China Speaker Series: Scott Tong

History as Context for the Present: A Family Story of China’s Coming of Age

The Paulson Institute and Harris Public Policy invite you to join for a lunchtime discussion with Scott Tong, a correspondent at Marketplace and author of A Village with My Name: A Family History of China’s Opening to the World.

RSVP by April 15!

Featured Speaker

Scott Tong
Correspondent, Marketplace
 

Scott Tong is a correspondent for Marketplace’s Sustainability Desk. His stories focus on energy, environment, natural resources and the global economy. Scott served as Marketplace China bureau chief from 2006-2010 and has reported from more than a dozen countries. He has contributed to special series on the 2017 globalization backlash; Water: The High Price of Cheap; Venezuela’s economic collapse; the rise of shareholder value and the Price of Profits; long-term U.S. job creation; the 2011 Japan earthquake and tsunami; the 2011 famine in the Horn of Africa; and the economics of one child in China. His book, "A Village with My Name: A Family History of China’s Opening to the World” (University of Chicago Press, 12/2017) offers a long view of China’s opening to the West, told through the lives of five people across five generations in his own family.
 

About the Series

The Contemporary China Speaker Series is a joint effort between Harris Public Policy and the Paulson Institute to bring a wide variety of China scholars to engage with UChicago students and community members. 

Boxed lunches will be provided to registered guests.

Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis.

Click here for more information about the series.

Questions? Contact harris-events@uchicago.edu.