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Past Events

8 June 2010 "Teaching US History in the People’s Republic of China: An Evolution" by Professor Biao Yang. Click here for detail.

2 May 2010 USCPFA-Atlanta Chapter Annual Spring Forum "Shanghai: Continuity and Change" by Professor Hanchao Lu of Georgia Tech. Click here for detail.

21 April 2010 Halle Speaker Series Luncheon Lecture "The Development and Future of China's Philanthropy" by Dr. Wang Zhenyao 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m at Emory University. Click here for detail.

5 February 2010 "China-U.S. Relations" - talks by Minister Xie Feng. 2:00 - 3:00 pm session at Emory University and 4:00 - 5:00 pm session at Georgia Tech

13 January 2010 The New India-China Economic Relationship" Panel Discussion at Georgia Tech. Click here for detail

8 December 2009 China Town Hall, Assistant Secretary Kurt Campbell, Live Webcast and discussion. Click here for detail

16 November 2009 CRC's 2nd Annual Event: Dr. Susan Shirk presents on U.S.-China Relations. Click here for detail

11 November 2009 China Economy Presentation by Dr. Rawski, University of Pittsburgh, at Agnes Scott College. Click here for detail

Fall 2009 China courses for Fall 2009, The Confucian Institute at Evening at Emory. Click here for detail

25 October 2009: Panel Discussion on "China since 1979," at Agnes Scott College. Click here for detail

23 September 2009: The President of the China Medical Board spoke on the global crisis for human resources in health in OWCD Science Seminar, which was hosted by the CDC. Click here for detail.

25 June 2009: Womble Carlyle LLC jointly sponsored a public forum with the China Research Center on June 25th, 2009, held at the new offices of the firm at Atlantic Station. Guanming Fang reviewed the major aspects of China’s new labor contract law and how it has been implemented in the last year, and Penelope Prime discussed China’s current economic situation in light of the global crisis based on her recent three month visit there. Click here for the presentations in PDF format and the video.

26 May 2009: “Intro of Chinese Entrepreneurship Policy” – Discussion of Chinese Macroeconomic environment, latest technology development, favorable business policies for overseas Chinese and their implementations. Sponsored by Overseas of Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council. Co-sponsored by NACA. Detail: click here.

14 May 2009: Georgia China Alliance Connector Series--Guest Speaker Mr. Steve Cohen of Hisense USA. Detail: click here.

16 November 2008 - 19 April 2009: China’s Terracotta Army Exhibit at the High Museum, Nov.16, 2008-Apr.19th, 2009. Detail: click here.

18 April 2009: Professional Development Workshop for Chinese Teachers Sponsored by North Georgia College & State University. Detail: click here.

15 April 2009: Co-sponsored by Emory, Carter Center and Confucius Institute in Atlanta, a leture of "What Chinese Power Means for America." will be given by David Michael Lampton, the dean of faculty at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. Detail: click here.

23 March 2009: "Confucian Humanism in the 21st Century" lecture by Tu Wei-ming, Harvard-Yenching Professor of Chinese History and Philosophy. Detail: click here.

February - March 2009: Chinese Language and History Short Courses. Detail: click here.

6 February 2009: China's Business Outlook in the Midst of Economic Downturn. Detail: click here. Video of the event is available: click here.

12 November 2008: Panel on Chinese investments in Georgia vs. county economic development authorities

19 October 2008:  Presentation by Jay Hakes on the U.S. and China Energy Challenges for the World held at Mercer University

      The U.S.-China People’s Friendship Association of Atlanta, co-sponsored with the China Research Center, organized their 2008 Fall Forum featuring Dr. Jay Hakes, Director of the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum.  Dr. Hakes is author of the well-received A Declaration of Energy Independence, published by Wiley in 2008. His topic for the forum was "Why the World's Energy Future Depends on the U.S. and China." The forum was held at the Mercer University Atlanta campus on October 19, 2008, with about 35 people attending. 

15 October 2008: Award-Winning History Professor, Kenneth Pomeranz, Launches the CRC Annual Event Series. Video of this event is available on the Public Broadcasting Atlanta: Atlanta Forum Network website.

      On October 15th, 2008, Professor Pomeranz presented a lecture on “Chinese Development and World History: Putting the ‘East Asian Model’ in Perspective” at the High Museum.  Approximately 120 people filled the Hill Auditorium.  

Professor Pomeranz’s presentation presented the following ideas: 

      Levels of economic performance in core regions of Europe and East Asia were surprisingly similar until almost 1800, but the institutions governing these economies were different in critical ways.  Among other things, the Chinese systems of landed property rights, family formation, migration, and state policy interlocked to create a political economy that was relatively productive and stable, but required both an open frontier and certain political and environmental conditions to keep growing.  All of these conditions ceased to hold in the 19th century, with disastrous consequences. Meanwhile Europe’s departure form what had been a shared set of constraints was shaped in part by exceptional resource bonanzas.  

