Economic and Ecological Development in China: The Case of Xiamen Since 1980 by Professor Ts’ui-jung Liu, Academician and Former Vice-President of Academia Sinica
Event Details
- Date:
- Wednesday, 07 October 2015
- Time:
- 5:30 pm - 12:45 am
- Location:
- S05_2.04, Queensland College of Art Lecture Theatre, Griffith University, South Bank campus
- URL:
- http://www.cvent.com/d/4rqywk.
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Event Contact
- Name:
- Associate Professor Chi-Kong Lai
- Phone:
- 3365 6339
- Email:
- c.lai@uq.edu.au
- Org. Unit:
- Historical and Philosophical Inquiry
Event Description
- Full Description:
- China's development model, which is often focused on economic growth at the expense of environment and the wider social development, are increasingly drawing criticism both domestically and overseas. In recent years the Chinese government started to experiment on fostering 'ecological civilisation' in an effort to rebalance its development model to integrate environment into the equation. The lecture demonstrates that the city of Xiamen, in this regard, sets a good example of the interconnectedness of economic and ecological development in an urban setting, and how the Xiamen experience could enlighten the debate and discourse on urban development for China and other developing countries.
Professor Ts'ui-jung Liu has been Academician of Academia Sinica, Taiwan since 1996, and its Vice President between 2003 and 2009. She is currently Adjunct Research Fellow at the Institute of Taiwan History, Academia Sinica. Since completion of her PhD in East Asian History and Languages at Harvard University in 1974, she has held various teaching and research positions at National Taiwan University, National Taiwan Normal University, and Academia Sinica.
Liu's research interests include economic history, population history and environmental history she has published extensively in these areas over the years with books and papers appearing in internationally renowned outlets. With her pioneering experience in doing environmental history research, she helped to establish the Association for East Asian Environmental History (AEAEH) after the First World Congress of Environment History was held in 2009. This lecture forms part of the Chuan Han Sheng Lecture Series.
Professor Chuan Han Sheng was the founder of the field of Modern Chinese Economic History. Eight Universities, including New Asia Research Institute, The University of Queensland, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shandong University, Tsinghua University, Griffith Asia Institute, Nanyang Centre for Public Administration in Nanyang Technological University, Singapore and Wuyi University co-sponsor the lecture series in honour of Professor Chuan Han Sheng's contribution to Modern Chinese Business and Economic History.
Reservations are essential and can be made via: http://www.cvent.com/d/4rqywk.For further information contact Natasha Vary at email: events-gai@griffith.edu.au
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