[MIT CSSA Outreach] Fwd: 3 China Salon Events with MA Weihua, McFarlan and Kirby this coming week!

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    Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2009 22:11:13 -0400
    From: Carol Yu <carol.y.yu at gmail.com>
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 Subject: 3 China Salon Events with MA Weihua, McFarlan and Kirby this coming 
week!

Dear all,

As the semester is wrapping up, we have 3 exciting China Salon events in the
coming week with President of China Merchants Bank, Prof. McFarlan and Prof.
Kirby. Please kindly help forward the following announcements to your
respective lists.

Thank you very much for your help in the past year, and we really appreciate
it!

All the best,
Carol Yu




*中国沙龙*

*CHINA** SALON*

*Speaker Series Organized by Harvard Kennedy School China Caucus *

**

*Event #12*

*Time:* 11:30am-1:30pm, Tuesday, May 5

*Location:** *Room Nye B & C, 5th floor, Taubman Building, Harvard Kennedy
School**

*Topic: *The Global Financial Crisis and China’s Banks**

* *

*Speaker:* MA Weihua, President and CEO of China Merchants Bank since
1999. Previously,
he served as deputy director of the general office of the People’s Bank of
China in 1990, deputy director of the Planning and Funding Department of the
People’s Bank of China from 1991 to 1992, governor of the People’s Bank of
China, Hainan Branch and head of the State Administration of Foreign
Exchange, Hainan Branch from 1992 to 1998.



China Merchants Bank is the sixth largest bank in China by assets. It was
ranked 103rd in the list of Financial Times Global 500 companies by market
capitalization in 2008. Arguably it is China’s best bank.

*Moderator:* William Overholt, Senior Research Fellow at Harvard Kennedy
School; former Director of the RAND Center for Asia Pacific Policy

*Reception:* Lunch will be provided, and make sure to come at 11:30am to
Room Nye A to enjoy a chat with the speaker. Formal talk will start at 12pm
noon at Nye B & C.

*Working Language:* Chinese with English Translation

*Audience:* Public. No need to RSVP.

* *

*Event #13*

*Time:* 4-5:30pm, Tuesday, May 5

*Location:** *Room 150, Littauer Building, Harvard Kennedy School**

*Topic: *Doing Business in China

*Speaker:* Warren McFarlan, Professor at the Harvard Business School. He has
had a significant role in introducing materials on Management Information
Systems to all major programs at the Harvard Business School since the first
course on the subject was offered in 1962. He currently teaches a MBA course
on "Doing Business in China in the Early 21st Century."

*Working Language:* English

*Audience:* Public. No need to RSVP.



*Event #14*

* *

*Time:* 4-5:30pm, Thursday, May 7

*Location:** *Malkin Penthouse, Littauer Building, Harvard Kennedy School**

*Topic: *Chinese and American Universities in the 21st Century

* *

*Speaker:* William Kirby, Professor at the Harvard Business School and
Professor of China Studies at Harvard University; Director of the Fairbank
Center; Chairman of the Harvard China Fund; former Dean of the Faculty of
Arts and Sciences at Harvard University.



*Working Language:* English

*Audience:* Public. No need to RSVP.


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