Funding of this workshop provided in part by The Henry Luce Foundation
| Producer | 1990 Institute |
| Overview | Explore China’s economic landscape, including its recent growth trajectory. Learn about the country’s evolving policies, the role of government in shaping the economy, and China’s diverse internal dynamics. We examine how China, once among the poorest countries in the world, navigated its way to unprecedented wealth and capitalist excesses. This webinar offers valuable insights for educators on China’s economic evolution and its global significance. Through presentations by experts in the field, we dissect the key factors that have fueled China’s meteoric rise, including its strategic economic policies and governance and the profound impact on its own population.For more resources, Please check out portal for Teachers.
Download Dr. Feng Wang’s Presentation in pdf format. Video Time Codes: 00:01 Opening remark 03:08 Wang Feng on China’s Economic Boom and Its Aftermath 24:09 Susan Shirk on China’s Political Choices and Challenges 44:01 Clay Dube moderates a conversation with Wang Feng and Susan Shirk 01:31:53 Closing remarks |
| Publish Date | November 21, 2024 |
| Teaching Tools & Lesson Plans | Coming Soon. |
| Reference Materials |
Read:What Produced the China Miracle?, by Howard W. French, May 22, 2024, Foreign Policy Magazine Unpacking China’s GDP, August 22, 2024, China Power China’s rising youth unemployment breeds new working class: ‘Rotten-tail kids’, by Ryan Woo and Ethan Wang, August 21, 2024, Reuters How China’s shifting industries are reshaping its long-term growth model, by Francisco Betti, June 28, 2024, World Economic Forum Decoding China’s Economic Slowdown, July 15th, 2024, Asia Society Center for China Analysis and Stanford Center on China’s Economy and Institutions How is China’s domestic situation evolving?, by Diana Fu, Ryan Hass, Jamie P. Horsley, Cheng Li, Mallie Prytherch, Yingyi Ma, Margaret M. Pearson, Eswar Prasad, Yun Sun, and Susan A. Thornton, July 17, 2024, Brookings China’s ageing population: A demographic crisis is unfolding for Xi, by Laura Bicker, April 3, 2024, BBC China’s Economic Rise: History, Trends, Challenges, and Implications for the United States, June 25, 2019, Congressional Research Service Unleashing “new quality productive forces”: China’s strategy for technology-led growth, by Arthur R. Kroeber, June 4, 2024, Brookings Xi Jinping is worried about the economy – what do Chinese people think?, by Kelly Ng and Yi Ma, Sept 28, 2024, BBC China’s 996 Work Culture is Driving Young People Out of Megacities, June 11, 2024, Bloomberg News Why Big Tech May Never Recover in China, By Angela Huyue Zhang, May 7, 2024, TIME Chinese stocks have lost $6 trillion in 3 years. Here’s what you need to know, by Laura He, January 23, 2024, CNN China’s population declines for second straight year as economy stumbles, by Laura He and Simone McCarthy, January 17, 2024, CNN China’s tech giants face new anti-monopoly rules, February 8, 2021, BBC China pours billions into crisis-hit property market, May 17, 2024, BBC China’s City-Tier Classification: How Does it Work?, by Dorcas Wong, February 27, 2019, China Briefing China Unveils Ambitious 5-Year Plan to Overhaul the Hukou System, by Lizzi C. Lee, August 02, 2024, The Diplomat China’s New Draft Regulations for After-School Tutoring, February 23, 2024, China Briefing China’s Common Prosperity Program: Causes, Challenges, and Implications, March 31, 2022, Asia Society Xi Jinping Says He Wants to Spread China’s Wealth More Equitably. How Likely Is That to Actually Happen?, March 3, 2023, China File Common Prosperity, by David Bandurski, July 8, 2022, China Media Project For Young Chinese, Even State Sector Jobs Are No Longer a Safe Bet, by Zhang Liting and Dominic Morgan, Oct 31, 2022, Sixth Tone Listen:China’s millennial and Gen Z workers are having to lower their economic expectations, by Emily Feng, January 16, 2024, NPR China’s real estate crisis, explained, November 15, 2023, NPR Planet Money Why China’s population crisis has already begun, July 19, 2023, South China Morning Post China’s Fortunes, May 14, 2024, Face-Off: The U.S. vs China How China’s middle-class belt-tightening will impact the world, July 2, 2024, Inside China China’s year of the crackdown: gaming, IPOs, live streaming and tutoring, December 31, 2021, Inside China Debunking China’s Modern Economic History & How China’s Industrial Rise Was Different Than Europe’s & America’s, Oct 4, 2024, History Behind News Program Watch:The Rise of China as Seen Through Mrs. Wong’s Purse, February 10, 2022, 1990 Institute Inside China’s Demographic Revolution, by Jasmine Tse, Jarrod Watt, and Jonathan Vit, July 19, 2023, South China Morning Post Beijing tech crackdown: China’s new data rules come into effect, February 15, 2022, BBC Has China’s Private Tuition Ban Passed The Stress Test? | Undercover Asia, April 15, 2023, CNA Insider |
| Recommendations | List of books, film, and music related to the subjectOverreach: How China Derailed Its Peaceful Rise, by Susan L. Shirk2022, Oxford University PressChina’s Age of Abundance: Origins, Ascendance, and Aftermath, by Feng Wang, March 2024, Cambridge University Press High Wire: How China Regulates Big Tech and Governs Its Economy, by Angela Huyue Zhang, June 2024 |
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