Transformation in Modern China

January 26, 2017, 3:00pm
Phelps Stokes Auditorium

Born in Bejing and educated in the West, journalist Jianying Zha will address China’s 20th century struggle for modernity, its recent economic   transformation, and the country’s reemergence as a great power. Using personal stories and photographs relevant to her topic, Zha will focus on new trends in China’s pop culture (media, public debates, censorship); tensions and contradictions in current politics and society; and questions about China’s future. Woods Lecture.