Event Tag Archives: Centre for Chinese Research

Humans vs. Robots: (Re)valuating the Worth of Work in the Age of Automation

This study addresses how business actors construct the worth of work in their effort to replace human workers with robots. Whereas existing literature takes for granted the valuation of unskilled manual work, I frame efforts to increase automation as an opportunity to examine the often socially invisible yet power-ridden process of valuation. I use the […]

Treaty Porters, or, How Do You Solve a Problem like Charlie?

When Shanghai fell to communist forces in late May 1949 the city’s Tianlanqiao Prison held one British inmate. In this talk, I’ll introduce the man, his family networks and their reach, and the diverse range of sources I’ve been assembling. It will explore how he got there, where he came from, and where he went next, and also […]

Collaboration in Late Imperial South China: The Lower Pearl River Estuary during the Opium War

Hong Kong / History Seminar Free and open to the public Along with fishery, smuggling, and piracy, collaboration with foreigners had long been integral to the economy and society of the region of Guangdong in South China before the Opium War (1839–42). In this talk, Dr. Gary Chi-hung Luk traces Chinese collaboration in Hong Kong […]

Belt and Road Initiative: Progress, Challenges, and Prospects

Since the proposal of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) by President Xi Jinping in 2013, BRI has attracted great attentions from all over the world. Join us for an informative session with Dr. Bo Chen, Chutian Professor of Economics at Huazhong University of Science and Technology.

How to Overcome Diversity and Create Homogeneity – The CCP’s Current Minority Policies in Historical and International Perspectives

Susanne Weigelin-Schwiedrzik will discuss what we observe in Xinjiang, Tibet and Mongolia as current minority policies of the CCP by relating to on-going academic debates in the PRC and the repertoires of historical as well as international experiences they draw onto.