/19/15: News You Don’t Know About America and its Views of China (Hopkins China Forum)
- 04/12/15: The Elementary Particles (Book Club)
- 03/22/15: In Line Behind a Billion People: How Scarcity Will Define China’s Ascent (Book Club)
- 03/19/15: Shanghai Nightscapes: A Nocturnal Biography of a Global City (Hopkins China Forum)
- 03/01/15: Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (Book Club)
- 02/08/15: The Social Origins of Democracy and Dictatorship (Book Club)
- 01/29/15: Zoning Out: The Shanghai Free Trade Zone (Hopkins China Forum)
- 01/19/15: India in Asia: Greater Engagement (Hopkins China Forum)
- 01/18/15: World Order (Book Club)
- 12/15/14: Shanghai Homes: Private Life, Memories, and Spatial Intimacy (Hopkins China Forum)
- 12/09/14: Is Critical Thinking a Skills Gap in China? (Thinkery)
- 12/07/14: Shanghai’s Dancing World (Book Club)
- 12/03/14: Leftover Women: The Resurgence of Gender Inequality in China (Hopkins China Forum)
- 12/02/14: Understanding India’s 2014 Election and the Rise of Narendra Modi (Thinkery)
- 11/25/14: Jesuit Mapping of China: 1600-1800 (Thinkery)
- 11/18/14: Daring to be Yourself: The Risks and Opportunities of More Authentic Living (Thinkery)
- 11/17/14: China’s Reform Agenda Going Forward (Hopkins China Forum)
- 11/16/14: The Fourth Revolution: How the Infosphere is Reshaping Human Reality (Book Club)
- 11/13/14: 7th Shanghai Social Studies Colloquium (SSSC)
- 11/11/14: Social Robots: From Work to Bed? (Thinkery)
- 11/04/14: Understanding China’s LGBT Community: The Business Case for Diversity (Thinkery)
- 10/28/14: Shanghai: Rise and Fall of a Dancing Metropolis (Thinkery)
- 10/27/14: Decoding China’s Evolving Political and Economic Landscape (Hopkins China Forum)
- 10/26/14: Political Order and Political Decay (Book Club)
- 10/21/14: China’s New Silk Road: Past and Present, East to West (Thinkery)
- 10/15/14: 6th Shanghai Social Studies Colloquium (SSSC)
- 09/28/14: Nationalism and the Moral Psychology of Community (Book Club)
- 09/25/14: Chinese Workers in Japan: Interns or Cheap Labor? (Hopkins China Forum)
- 08/31/14: In Spite of the Gods: The Rise of Modern India (Book Club)
- 08/26/14: How New is the Silk Road Economic Belt? (Hopkins China Forum)
- 08/18/14: Changing Families and Gay Activism in China (Hopkins China Forum)
- 08/17/14: Buddenbrooks (Book Club)
- 08/04/14: The Future of Sino-Russian Relations (Hopkins China Forum)
- 07/21/14: Shadow Banking Crisis in China? (Hopkins China Forum)
- 07/20/14: Unnatural Selection: Consequences of a World Full of Men (Book Club)
- 07/17/14: China’s New Economic Diplomacy (Hopkins China Forum)
- 06/30/14: Germany’s Geopolitical Future: Europe, America, China, and Beyond (Hopkins China Forum)
- 06/29/14: The Great Divergence: China, Europe, and the Modern World Economy (Book Club)
- 06/18/14: Unnatural Selection: Consequences of Gender Imbalance in China and Beyond (Hopkins China Forum)
- 06/10/14: U.S.-China Relations in the Internet Age (Hopkins China Forum)
- 06/09/14: 5th Shanghai Social Studies Colloquium (SSSC)
- 06/08/14: Capital in the 21st Century (Book Club)
- 06/03/14: Myth-Busting China’s Numbers: Understanding and Using China’s Statistics (Hopkins China Forum)
- 05/29/14: Need, Speed, and Greed: The New Rules of Global Innovation (Hopkins China Forum)
- 05/20/14: From Self-Interest to Public Interest: The Evolving Place of Business in China (Hopkins China Forum)
