Professor Ezra Vogel - )
Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China
limited free seating for Harvard alumn and guest
Complimentary Seating is now closed - but you can purchase a ticket directly through the Asia Society at their website (see below).
Dear Harvard alumns and friends,
Two distinguished Harvard professors, Ezra Vogel and Thomas J. Vallely, are visiting Houston and speaking at the Asia Society on April 18th and April 25th. The Asia Society has reserved limited free seating for Harvard alumns and their guests. Those registered with our club one day before each event will receive complimentary seats. The time and location for both speaking events is 7 pm at 1370 Southmore Blvd, Houston 77004. Take advantage of this opportunity by clicking on each event below.
Your request for a complimentary seat should be made on this website and must be received 48 hours in advance.
April 18th ---- Complimentary Seating is now CLOSED - you can purchase a ticket directly through the Asia Society (see website info below).
Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of ChinaClick HERE to register for your seat(s): Ezra Vogel, Henry Ford II Professor of the Social Sciences Emeritus at Harvard University and author of the landmark biography Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China, as he discusses Deng’s rise to power and mixed legacy.
Deng Xiaoping brought radical change to China, pulling the country from the wreckage of Mao’s Cultural Revolution and launching it on a path of astonishing economic growth.But Deng was a complex figure. Though a modernizer eager to expand trade with the West, he acted on his authoritarian roots in ordering a violent crackdown on political dissent at Tiananmen Square.
Click HERE for Asia Society website.
April 25thChallenges to Vietnam's Open Door Economic Policy
Click HERE to register for your seat(s): Thomas J. Vallely on April 25th. Vallely will discuss Vietnam's future and the implications of a coming changing of the guard as a generation of new leaders emerges, many of whom were educated abroad and feel more comfortable in an open marketplace.
In the mid-1980s Vietnam introduced doi moi, an "open door" market-oriented policy. It has been on the rise ever since, with one of Asia's fastest-growing economies. But undeveloped infrastructure, a maze of bureaucracy, corruption, and a poorly qualified workforce pose major challenges to Vietnam's economic future, says Thomas J. Vallely, director of the Vietnam Program at Harvard University.
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Julia Bailey
Vice President - Programs
Harvard University Club of Houston
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