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Chatham House. Atlantic Council. The Heritage Foundation. Hoover Institution. The China Leadership Monitor seeks to inform the American foreign policy community about current trends in China's leadership politics and in its foreign and domestic policies. The Monitor proceeds on the premise that as China's importance in international affairs grows, American policy-makers and the broader policy-interested public increasingly need analysis of politics among China's leadership that is accurate, comprehensive, systematic, current, and relevant to major areas of interest to the United States. China Leadership Monitor analysis rests heavily on traditional China-watching methods of interpreting information in China's state-controlled media. Use of these methods was once universal among specialists in contemporary Chinese affairs. Although the use of these methods has declined as opportunities to study China using other approaches have opened up in recent decades, their value in following politics among China's top leadership has not.

Center for American Progress. American Enterprise Institute. Brookings Institution. US-China Institute. CHINADebate. Council on Foreign Relations. Asia Program. Ashlyn Anderson, Lauren Dickey, Darcie Draudt, Charles McClean, Will Piekos, and Sharone Tobias look at the top stories in Asia today. 1. Obama on a four-country tour of Asia to reassure allies and reinforce U.S. rebalancing. Obama began his Asia tour in Japan, where he discussed trade negotiations (see story below). He made waves when he reassured Japan that Washington was committed to its defense, including in the East China Sea, where maritime disputes between China and Japan have caused skirmishes and tension. 2. 3. 4. 5. Bonus: Justin Bieber visits Japan’s Yasukuni shrine. 1. Asia Unbound.

Foreign Affairs. Fairbank Center. Harvard China Fund. Established in late 2006, the Harvard China Fund is Harvard University’s “academic venture fund” for China. In service of the entire University, it supports teaching and research on China and promotes Harvard’s presence in China. The University has allocated $15 million to support the Fund, and has made a commitment to raise $50 million over the Fund’s first 10 years. The Fund amplifies Harvard’s commitment to China and advances collaborative research on the major challenges facing Greater China, which includes the People’s Republic of China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan.

With the establishment of the Fund and the opening of the Harvard Center Shanghai, Harvard University is making an extraordinary statement on the importance of deepening our understanding of, connections with, and investments in the most dynamically changing country in the world. The Harvard China Fund’s Steering Committee, composed of faculty across the University’s Schools, has identified three core objectives: • Students. Harvard Business School. GSD Executive Programs in Real Estate. Skip to Main Content Area Harvard University Graduate School of Design Executive Education Home » Programs Programs by Real Estate Date Smart Cities: Building and Regenerating Communities at the Intersection of Planning, Design, and Technology* Date: June 25, 2014 - 9:00am - June 26, 2014 - 5:00pm A Practical Guide to Shared Housing: How to Design, Finance, and Build Small Residential Communities Date: June 26, 2014 - 9:00am - June 27, 2014 - 5:00pm Real Estate Development Fundamentals Date: July 8, 2014 - 9:00am - July 9, 2014 - 5:00pm Real Estate Finance Fundamentals Date: July 10, 2014 - 9:00am - July 11, 2014 - 5:00pm AMDP Class XIV Date: July 13, 2014 - 6:00pm - July 25, 2014 - 2:30pm Past Programs Copyright © 2013 The President and Fellows of Harvard CollegeSupported by AWS Programs Graduate School of DesignHarvard UniversityExecutive Education48 Quincy Street, S102Cambridge, MA 02138.

Peking University Law School. Peking University (PKU) Law School was officially inaugurated on June 26, 1999. Its precursor was the Law Department of Peking University, which was founded in the year of 1904, and therefore the institution with the longest history of modern legal education in China. In the 1952 “grand adjustment of law departments,” it was once merged into Beijing Politics and Law College. In 1954, however, PKU Law Department regained its independency, supported directly by Vice Premier Dong Biwu, then director of the Political and Legislative Affairs Committee of the Government Administrative Council of China's Central People's Government .

During the “Cultural Revolution” (1966-76), PKU Law Department was one of the only two law departments survived on the Chinese mainland. Since China's reform and opening-up of 1978 and the resume of the national college entrance exam, PKU Law Department has developed rapidly for the past 30 years. Now, PKU Law School has 40 full professors, of who 29 are Ph.D. Center for US-China Relations, Tsinghua University.

The China Law Center-Yale. The China Center is the primary home for activities related to China at the Law School. The cornerstone of these activities is The China Law Center, established in 1999. In recent years, The China Center has expanded its work to issues of U.S. -China relations more generally. The China Law Center The China Law Center is a unique institution dedicated to helping promote China’s legal reforms and increasing understanding of China in the United States. In interaction with research and teaching, the core of the center’s work is designing and carrying out sustained, in-depth cooperative projects between U.S. and Chinese experts on key issues in Chinese law and policy reform, with the goal of having a positive impact on China’s reform process.

U.S. – China Relations Over the past several years, The China Center has expanded its work to issues of U.S. Professor Paul Gewirtz is the Director of The China Center. News Supreme Court Justice Breyer and Center Director Gewirtz in China When U.S. U.S.