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Orville Schell

Orville Schell

Orville Schell, Arthur Ross Director of the Center on U.S.-China Relations, is a long-time China observer, author, journalist, and former Dean and Professor at the University of California, Berkeley.

Below is a list of recent publications and appearances on AsiaSociety.org

Recounting First Visit to China, Orville Schell Evokes a World of Difference
Describing his first trip to China, the author evokes a time when it represented not just the unknown but "the unknowable."
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Orville Schell: Beijing on Edge as It Gropes Way Toward New Leadership
With no script and no "big leader" in place for China's next act, both officials and ordinary citizens are in the grip of deep unease about the future.
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Schell: Obama's China 'Drive-By'
In his State of the Union address, U.S. President Barack Obama appealed to the Republican "red meat faction," but kept his China commentary discreet enough not to disrupt U.S.-China relations, writes Orville Schell.
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Orville Schell's Top 5 Books on China and the West
Recommended reads: five books that account for how China and the West got to where they are today.
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Ezra Vogel on Deng Xiaoping (Complete)
A landmark new English-language biography of Deng Xiaoping traces Deng's path from purges and exile to the very top of China's Communist Party.
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'Coal + Ice' Exhibit Opens in Beijing
Take a look behind the installation and opening of the 'Coal+Ice' exhibit at Three Shadows Photography Art Centre in Beijing.
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'Assignment: China' (Complete)
Veteran journalists look back on their experiences as the first Americans to cover China from the inside.
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Orville Schell Says Chinese Investing in New York City
Orville Schell, director of Asia Society's Center on U.S.-China Relations, discusses Chinese investment in New York City real estate....
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Transcript: Henry Kissinger in Conversation With Orville Schell
Receiving an award from Asia Society Washington Center, the veteran statesman looks back on the "breakthrough moment" in US-China relations.
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Asia Society Reacts to China's Release of Artist Ai Weiwei
Jailed dissident whose Asia Society photo exhibit begins June 29 was reportedly freed on bail.
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