- 05/12/14: British Expatriates from Shanghai and their Role in the First World War (Hopkins China Forum)
- 05/11/14: By All Means Necessary: How China’s Resource Quest is Changing the World (Book Club)
- 04/30/14: Lessons of History Not Learned: The Rise of the Far Right in Europe (Hopkins China Forum)
- 04/22/14: Student Unrest in Taiwan: A Brief History of Power, Politics, and Identity (Thinkery)
- 04/21/14: The Future of Publishing in China (Hopkins China Forum)
- 04/20/14: Monsoon: The Indian Ocean and the Future of American Power (Book Club)
- 04/16/14: 4th Shanghai Social Studies Colloquium (SSSC)
- 04/15/14: Understanding Public Sculptures in Shanghai and Beyond (Thinkery)
- 04/14/14: A European Turn in Chinese Foreign Policy? (Hopkins China Forum)
- 04/08/14: Taiwanese Aborigines (Thinkery)
- 04/03/14: Mu Shiying: China’s Lost Modernist (Hopkins China Forum)
- 04/01/14: Female Education and One-Child Families in China (Thinkery)
- 03/30/14: Duty: Memoirs of a Secretary at War (Book Club)
- 03/25/14: Chinese Perspectives on Ukraine (Thinkery)
- 03/18/14: The Spaces In-Between: Creating Connected Communities in China (Thinkery)
- 03/17/14: Age of Ambition: Chasing Fortune, Truth, and Faith in the New China (Hopkins China Forum)
- 03/11/14: Are the Liberal Arts in Chinese Universities Useful? (Thinkery)
- 03/09/14: Political Order in Changing Societies (Book Club)
- 03/04/14: New Museums in China (Thinkery)
- 02/24/14: 3rd Shanghai Social Studies Colloquium (SSSC)
- 02/16/14: Soulstealers: The Chinese Sorcery Scare of 1768 (Book Club)
- 01/19/14: Anxious Wealth: Money and Morality among China’s New Rich (Book Club)
- 01/05/14: From the Soil: Foundations of Chinese Society (Book Club)
- 01/09/14: Following the Leader: Ruling China from Deng Xiaoping to Xi Jinping (Hopkins China Forum)
- 12/10/13: China’s Soft Power in the Global South: Challenges on the Ground (Hopkins China Forum)
- 12/08/13: Ancient Chinese Thought, Modern Chinese Power (Book Club)
- 12/03/13: Is the American Dream What You Think It Is? (Thinkery)
- 11/28/13: Sino-Latin American Energy Ties: Challenges and Opportunities (Hopkins China Forum)
- 11/26/13: A Chinese-American Perspective on Identity (Thinkery)
- 11/24/13: Why Nations Fail: Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty (Book Club)
- 11/19/13: China’s Quiet Transformation: How E-Commerce is Changing China (Thinkery)
- 11/12/13: Do Chinese Lack EQ? Chinese Education and Emotional Intelligence (Thinkery)
- 11/07/13: Ancient Chinese Thought and Modern American Life (Hopkins China Forum)
- 11/05/13: Culture and Empire (Thinkery)
- 11/05/13: 2nd Shanghai Social Studies Colloquium (SSSC)
- 11/03/13: American Exceptionalism: A Double-Edged Sword (Book Club)
- 10/30/13: China’s Urbanization: A Stochastic Shift (Hopkins China Forum)
- 10/29/13: Surveillance and Privacy, Crime and Security (Thinkery)
- 10/22/13: Being a Journalist in China (Thinkery)
- 10/17/13: International Business Ethics and Chinese Outbound Investment (Hopkins China Forum)
- 10/15/13: Fatherhood: How Do We Raise Our Boys? (Thinkery)
- 10/13/13: Old World Encounters: Cross-Cultural Contacts and Exchanges in Pre-Modern Times (Book Club)
- 09/30/13: Capitalist Transformation without Democratization (Hopkins China Forum)
- 09/18/13: 1st Shanghai Social Studies Colloquium (SSSC)
- 09/15/13: Wealth and Power: China’s Long March to the 21st Century (Book Club)
