Roundtable Workshop on ‘Fairbank in China Now: Contemporary Academic and Policy Legacies’ Held with Great Success

On April 13, the Roundtable Workshop, “Fairbank in China Now: Contemporary Academic and Policy Legacies” convened a distinguished panel to examine Fairbank’s influence in today’s China. A special thank you to the Chair, Professor Paul Evans (University of British Columbia), and to our remarkable speakers, Prof. Chang Chihyun (Sun Yat-Sen University), Prof. Timothy Cheek (University of British Columbia), Prof. Pan Weilin (Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences), and Prof. Xu Guoqi (University of Hong Kong) for their illuminating analyses and lively discussions. Our sincere thanks also go to all attendees for their engagement and the questions they raised. This event was generously supported by our co-organizer, the Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences, HKU. We look forward to continuing the conversation about Fairbank’s legacy in China.