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Jan 22

Nardone Family Seminar: Party-State Capitalism in China

May 22

Nardone Family Seminar: Innovation and The Rise of an All-in-One App in an Emerging Economy

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Nardone Family Seminar: Winning in China: 8 Stories of Success and Failure in the World's Largest Economy

China Lecture Series

China is one of the world's most important and least understood economies. The China Lecture Series brings together academics and business practitioners to discuss China and its role in the world.

Apr 4

China Lecture: Mao and Markets – The Communist Roots of Chinese Enterprise

Feb 24

China Lecture: The U.S.-China Relationship Going Forward

Sep 22

China Lecture: US-China Relations in a Post-COVID-19 World

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