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Discussion / New York
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Past Events from the Center

Discussion / New York
ChinaFile Presents: Feminist and LGBT Activism in China
28 July 2016 - 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Feminist and LGBT activists Li Maizi and Di Wang, in a conversation moderated by journalist Barbara Demick, will discuss the small but growing movement in China pushing for greater equality and awareness of discrimination.
Discussion / New York
ChinaFile Presents: The End of China’s Economic Miracle? A Discussion with ‘Financial Times’ Writers
20 April 2016 - 6:30pm - 8:00pm
‘Financial Times’ Asia correspondents Jamil Anderlini, Richard McGregor, and Lucy Hornby will be joined by frequent columnist George Soros in a conversation moderated by Orville Schell.
Photo by Daniel Traub
Meet the Author / New York
ChinaFile Presents: Africa in China
11 April 2016 - 6:30pm - 8:00pm
To mark the publication of "Little North Road," Daniel Traub will present his photographs and be joined in conversation with Robert Pledge, the co-editor of the book, Associate Professor C. Jama Adams, and David M. Barreda of ChinaFile.
Film / New York
ChinaFile Presents: Inside Lens, Documentary Films from China
8 April 2016 - 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Two films from NYU's News & Documentary program, "Fairy Tales" & "Rootless," will have their only public screenings in NYC. A discussion with the film directors and NYU's Marcia Rock to follow.
Photo by Matjaž Tančič
Discussion / New York
3DPRK: 3D Portraits From North Korea
25 February 2016 - 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Hosted at WeWork Dumbo Heights by Asia Society’s Center on U.S.-China Relations, 3DPRK is a fascinating portrait series of local people across North Korea made using a 3D stereoscopic technique. 3D viewing glasses will be provided.
Discussion / New York
ChinaFile Presents: The New Yorker on China
17 December 2015 - 6:30pm - 8:00pm
ChinaFile and writers from The New Yorker reflect on four decades of reporting on China.
Discussion / New York
ChinaFile Presents: Can the China Model Succeed?
15 October 2015 - 6:30pm - 8:00pm
How does liberal democracy stack up against what has been called “the China Model”? Daniel A. Bell argues in a new book that China’s “political meritocracy” has been overlooked as a superior system.
Panel Discussion / Center on U.S.-China Relations
Reporting Inside the Great Firewall
13 September 2015 - 1:00pm - 2:00pm
What is it like to photograph and report in the People’s Republic, where censorship is the norm and journalists often face more restrictions than regular citizens?
Ren Yindi, 66, a lifelong resident of Chongqing. Photo by Tim Franco.
Meet the Author / New York
ChinaFile Presents: Megacity Chongqing Now
1 July 2015 - 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Join us for a presentation of photos and discussion of China's megacity Chongqing by ChinaFile contributor Tim Franco.
Back to 1942
Film / New York
Film: Back to 1942
29 May 2015 - 6:30pm - 9:30pm
Acclaimed filmmaker Feng Xiaogang chronicles the human drama of the devastating famine that ravaged Henan province during a time when China was already at war with and partially occupied by Japan.
Discussion / New York
ChinaFile Presents: Does Xi Jinping Represent a Return to the Politics of the Mao Era?
21 May 2015 - 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Join us in a discussion of the ways in which Mao's thinking is still ‎embedded in China's world view, with panelists Andrew Walder, Roderick MacFarquhar, Susan Shirk, and Orville Schell.
Film / New York
Mystery Monkeys of Shangri-La
22 April 2015 - 6:30pm - 8:30pm
China's leading wildlife photographer Xi Zhinong joins this special film screening and director Q&A, co-presented with PBS Nature. The film is narrated by actor BD Wong.
Discussion / New York, Center on U.S.-China Relations
ChinaFile Presents: The Other China, with Michael Meyer and Ian Buruma
18 February 2015 - 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Join Michael Meyer and Ian Buruma for a discussion of the momentous changes underway in China’s often-overlooked countryside, in one of the country's most historically complex and important regions.
Panel Discussion / New York
Hong Kong: Still One Country, Two Systems?
28 October 2014 - 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Asia Society welcomes experts to take a deeper look at the Hong Kong protests, their genesis, their outcome, and what they will mean for the people of Hong Kong and mainland China.
Photo by Ian Teh
Special Event / New York
ChinaFile Presents: Climate Change at High Altitudes
16 September 2014 - 6:30pm - 8:00pm
In an evening discussion with Orville Schell, Ian Teh and David Breashears present their photography documenting the frontiers of a global environmental crisis.

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