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Starr Forum | China: The Rise and Fall of the EAST

Thu Apr 11, 2024 5:00–6:30 PM

Location

Building 66, 110

Description

How Exams, Autocracy, Stability, and Technology Brought China Success, and Why They Might Lead to its DeclineIn-person event only | Books signed and sold at the event | Registration is not requiredSpeaker: Yasheng Huang, Epoch Foundation Professor of Global Economics and Management, MIT Sloan School of Management, and faculty director of the MIT-China Program at the Center for International Studies.Discussant: Will Knight, senior writer, Wired magazine, covers artificial intelligence and other emerging technology. He was previously a senior editor at MIT Technology Review, where he wrote about fundamental advances in AI and China’s AI boom.Co-sponsors: MIT Center for International Studies, the MIT-China Program, and the MIT COOP.Free & open to the public. A recording will be posted on YouTube following the event.MIT is committed to providing an environment that is accessible to individuals with disabilities. If you need a disability related accommodation to attend or have other questions, please contact us at starrforum@mit.edu.Sign up for Starr Forum emails to get notified about upcoming events.A full listing of Starr Forums is available here.
  • Starr Forum | China: The Rise and Fall of the EAST
    How Exams, Autocracy, Stability, and Technology Brought China Success, and Why They Might Lead to its DeclineIn-person event only | Books signed and sold at the event | Registration is not requiredSpeaker: Yasheng Huang, Epoch Foundation Professor of Global Economics and Management, MIT Sloan School of Management, and faculty director of the MIT-China Program at the Center for International Studies.Discussant: Will Knight, senior writer, Wired magazine, covers artificial intelligence and other emerging technology. He was previously a senior editor at MIT Technology Review, where he wrote about fundamental advances in AI and China’s AI boom.Co-sponsors: MIT Center for International Studies, the MIT-China Program, and the MIT COOP.Free & open to the public. A recording will be posted on YouTube following the event.MIT is committed to providing an environment that is accessible to individuals with disabilities. If you need a disability related accommodation to attend or have other questions, please contact us at starrforum@mit.edu.Sign up for Starr Forum emails to get notified about upcoming events.A full listing of Starr Forums is available here.