- 09/10/13: Learning to Love: A Dating Coach’s Perspective on the Shanghai Singles Market (Thinkery)
- 09/03/13: Doing Business Online: First Steps in China (Thinkery)
- 08/27/13: The Quality Without a Name: Applying Christopher Alexander’s Pattern Language (Thinkery)
- 08/25/13: How Asia Works (Book Club)
- 08/20/13: The Future of Work (Thinkery)
- 08/19/13: Rule of Law in China: A Socialist Legal System with Confucian Characteristics (Hopkins China Forum)
- 08/13/13: Power Networking (Thinkery)
- 08/06/13: The Body: Divine, Sensual, and Surreal (Thinkery)
- 07/29/13: China and Hollywood: Courtship, Competition, and Scandal (Hopkins China Forum)
- 07/28/13: The Tragedy of Great Power Politics (Book Club)
- 07/23/13: Witnessing Change in China Since 1976 (Hopkins China Forum)
- 07/16/13: What is Soul? (Thinkery)
- 07/14/13: The Power of Tiananmen (Book Club)
- 07/09/13: What is the Chinese Dream? (Thinkery)
- 07/02/13: Hidden Consolations of Hierarchy (Thinkery)
- 06/27/13: Shadow Banking in China: The Next Subprime Crisis? (Hopkins China Forum)
- 06/25/13: The Day the Pleistocene Ended (Thinkery)
- 06/23/13: Life and Death Are Wearing Me Out (Book Club)
- 06/20/13: Junkyard Planet: Travels in the Billion Dollar Trash Trade (Hopkins China Forum)
- 06/18/13: The Twin Primes Conjecture Explained (Thinkery)
- 06/03/13: How Asia Works: Two Kinds of Economics and the Rise of a Divided Continent (Hopkins China Forum)
- 06/02/13: A Discourse on Inequality (Book Club)
- 05/28/13: Green Innovation in China: China’s Wind Power Industry (Hopkins China Forum)
- 05/20/13: A New Deal for Chinese Workers? A Comparative Look at Labor in China (Hopkins China Forum)
- 05/12/13: The Old Regime and the French Revolution (Book Club)
- 04/15/13: All in Color: Minority Filmmakers in America (Thinkery)
- 04/14/13: Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World that Can’t Stop Talking (Book Club)
- 04/10/13: China and Africa: Think Again (Hopkins China Forum)
- 04/01/13: Trying Times in People’s Square: A History of Rugby in Shanghai (Thinkery)
- 04/01/13: Move Over Goldman Sachs: China Development Bank is in Town (Hopkins China Forum)
- 03/25/13: Pirates in Mind: The Idea of Piracy from Ancient Greece to World’s End (Thinkery)
- 03/24/13: From the Ruins of Empire: The Intellectuals Who Remade Asia (Book Club)
- 03/13/13: China’s Growing Soft Power Abroad (Hopkins China Forum)
- 02/24/13: When God Talks Back: The American Evangelical Relationship with God (Book Club)
- 02/19/13: Place Your Bets: China in 2013 (Hopkins China Forum)
- 02/03/13: Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism (Book Club)
- 01/29/13: China Real Estate Demystified (Hopkins China Forum)
- 01/16/13: Arab Spring: Where Do We Go from Here? (Hopkins China Forum)
- 01/13/13: The East, the West, and Sex: A History of Erotic Encounters (Book Club)
- 12/09/12: The Closing of the American Mind (Book Club)
- 11/22/12: Nationalism in Comparative and Historical Perspective (Hopkins China Forum)
- 11/11/12: What Money Can’t Buy: The Moral Limits of Markets (Book Club)
- 11/07/12: What Will China’s Next Decade Look Like? (Hopkins China Forum)
- 10/30/12: China’s Labor Movement: Scope, Context, Limitations (Hopkins China Forum)
- 10/14/12: States Without Nations: Citizenship for Mortals (Book Club)
- 09/24/12: Business Reporting In China: Ins, Outs, Myths and Reality (Hopkins China Forum)
