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Addressing Challenges in U.S.-China Financial Systems: Q&A with PIFS
Since 2017, Harvard China Fund has been supporting the Program on International Financial Systems (PIFS) in its research and conferences on U.S.-China financial systems. Each year, PIFS convenes one of the most important international symposia on U.S.-China financial relations, bringing together senior policymakers, financial sector executives, and academics to foster dialogue on the two countries’…
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Unsuspecting Joys
Jacob Kiflu ’29, a 2026 Summer School participant, set out for Shanghai seeking solitude and time behind his camera. Instead, he found eight close friends who pushed him to try new foods, travel across China, and keep creating, while his coursework on China’s economic rise reshaped how he sees the world.
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Exploring the Unfamiliar: My Academic and Cultural Growth in China
Melissa Lu ‘29, a 2026 research assistantship program participant, spent her first-ever summer in China building sensors and studying how the compounds we exhale could signal health conditions like diabetes and insomnia, while sharpening her Chinese with volunteers in the lab.
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Beyond the Classroom: Finding Connections Across China
Zaid Ahmed ’29, a Computer Science and Economics student, attended our 2026 summer school program in Shanghai. In this article, he shares with us how a search for halal food in Chongqing turned into his favorite memory of the summer.
Harvard Greater China Student Internship Program
Experience modern China through an internship placement. Gain an introduction to Chinese culture. Learn first-hand about life in the workplace.
A Scholar’s Journey Through Rural China’s History.
Professor Michael Szonyi reflects on his first trip back to China in four years.
Empires of Ideas
New Book by Professor William Kirby
In “Empires of Ideas”: Creating the Modern University from Germany to America to China, Professor William C. Kirby, Chairman of the Harvard China Fund, examines the history of higher education, from Germany to the United States and China.
Kirby notes that U.S. universities dominate global rankings today, but also raises an intriguing question: Will China’s innovative educational centers challenge U.S. primacy?
