BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 15.1//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Eastern Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Eastern Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:Eastern Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:The Moynihan Institutes' East Asia Program welcomes Professor W ang Feng from the University of California\, Irvine. \; \;Has Chin a’s rapid economic growth come to an end? What lessons can be drawn to bet ter understand China’s historical rise to material abundance? Drawing on i nsights from his new book\, Professor Wang revisits four prominent narrati ves often used to explain China’s remarkable transformation over the past four decades: that China’s growth was preordained\, driven by state-initia ted reforms\, fueled by an abundant supply of cheap labor\, and that its e xperience is fundamentally unique. Professor Wang traces the origins of th is transformation\, outlines the pathways that led to China’s material abu ndance\, and reexamines the underlying driving forces. He argues that Chin a’s ascendance was\, at its core\, a process of industrialization and urba nization with distinctly Chinese characteristics. He contends that growth originated from grassroots initiatives within society and that China’s sup ply of cheap labor was both a boon to economic growth and a source of expl oitation. As the surplus created during this “age of abundance” begins to dwindle\, the Chinese state faces mounting fiscal challenges. Rapid popula tion aging\, persistent inequalities and a resurgence of political rigidit y are among the key headwinds that may hasten the end of this era.This tal k is co-sponsored by \;Asian/Asian American Studies\, Chinese Studies minor\, Moynihan China Focus Initiative and the \;Sociology Department .Wang Feng is a professor of sociology at the University of California\, I rvine. He is a scholar with expertise in global demographic change\, socia l inequality\, public policy\, and comparative population and social histo ry. Between 2010 and 2013\, he was a senior fellow at the Brookings Instit ution and directed the Brookings-Tsinghua Center for Public Policy in Beij ing. Wang is the author of several award-winning books in his research are as and has contributed to many other publications. His latest book\, “Chin a’s Age of Abundance: Origins\, Ascendance\, and Aftermath\,” examines the underlying forces driving China’s four-decade-long historical transformat ions. \; DTEND:20250318T210000Z DTSTAMP:20260514T114517Z DTSTART:20250318T193000Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:China’s Age of Abundance: A Reflection UID:RFCALITEM639143415174028560 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

The Moynihan Institutes' East Asia Program welcomes Professor Wang Feng from the University of Calif ornia\, Irvine. \; \;

Has China’s rapid economic growth com e to an end? What lessons can be drawn to better understand China’s histor ical rise to material abundance? Drawing on insights from his new book\, P rofessor Wang revisits four prominent narratives often used to explain Chi na’s remarkable transformation over the past four decades: that China’s gr owth was preordained\, driven by state-initiated reforms\, fueled by an ab undant supply of cheap labor\, and that its experience is fundamentally un ique. Professor Wang traces the origins of this transformation\, outlines the pathways that led to China’s material abundance\, and reexamines the u nderlying driving forces. He argues that China’s ascendance was\, at its c ore\, a process of industrialization and urbanization with distinctly Chin ese characteristics. He contends that growth originated from grassroots in itiatives within society and that China’s supply of cheap labor was both a boon to economic growth and a source of exploitation. As the surplus crea ted during this “age of abundance” begins to dwindle\, the Chinese state f aces mounting fiscal challenges. Rapid population aging\, persistent inequ alities and a resurgence of political rigidity are among the key headwinds that may hasten the end of this era.

This talk is co-sponsored by& nbsp\;Asian/Asian American Studies\, Chinese Studies minor\, Moynihan Chin a Focus Initiative and the \;Sociology Department.

Wang Feng is a professor of sociology at the University of California\ , Irvine. He is a scholar with expertise in global demographic change\, so cial inequality\, public policy\, and comparative population and social hi story. Between 2010 and 2013\, he was a senior fellow at the Brookings Ins titution and directed the Brookings-Tsinghua Center for Public Policy in B eijing. Wang is the author of several award-winning books in his research areas and has contributed to many other publications. His latest book\, “C hina’s Age of Abundance: Origins\, Ascendance\, and Aftermath\,” examines the underlying forces driving China’s four-decade-long historical transfor mations. \;

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