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Atlanta, GA | Posted: December 1, 2015
Rebecca Keane
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Summary Sentence:
Hanchao Lu, professor in the School of History and Sociology, was invited to give a presentation at the Sixth World Forum on China Studies, which was held in Shanghai on November 20-21, 2015.
Full Summary:
Hanchao Lu, professor in the School of History and Sociology, was invited to give a presentation at the Sixth World Forum on China Studies, which was held in Shanghai on November 20-21, 2015.
Hanchao Lu at Sixth World Forum on China Studies
Hanchao Lu's Research Featured in Oriental Morning Post
Hanchao LuHanchao Lu, professor in the School of History and Sociology, was invited to give a presentation at the Sixth World Forum on China Studies, which was held in Shanghai on November 20 - 21, 2015.
Professor Lu’s presentation was titled “The Pursuit of Happiness in Maoist China: What Can We Learn from It?”
The first three decades of the People’s Republic of China is often described as an era of constant political revolution and economic deprivation. However, Lu contends that pursuit of happiness in everyday life still took place at the time of Mao’s “proletarian dictatorship” and such perseverance formed a type of grassroots resistance to tyranny and ultimately served as the dynamics for the post-Mao reform that brought China’s remarkable resurgence in recent years.
The forum was attended by about 500 scholars from all over the world and featured a dinner with China’s minister of the State Council and the mayor of Shanghai and a visit to the China Art Museum.
