Tiananmen Exiles: Voices of the Struggle for Democracy in China

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Lecture
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Rowena Xiaoqing He
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Monday, April 13, 2015 - 16:30
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As Scheduled
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CMU, Gates Hillman Center 4307
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Join Rowena Xiaoqing He of Harvard University for a lecture based on her newly published book. "Tiananmen Exiles" was selected as one of the TOP FIVE books China in 2014 by ChinaFile, a project of the Center on the US-China Relations at the Asia Society.

Books will be available for purchase.

Born and raised in China as a member of the "Tiananmen Generation," Dr. He moved to Canada in 1998, where she received her PhD. from the University of Toronto. Today she teaches at Harvard University, where her seminars on the Tiananmen uprising have earned her a Certificate of Teaching Excellence three years in a row.

UCIS Unit: 
Asian Studies Center
Non-University Sponsors: 
Carnegie Mellon University
Center for International Relations and Politics