Talk - 'The Chinese Century? Education, Entrepreneurship and National Power in the 21st Century'

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Talk - 'The Chinese Century? Education, Entrepreneurship and National Power in the 21st Century'

Department of East Asian Studies
January 9, 2017

Professor William Kirby will present a public lecture entitled "The Chinese Century? Education, Entrepreneurship and National Power in the 21st Century" on Jan. 19, 3 p.m., in the Poetry Center, Rubel Room.

Britain and Germany set global standards in the 19th century. The 20th century has been called "The American Century." What, then, are the prospects for Chinese leadership in the 21st Century? This talk, based on a series of Harvard Business School cases, will explore China's capacity to lead the world in higher education, entrepreneurship, infrastructure, and power (hard and soft) in this century. As Europe and America turn inward, can China lead?

William C. Kirby is T. M. Chang Professor of China Studies at Harvard University and Spangler Family Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. He is a University Distinguished Service Professor. Professor Kirby serves as chairman of the Harvard China Fund and faculty chair of the Harvard Center Shanghai. At Harvard he has served as director of the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, chairman of the History Department, and dean of the Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences.

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