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SUMMARY:FCCC Online Talk: “The Chinese Computer” works! by Thomas S. Mullaney
DESCRIPTION:The fascinating\, untold story of how the Chinese language overcame unparalleled challenges and revolutionized the world of computing. A standard QWERTY keyboard has a few dozen keys. How can Chinese—a language with tens of thousands of characters and no alphabet—be input on such a device? In The Chinese Computer\, Thomas S. Mullaney sets out to resolve this paradox\, and in doing so\, discovers that the key to this seemingly impossible riddle has given rise to a new epoch in the history of writing—a form of writing he calls “hypography.” Based on fifteen years of research\, this pathbreaking history of the Chinese language charts the beginnings of electronic Chinese technology in the wake of World War II up through to its many iterations in the present day. \nMullaney takes the reader back through the history and evolution of Chinese language computing technology\, showing the development of electronic Chinese input methods—software programs that enable Chinese characters to be produced using alphanumeric symbols—and the profound impact they have had on the way Chinese is written. \nAbout the Speaker: Thomas S. Mullaney is Professor of Chinese History at Stanford University and a Guggenheim Fellow. He is the author of The Chinese Typewriter: A History\, Where Research Begins\, and Coming to Terms with the Nation: Ethnic Classification in Modern China.
URL:https://fccchina.org/event/fccc-online-talk-the-chinese-computer-works-by-thomas-s-mullaney/
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20240612T170000
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SUMMARY:FCCC Online Talk: China and Russia: A Complex Relationship by Alexander Gabuev
DESCRIPTION:Switzerland will host a high-level conference on June 15-16 aimed at achieving peace in Ukraine. But Moscow has dismissed the initiative as a waste of time. And Beijing\, which has strengthened its relationship with Russia\, has said it will also not attend the summit. Together with the renowned expert Alexander Gabuev we will unpack the complex relations between the two major absences at the summit.\n\nAbout the speaker: Alexander Gabuev is director of the Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center where he leads a renowned team of analysts who were formerly part of the Carnegie Moscow Center\, which was forced to close by the Kremlin in early 2022 after nearly three decades of operation. Gabuev’s own research is focused on Russian foreign policy with particular focus on the impact of the war in Ukraine and the Sino-Russia relationship.
URL:https://fccchina.org/event/fccc-online-talk-china-and-russia-a-complex-relationship-by-alexander-gabuev/
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20240613T080000
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SUMMARY:FCCC Online Talk: Mobilizing Patriotic Consumers: Chinese Boycotts as a Tool of Economic Coercion
DESCRIPTION:China has ramped up its use of nationalistic consumer boycotts against other governments as well as foreign companies. In this talk\, I discuss Beijing’s mobilization of patriotic consumers as a form of informal coercion\, allowing it to manage public sentiment for both domestic legitimacy and foreign policy goals. Patriotic consumer mobilization employs citizens as the unit of action\, facilitating manipulability\, uncertainty\, visibility\, and plausible deniability\, which lend potential coercive advantages. Citizens are mobilized via propaganda that underscores national humiliation\, frames boycotts as grassroots patriotism\, and signals resolve to foreign countries. I identify the constraints and conditions under which boycotts are more or less likely to be used\, and hence when governments and businesses should be most worried. Drawing on specific boycott incidents\, I analyze the varied economic consequences along with political effects. I then conclude with some implications for strengthening industry awareness of and resilience to potential boycotts. \n\nAbout the Speaker: Audrye Wong is an assistant professor of political science and international relations at the University of Southern California\, and Jeane Kirkpatrick Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. Her research examines how states use non-military means\, including economic and informational tools\, to gain geopolitical influence. In addition to a book manuscript on China’s economic statecraft\, her other projects examine authoritarian informational statecraft\, foreign influence operations\, and the role of diasporas in international relations. Before coming to USC\, Audrye was a Grand Strategy\, Security\, and Statecraft Postdoctoral Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School and MIT. She received a PhD in Security Studies from Princeton University’s School of Public and International Affairs\, where she was a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow. Audrye has held affiliations with Harvard’s Fairbank Center\, the Wilson Center\, the Brookings Institution\, and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
URL:https://fccchina.org/event/fccc-online-talk-mobilizing-patriotic-consumers-chinese-boycotts-as-a-tool-of-economic-coercion/
LOCATION:Google Meet
CATEGORIES:Events,Online Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20240625T160000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20240625T170000
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SUMMARY:FCCC Online Talk: Compulsive Ambition: How The Desire for Self-Improvement Leads Young Chinese To Powerlessness\, With Xiang Biao
DESCRIPTION:Ambition\, or “the heart for moving upward and forward” (shangjinxin)\, is widely regarded as an unquestionable virtue in China. This perception of ambition\, however\, is relatively new for non-elite Chinese. In the talk\, Xiang Biao will examine why the desire for self-improvement is causing widespread feelings of powerlessness in China\, especially among youths. Underlying the current ways of being ambitious is the mismatch between political economy\, social norms and individual life experiences\, resulting in confusion and frustration. \n About our speaker: Born and raised in China\, Xiang Biao is currently a director of the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology in Germany\, and previously Professor at the University of Oxford. He has worked on migration and social changes in China\, India and other parts of Asia. His latest book (co-authored with Wu Qi) Self as Method: Thinking Through China and the World (2023) can be freely downloaded here https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/id/4340a9fd-60c4-40f3-ae70-6312dbeed4c2/978-981-19-4953-1.pdf.
URL:https://fccchina.org/event/fccc-online-talk-compulsive-ambition-how-the-desire-for-self-improvement-leads-young-chinese-to-powerlessness-with-xiang-biao/
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CATEGORIES:Events,Online Talk
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