NEW YORK, November 13, 2023 — Yasheng Huang, Epoch Foundation professor of International Management and faculty director of Action Learning at the MIT Sloan School of Management, discusses his new book, The Rise and Fall of the EAST: How Exams, Autocracy, Stability, and Technology Brought China Success, and Why They Might Lead to Its Decline, which explores China's shift from dynamism to severe stagnation after the Keju was introduced, and considers the lessons these historical patterns might offer for China's current path. Orville Schell, vice president and Arthur Ross Director of the Center on U.S.-China Relations at the Asia Society, moderates the discussion. (1 hr., 29 min.)