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<dd><font face="Times New Roman, Times">The Harvard East Asian Legal
Studies Program and the U.S. China Law Society will host a symposium
entitled "China at a Crossroads: Searching for a Balanced Approach
to Development," on November 5-6, 2005 at Harvard Law School. <br>
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<dd><font face="Times New Roman, Times">China, much like the U.S., has
become a society of haves and have-nots. According to many
academics specializing in China, the wealth disparity we see in today's
China – based on a comparison of the Gini coefficients – is greater than
that of the U.S. and second only to those of Latin American and
sub-Saharan countries. <br>
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<dd><font face="Times New Roman, Times">The symposium will focus on
searching for a balanced approach to development promoting both
efficiency and equality. The goal of this symposium is to
examine systematically China's inequality from social, economic, legal
and political perspectives and to generate constructive ideas and policy
recommendations. <br>
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<dd><font face="Times New Roman, Times">Among the speakers invited are He
Weifang, one of the best-known constitutional scholar in China today; Li
Shi, a pioneer in the study of the income-gap in China; Yu Jianrong, an
authority on China's rural governance issues; Anthony Saich, director of
China programs at the Kennedy School; and William Hsiao, the chief
architect of a number of innovative programs in healthcare both inside
and outside China. Some of the West's most prominent
Sinologists, including Roderick MacFarquhar and Elizabeth Perry will
moderate the panels. Dean Elena Kagan of Harvard Law School will
welcome the attendees at the symposium opening. For a
complete list of speakers, please go to
</font><a href="http://uschinalawsociety.org/symposium/speakers.htm"><font face="Times New Roman, Times" color="#800080">http://uschinalawsociety.org/symposium/speakers.htm</a></font>.
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<dd><font face="Times New Roman, Times">For more information on the
symposium and how to register and participate, please visit out website
at:
</font><a href="http://www.uschinalawsociety.org/symposium"><font face="Times New Roman, Times" color="#800080">http://www.uschinalawsociety.org/symposium</a></font>
or email U.S. China Law Society at
<a href="mailto:uschinalawsociety@gmail.com">uschinalawsociety@gmail.com
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<font face="Tahoma"><b>Yu Pu, </b></font>Ph.D candidate<br>
Department of Chemical Engineering<br>
MIT, Cambridge<br><br>
Office: 56-454<br>
Ph: 617-253-0470 (O) <br>
Group website:<i>
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