Orville Schell speaks at the Commonwealth Club of California about his new book “Wealth and Power: China’s Long March to the Twenty-First Century.” He observes that the rapidly transforming country has shifted from “imperial doormat to global economic powerhouse.” He…
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China achieves ancient ‘dream’ of wealth and power. What’s missing: respect. – CSMonitor.com
Q & A: China-hand Orville Schell talks on China’s troubling nationalism, recent tensions with Japan, the Dalai Lama, Nobel-winner Liu Xiaobo, and China’s unrequited craving for respect. via China achieves ancient ‘dream’ of wealth and power. What’s missing: respect. –…
BBC Radio 4 – The World Tonight
The Asian Century? Recent global polls suggest people in many parts of the world believe China is about to – or already has -overtaken the US as the world’s leading economy. Despite rapid growth in China and many other Asian…
“China’s Macbeth” Bo Xilai Gets Life in Prison PBS Newshour
The story of fallen Chinese politician Bo Xilai had everything – affairs, embezzlement, bribes and scenes from a lavish lifestyle. Orville Schell, of the Asia Society, said Bo Xilai’s story is that of a Chinese “MacBeth.” The Oxford and Harvard-educated…
Humiliation spurs dreams of new glories – OP-ED Global Times
China’s modern history has seen a long succession of national humiliations, with the nation repeatedly losing wars to foreign invaders. But how has this sense of humiliation spurred Chinese efforts to modernize more recently? Did chaotic and devastating periods such…
The Secret Behind China’s Rapid Rise: Forum KQED
When he first visited Beijing in 1975, Orville Schell noticed a country that lacked advertisements, private cars and private property. Today, China possesses the world’s second largest economy. Schell, the director of the Center on U.S.-China Relations at the Asia…
Aspen Ideas Festival
A Year in Shanghai Is Social Media Sparking Civic Engagement? China and the Environment [Download Audio]
Toward a Post-Communist, Post-Confucian China
NEW YORK, June 21, 2012 — Ian Johnson, Roderick MacFarquhar and discussion moderator Orville Schell speculate about what China’s near future, and in particular its upcoming change of leadership, might conceivably look like. Read more: Business Insider: China Resembles The…
Media Coverage and Current Events in China
Journalists spoke about media coverage of China and their experiences covering events within the country. Among the topics addressed were access given to reporters, censorship, Chinese media operations, and a recent incident in which a blind dissident sought protection at the…
Chen Guangcheng and U.S.-China Relations
High-level talks in Beijing between the United States and China this week have been overwhelmed by the dramatic and continually shifting story of Chen Guangcheng. via Chen Guangcheng and U.S.-China Relations: Forum | KQED Public Media for Northern CA.