      But despite the enormous setbacks and turmoil of the 19th and 20th century, certain basic elements of the high Qing political economy remained intact, and ultimately proved quite compatible with new waves of growth, at least for coastal China; those patterns resemble some aspects of  a distinctive pattern of industrialization previously seen in Japan and Taiwan.  Central features of this path include a very important role for rural industry, for light industry, an emphasis on labor-intensive, often resource-saving kinds of production, and a large role for external trade.   

      In the Chinese case, however, the “East Asian” features of development along the coast must be seen in the context of relations between the coast and the Chinese interior; a generally poorer set of regions where development looks very different, and which – both in Qing times and more recently—has posed ecological and social problems that the state has seen as a threat to stability.  Today, the government’s “develop the West” program – set against a backdrop both of looming resource shortages in East China industries, unusually large regional differences in living standards, and unprecedented rates of    migration (now directed towards the coast) and urbanization may represent both the outcome and the end of social, economic, and environmental patterns that have characterized China’s political economy for centuries. 

1 July 2008: Opportunities and challenges – Legal Issues in Investments and Acquisitions in China, Atlanta Metro Chamber of Commerce Board Room, Atlanta

23 April 2008: Global Business Forum, GRCI Convention Center, Atlanta (handouts available here).

17 April 2008: Forum on “China & the US Elections,” Southern Center, Atlanta

16 April 2008: Lecture: “Woodblock Prints in China,” Agnes Scott College

7 April 2008: Lecture: “Chinese Novels & Films about Official Corruption,” Emory University

4 April 2008: CISTP Lecture & Luncheon, "Civic Activism & the Chinese State"Friday, Student Success Center, Georgia Tech Campus

22 February 2008: China Business Briefing: Politics & the Economy in 2008. The China Research Center, and the Center for International Business Education and Research at Georgia Tech, hosted a panel presentation and discussion on the economic and political climate and expected developments in 2008. (handouts available here).

October 12, 2007 through January 15, 2008: “China On My Mind” Exhibition Traces Emory Graduate’s Life And Work In Nineteenth Century China

29 November 2007: Ambassador Holmer presents on the U.S.-China Strategic Economic Dialogue, Atlanta

9 November 2007: A Roundtable on The 17th Party Congress and the Future of China, cosponsored by the China Research Center and The China Program of the Carter Center.   

Moderated by Mary Brown Bullock, Ph.D., Distinguished visiting professor, Emory University, and President Emerita, Agnes Scott College; panelists: Fei-ling Wang, Ph.D., professor, the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, Georgia Institute of Technology; Penelope B. Prime, Ph.D., director, China Research Center; professor, Mercer University; Albert S. Willner, Ph.D., associate dean, Georgia Gwinnett College and former Chief Liaison Affairs Section, AIT-Taiwan; Yawei Liu, Ph.D., director, China Program, The Carter Center and associate professor, Georgia Perimeter College

Click here for a summary and link to the video of the event.

15 May 2007: “Doing Business in China: An Evolving Paradigm” organized by the MIT Forum of Atlanta.  Speakers on the China Research Center panel: Guanming Fang, Fei-ling Wang and Penelope Prime. 

22 April 2007:  China Energy Forum at Mercer University, Atlanta.  Speakers: Yawei Liu, John Garver and Penelope Prime; Moderated by Ed Kreps;  co-organized with U.S.-China Peoples Friendship Association.  

13-14 April 2007:  Co-sponsored U.S-Taiwan-European Conference.  Participants from different parts of the United States, Taiwan and Europe gathered on the Georgia Tech campus at a conference on Taiwan’s Democracy and Future: Economic and Political Challenges. The conference was sponsored by the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (TECO) in Atlanta, Georgia Institute of Technology, University of London, Georgia State University, Kennesaw State University, China Research Center and the Center for International Strategy, Technology and Policy (CISTP).  The event brought together nineteen distinguished academics and an engaged audience of government officials, educators, policymakers, students, and representatives of the corporate community.  An edited volume based on the conference is in progress. 

31 October 2006: Custom China business briefing for Acuity Lighting Brands.  Speakers: John Garver, Ken Jin, Penelope Prime; organized and moderated by Kathy Chiang. 

30 September 2006: “China’s Economic Reforms: An Update on Progress and Challenges,” India-China-America Roundtable, Emory University; speaker: CRC Director, and ICA Research Director, Penelope Prime.