Bernard Schwartz Book Award Luncheon
VIEW EVENT DETAILSTwo books have been recognized by the Asia Society’s 2011 Bernard Schwartz Book Award for their outstanding contributions to the understanding of contemporary Asia and U.S.-Asia relations: The Party: The Secret World of China’s Communist Rulers by Richard McGregor; and Paths to Development in Asia: South Korea, Vietnam, China, and Indonesia by Tuong Vu.
In The Party, Richard McGregor delves deeply into China’s inner sanctum for the first time and offers a captivating portrait of the history of China’s Communist Party, its present influence, and its future. Tuong Vu’s Paths to Development makes a compelling case that state formation politics, rather than colonial legacies, have had decisive and lasting impacts on the structures of emerging states in Asia.
Please join us for a luncheon in honor of the awardees, who will be joined in conversation by Orville Schell.
SPEAKERS:
Richard McGregor, author of The Party: The Secret World of China’s Communist Rulers and 2011 Bernard Schwartz Book Award Winner; Washington Bureau Chief and former Beijing Bureau Chief of the Financial Times
Tuong Vu, author of Paths to Development in Asia: South Korea, Vietnam, China, and Indonesia and 2011 Bernard Schwartz Book Award Honorable Mention; Visiting Research Fellow at Princeton University
Jeffrey Wasserstrom (moderator) is an expert in Chinese history; a professor and chair of the history department at the University of California, Irvine; and author of books such as China in the 21st Century: What Everyone Needs to Know. Dr. Wasserstrom is also an Asia Society Associate Fellow.
12:00-12:30 p.m.: Registration
12:30-2:00 p.m.: Lunch and discussion
2:00-2:30 p.m.: Book signing
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