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January 16, 2024
(Jan.22) Book talk with Dr. Yasheng Huang (MIT Sloan School of Management)
From: Akira Igata <igata@ip.rcast.u-tokyo.ac.jp>
Date: 2024/01/15
Dear all:
The Economic Security Research Program (ESRP) at the Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology (RCAST), the University of Tokyo would like to invite you to a brown bag lunch seminar featuring Yasheng
His book helps us understand China's technological competitiveness today. We have invited two experts as panelists. Matthew Brummer from GRIPS / Harvard will focus on technology policy, while Yinuo Li from ETU Education will comment from the perspective of education policy. Akira Igata will be the moderator, while also commenting from the angle of economic security policies.
We will begin with introductory remarks from Dr. Huang, followed by comments from the 3 panelists. This will be followed by a moderated discussion and Q&A with the audience.
Please be sure to bring your own lunch. There is a cafeteria and a convenience store right next to the seminar venue. There are also food trucks between buildings number 13 and 14.
【Registration form (pre-registration required】
https://docs.google.com/forms/
【Date and Time】
Monday, January 22, 2024, 12:30-14:00
【Venue】
Second floor conference room, Building number 4, Komaba II Campus, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo.
https://docs.google.com/forms/
【Date and Time】
Monday, January 22, 2024, 12:30-14:00
【Venue】
Second floor conference room, Building number 4, Komaba II Campus, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo.
4-6-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8904 JAPAN
https://www.rcast.u-tokyo.ac.
【Language】
English
【Speaker】
- Yasheng Huang, Epoch Foundation Professor, MIT Sloan School of Management
【Panelists】
- Matthew Brummer, Assistant Professor, GRIPS; Fellow and Lecturer, Harvard University
- Yinuo Li, Founder, ETU Education
https://www.rcast.u-tokyo.ac.
【Language】
English
【Speaker】
- Yasheng Huang, Epoch Foundation Professor, MIT Sloan School of Management
【Panelists】
- Matthew Brummer, Assistant Professor, GRIPS; Fellow and Lecturer, Harvard University
- Yinuo Li, Founder, ETU Education
【Moderator】
- Akira Igata, Project Lecturer, Economic Security Research Program, RCAST, The University of Tokyo
- Akira Igata, Project Lecturer, Economic Security Research Program, RCAST, The University of Tokyo
【About The Book】
The long history of China's relationship between stability, diversity, and prosperity, and how its current leadership threatens this delicate balance
Chinese society has been shaped by the interplay of the EAST--exams, autocracy, stability, and technology--from ancient times through the present. Beginning with the Sui dynasty's introduction of the civil service exam, known as Keju, in 587 CE--and continuing through the personnel management system used by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)--Chinese autocracies have developed exceptional tools for homogenizing ideas, norms, and practices. But this uniformity came with a huge downside: stifled creativity.
Yasheng Huang shows how China transitioned from dynamism to extreme stagnation after the Keju was instituted. China's most prosperous periods, such as during the Tang dynasty (618-907) and under the reformist CCP, occurred when its emphasis on scale (the size of bureaucracy) was balanced with scope (diversity of ideas).
Considering China's remarkable success over the past half-century, Huang sees signs of danger in the political and economic reversals under Xi Jinping. The CCP has again vaulted conformity above new ideas, reverting to the Keju model that eventually led to technological decline. It is a lesson from China's own history, Huang argues, that Chinese leaders would be wise to take seriously.
The long history of China's relationship between stability, diversity, and prosperity, and how its current leadership threatens this delicate balance
Chinese society has been shaped by the interplay of the EAST--exams, autocracy, stability, and technology--from ancient times through the present. Beginning with the Sui dynasty's introduction of the civil service exam, known as Keju, in 587 CE--and continuing through the personnel management system used by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)--Chinese autocracies have developed exceptional tools for homogenizing ideas, norms, and practices. But this uniformity came with a huge downside: stifled creativity.
Yasheng Huang shows how China transitioned from dynamism to extreme stagnation after the Keju was instituted. China's most prosperous periods, such as during the Tang dynasty (618-907) and under the reformist CCP, occurred when its emphasis on scale (the size of bureaucracy) was balanced with scope (diversity of ideas).
Considering China's remarkable success over the past half-century, Huang sees signs of danger in the political and economic reversals under Xi Jinping. The CCP has again vaulted conformity above new ideas, reverting to the Keju model that eventually led to technological decline. It is a lesson from China's own history, Huang argues, that Chinese leaders would be wise to take seriously.
We look forward to seeing you at the event!
Best Regards,
Akira
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Akira Igata
Project Lecturer,
Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology,
The University of Tokyo
Tel: 080-7888-2435
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Approved by ssjmod at 02:42 PM