- 09/23/12: Coming Apart: The State of White America, 1960-2010 (Book Club)
- 08/30/12: Is the China Growth Story Finished? (Hopkins China Forum)
- 08/26/12: The Wealth and Poverty of Nations: Why Some Are So Rich and Some So Poor (Book Club)
- 08/05/12: Policing Shanghai, 1927-1937 (Book Club)
- 07/15/12: Nationalism: Five Roads to Modernity (Book Club)
- 06/26/12: China’s Changing Megacities (Hopkins China Forum)
- 06/17/12: Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found (Book Club)
- 05/28/12: Why Democracy is Not the Answer for China (Hopkins China Forum)
- 05/27/12: Civilization: The West and the Rest (Book Club)
- 05/06/12: Oracle Bones: A Journey Through Time in China (Book Club)
- 04/15/12: The Chrysanthemum and the Sword (Book Club)
- 03/25/12: Nations and Nationalism (Book Club)
- 03/04/12: Thinking Fast and Slow (Book Club)
- 02/28/12: European Imperialism in China: Forgetting History and Recalibrating the World (Hopkins China Forum)
- 02/12/12: The Origins of Political Order: From Pre-Human Times to the French Revolution (Book Club)
- 01/08/12: The White Tiger (Book Club)
- 01/04/12: The Euro in Crisis: A German Tea Party with French Pastries (Hopkins China Forum)
- 12/18/11: The Opium War: Drugs, Dreams, and the Making of China (Book Club)
- 12/06/11: Race to the White House: Insider’s View of the 2012 U.S. Election (Hopkins China Forum)
- 11/27/11: The Three Faces of Chinese Power: Might, Money, and Minds (Book Club)
- 11/06/11: Wars, Guns, and Votes: Democracy in Dangerous Places (Book Club)
- 10/26/11: The Future of U.S. Foreign Policy in Asia (Hopkins China Forum)
- 10/16/11: God and Gold (Book Club)
- 09/25/11: The Beijing Consensus: Legitimizing Authoritarianism In Our Time (Book Club)
- 09/08/11: What’s the Big Deal? Rising China’s Cultural Message (Hopkins China Forum)
- 09/04/11: Seeing Like A State: How Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed (Book Club)
- 08/14/11: Why Europe Was First (Book Club)
- 08/02/11: China’s Flash Urbanization: Between Eco-Hope and Eco-Hazard (Hopkins China Forum)
- 07/17/11: Middlesex (Book Club)
- 06/12/11: Status Anxiety (Book Club)
- 05/29/11: Of Paradise and Power: Europe and America in the New World Order (Book Club)
- 05/12/11: Western Media Bias Against China: Causes and Effects on Public Opinion (Hopkins China Forum)
- 05/08/11: Globalization and Cultural Trends in China (Book Club)
- 04/10/11: Obama’s Wars (Book Club)
- 03/13/11: My Country and My People (Book Club)
- 02/20/11: Mao Zedong: A Political and Intellectual Portrait (Book Club)
- 01/16/11: Wild West China: The Taming of Xinjiang (Book Club)
- 12/16/10: Mutual Asian Leaders: Fresh Perspectives on U.S.-China Relations (Hopkins China Forum)
- 12/12/10: The Spirit of Chinese Politics (Book Club)
- 11/21/10: The Cold War: A New History (Book Club)
- 11/09/10: Confucianism and Politics in China (Hopkins China Forum)
- 10/31/10: The Party: The Secret World of China’s Communist Rulers (Book Club)
- 09/26/10: China Safari: On the Trail of Beijing’s Expansion in Africa (Book Club)
- 09/05/10: The Fat Years (Book Club)
- 08/15/10: China’s New Confucianism (Book Club)
- 07/18/10: Prisoner of the State (Book Club)
- 07/04/10: The Geography of Thought: How Asians and Westerners Think Differently and Why (Book Club)
- 06/06/10: Rule of Law and the Myth of Democracy (Book Club)
- 05/16/10: Free World: America, Europe, and the Surprising Future of the West (Book Club)