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Meet the Author
Jake Adelstein, Tokyo Vice: An American Reporter on the Police Beat in Japan
21 October 2009 - 1:45pm
At nineteen, Jake Adelstein went to Japan in search of peace and tranquility.
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Panel Discussion
The State of Environmental Activism in China
20 October 2009 - 1:30pm
Three decades of double-digit economic growth in China has come at staggering cost to the environment.
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Meet the Author
The Resource Curse: Oil's Impact on the Countries & People That Produce It
8 October 2009 - 1:30pm
From Iraq and Saudi Arabia to Equatorial Guinea and Ecuador, what has been the impact of oil on the countries that produce it?
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Discussion
Amitav Ghosh in Conversation with Rachel Myrow
7 October 2009 - 4:00pm
At the heart of Amitav Ghosh's newest novel, Sea of Poppies, is a vast ship, the Ibis.
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Panel Discussion
The Future of Democracy in China
5 October 2009 - 1:30pm
What are the prospects for democratic reform in China? Some experts believe that thirty years of successful economic reforms, bringing unprecedented prosperity and giving rise to a new middle class.
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Performance
Philip Kan Gotanda's #5 Angry Red Drum and Q&A Session
4 October 2009 - 1:00pm
The fifth work in the celebrated playwright's Garage Band Series, Philip Kan Gotanda's #5 Angry Red Drum is the story of two world-refugees determined to survive with style in a post-apocalyptic universe gone mad.
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Conference
Wisdom for Difficult Times: What the Buddhists Teach
2 October 2009 - 3:00pm
We can't always control what happens to us in life, but we can change how we react.
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Meet the Author
Bonnie Tsui, American Chinatown
29 September 2009 - 2:00pm
What is it about Chinatown? Is it the sea of faces? The dizzying bustle, the cacophony of tongues, the pull of the unfamiliar?
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Other
An Evening of Art and Networking: Happy Hour Mixer with Kearny Street Workshop
23 September 2009 - 2:30pm
Network with other Asian American professionals at this exclusive evening of art from Kearny Street Workshop's 11th Annual APAture festival of emerging artists.
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Special Event
Young Professionals Group: Mixer at Ozumo Lounge
22 September 2009 - 2:00pm
Please join the Asia Society Young Professionals Group for a joint networking/cocktail mixer with the Japan Society.
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