The Past Is The Future
When young American scholar Ezra Vogel winded up his stay in Japan, where he had been studying Japanese and doing post-doctoral research on modern Japanese society, and returned to Harvard University in 1960, he didn’t foresee that six decades later, his expanded research would see him become part of a new chapter.
After his return to the U.S., Vogel began to research Chinese history, society and economy, learn Chinese and interact with the Chinese.
His thoughts on China from those days are now part of a project commemorating 40 was compiled by Shanghai-based Fudan University’s Center for American Studies and Shanghai Institute of American Studies with , a digital media. It presents insights from 40 experts on the bilateral relationship, often described as the most important bilateral relationship in the world.
