Governments and powerful social actors have both promoted higher education in the service of national power while seeking to place curbs on the teaching, research [...]

The Chinese government’s emphasis on reducing dependency on foreign technology and fostering homegrown innovation reflects a broader strategy to consolidate its economic sovereignty and global [...]

Remembrance of the past, inscribed in textbooks, museums and monuments, has in large part always been a political act. In our contemporary world, states and [...]

SPEAKERS Prasenjit Duara Oscar L. Tang Chair of East Asian Studies, Duke University Prasenjit Duara is the Oscar Tang Chair of East Asian Studies at [...]

  {IN PERSON}   Join us for our annual India China Day to celebrate this year’s cohort of student fellows and hear about their research [...]

{VIRTUAL BOOK TALK} We invite you to join us for the launch of “Constrained Expertise in India and China: Knowledge and Power in Policymaking”, a publication [...]

{VIRTUAL BOOK TALK} We invite you to join us for the launch of “Constrained Expertise in India and China: Knowledge and Power in Policymaking”, a publication [...]

{IN PERSON} SUMMARY   On November 13, 2025, India China Institute (ICI) hosted an in-person panel discussion on the shifting landscapes of news media [...]

  https://youtu.be/qDSaMIisn9I {VIRTUAL} While much attention has been centered on China in Africa and Global China as a lens through which to examine changing [...]

https://youtu.be/zNSCAFfhQMM?si=m9Zm-aGf3lkU-Tcz {VIRTUAL} We are pleased to invite you to a thought-provoking discussion that explores how boundaries between state and civil society have been historically [...]