On March 6th, Wolfgang Hirn’s new book will be released – unfortunately, initially only in German. It is titled “The Tech War: China vs. USA – and Where is Europe?” Hirn says, “The idea for this arose in the spring of last year when it
The word “just” in the title of the latest book by Daniel Bell and Wang Pei, “Just Hierarchy,” plays with dual meanings, encompassing both “fair” and “merely.” The second sense highlights a deeper aspect of hierarchies: they do more than structure power; they shape personal
Yasmeen Lari will talk on ‘Building Resilient Communities by Decolonizing and Decarbonizing Humanitarian Assistance’, Tuesday, December 12 , AKU Auditorium Yasmeen Lari is a legend in Pakistan and increasingly all over the world. Her impressive journey from international modernism for the elite to zero-carbon architecture
YES – Young Experts Symposium is an annual conference with changing themes, international participants, and a wide-ranging international audience. The three pillars of YES are: Intergenerationality: we develop a polylogue between young(er) and old(er) experts, who are still curious Interdisciplinarity: we provide opportunities for mutual
“The Second Interrogation” is Wang Tuo’s first solo exhibition in Hong Kong. The Second Interrogation, the titular work of the exhibition, is a two-part video installation based on the artist’s observations and reflections on cultural censorship in the art world in China in recent
Pakistan Chowk Community Centre cordially invites to the +921HeritageTalks: a series of talks in which different panelists from all across South Asia will be sharing insights and perspectives. Kindly find the Webinar Schedule below. The dialogue on Heritage is a global conversation which must take
The 20th Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) is over – so all predictions are invalid: including those made in this book published shortly before the Congress. A good opportunity to review how far the authors of this volume were right – and
German sinologist Björn Alpermann has guest-edited a new special issue of the Journal of Current Chinese Affairs that focuses on “China’s Rural-Urban Transformation: New Forms of Inclusion and Exclusion”. As Alpermann writes in the abstract of his editorial: “China’s urbanisation drive has been unprecedented in