China Institute offers a series of program on contemporary China of program on contemporary China:
(1) Criminal justice in China: personal experiences with human rights cases, by Jerome A. Cohen, on Tuesday, January 21. Professor Cohen will take a critical look at the criminal justice process in China, including regular application of "non-criminal" sanctions by the regular and secret police as well as the Communist Party. Drawing on examples from several of his recent high-profile cases, Professor Cohen suggests possible reforms to the system. Jerome A. Cohen is Professor of Law at New York University, Senior Fellow at the Council of Foreign Relations and with the firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison.
(2) Contemporary Artists: Studio Visits on Saturday, January 25. This event is a day of exploring
contemporary Chinese art and to meet two conceptual artists who integrate their Chinese heritage
into their works. Internationally acclaimed artist Gu Wenda exhibits his art in New York, Europe
and Asia while Bing Lee uses the Internet and public venues such as subway stations for his
installations. New York-based artist Gu Wenda has become one of the most high-profile members
of the Chinese diaspora. He is best known for his ongoing succession of installations realized in
different parts of the world and constructed of hair from around the world. Bing Lee was born in
Guangzhou and studied at Syracuse University. The use of digital technology in his project
Pictodiary involves installations of hundreds of rice paper squares with diverse pictographs
derived from Eastern and Western cultural traditions.
(3) Education in China, by Nancy Chapman, Executive Director, Yale-China Association; Margot Landman, Director, U.S.-China Teachers Exchange Program; and Don Watkins, Vice-President U.S.-China Education Foundation, on Thursday, January 30. They will introduce private schools and community colleges and revolutionary changes are taking place in the education system in China and discuss schooling on the high school and colleges levels as well as long established programs with American universities.
(4) Chinese Cinema for the New Millennium, by Richard Peña, Program Director of the Film Society of Lincoln Center, on February 6.. He will present Chinese movies hitting international film festivals and a telling sign that the art of film-making is flourishing in China. The selection process for the New York Film Festival and this year's entries are discussed.
For further information, click China Institute's web site: http://www.chinainstitute.org