Harvard Asia Pacific Review
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The Harvard Asia Pacific Review (HAPR) is a semi-annual journal about the Asia-Pacific Region published by students at Harvard University. The Harvard Asia Pacific Review solicits contributions from leading scholars, politicians, businessmen and cultural figures in and about the Asia-Pacific region.
Founded in 1996 by a small group of Harvard students, the Harvard Asia Pacific Review now has an annual circulation of over 10,000 and is distributed widely in the United States, Europe, and the Asia-Pacific region.
The Harvard Asia Pacific Review has featured contributions from academics including Ezra Vogel
, Larry Summers, Shing-Tung Yau
, Wang Gungwu
and Stephen Owen; from businessmen such as Ronnie Chan, Jin Liqun and Fred Hu; from political figures such as Jiang Zemin
, Christopher Patten, Ma Ying-jeou
, Wen Jiabao
, Takako Doi
, and Aung San Suu Kyi
; and from cultural figures such as I.M. Pei, Jackie Chan
and Im Kwon Taek.
Founded in 1996 by a small group of Harvard students, the Harvard Asia Pacific Review now has an annual circulation of over 10,000 and is distributed widely in the United States, Europe, and the Asia-Pacific region.
The Harvard Asia Pacific Review has featured contributions from academics including Ezra Vogel
Ezra Vogel
Ezra Feivel Vogel is an Henry Ford II Professor of the Social Sciences Emeritus at Harvard University and has written on Japan, China, and Asia.-Early life:...
, Larry Summers, Shing-Tung Yau
Shing-Tung Yau
Shing-Tung Yau is a Chinese American mathematician working in differential geometry. He was born in Shantou, Guangdong Province, China into a family of scholars from Jiaoling, Guangdong Province....
, Wang Gungwu
Wang Gungwu
Wang Gungwu, CBE is an academic who has studied and written about the Chinese diaspora, although he has objected to the use of the word diaspora to describe the migration of Chinese from China, because it is inaccurate and has been used to perpetuate fears of a "Chinese threat". He was born in...
and Stephen Owen; from businessmen such as Ronnie Chan, Jin Liqun and Fred Hu; from political figures such as Jiang Zemin
Jiang Zemin
Jiang Zemin is a former Chinese politician, who served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of China from 1989 to 2002, as President of the People's Republic of China from 1993 to 2003, and as Chairman of the Central Military Commission from 1989 to 2005...
, Christopher Patten, Ma Ying-jeou
Ma Ying-jeou
Ma Ying-jeou is the 12th term and current President of the Republic of China , commonly known as Taiwan, and the Chairman of the Kuomintang Party, also known as the Chinese Nationalist Party. He formerly served as Justice Minister from 1993 to 1996, Mayor of Taipei from 1998 to 2006, and Chairman...
, Wen Jiabao
Wen Jiabao
Wen Jiabao is the sixth and current Premier and Party secretary of the State Council of the People's Republic of China, serving as China's head of government and leading its cabinet. In his capacity as Premier, Wen is regarded as the leading figure behind China's economic policy...
, Takako Doi
Takako Doi
was a prominent Japanese politician from 1980 until her retirement in 2005.Doi was born in Hyōgo Prefecture and graduated from Doshisha University, where she studied law. She was elected to the House of Representatives, the lower house of the Diet, as a member of the Japan Socialist Party in 1969,...
, and Aung San Suu Kyi
Aung San Suu Kyi
Aung San Suu Kyi, AC is a Burmese opposition politician and the General Secretary of the National League for Democracy. In the 1990 general election, her National League for Democracy party won 59% of the national votes and 81% of the seats in Parliament. She had, however, already been detained...
; and from cultural figures such as I.M. Pei, Jackie Chan
Jackie Chan
Jackie Chan, SBS, MBE is a Hong Kong actor, action choreographer, comedian, director, producer, martial artist, screenwriter, entrepreneur, singer and stunt performer. In his movies, he is known for his acrobatic fighting style, comic timing, use of improvised weapons, and innovative stunts...
and Im Kwon Taek.