Mark Elliott
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Professor of Chinese history at Harvard University
Coexistence 2.0: US-China Relations in a Changing World US-China relations are increasingly tense. But both countries need to forge a path that allows for cooperation and competition. Join us on Nov 18 as top experts discuss the way forward sites.harvard.edu/coexistence/ab…
Was talking about this piece tonight, re-linking for those interested theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…
#TodayinQing (1673): The Kangxi emperor inspects 108 bannermen with good archery skills. Archery was considered an integral part of the "Manchu way" #China #history #OTD
Harvard professor and former dean @BillKirbyHBS -- author of a new book on global universities -- argues here about the risk of academic disengagement with China. thewirechina.com/2022/08/28/on-…
For a long time, the inward-looking “闭关锁国” (Seclusion and Lockdown) policy in the Ming and Qing Dynasties has been regarded as one of the main reasons for China’s decline in the 500 years before 1949. However, a new paper tries to challenge that view.
