Boston Debate Showcase
Yasheng Huang
Epoch Foundation Professor of International Management
Professor, Global Economics and Management
MIT Sloan School of Management
MIT Sloan economist who studies how China’s state, exams and technology shaped its rise.
Biography
Yasheng
- China’s economy
- Political economy
- Technology and the state
- International management
Yasheng Huang is the Epoch Foundation Professor of International Management and a professor of Global Economics and Management at the MIT Sloan School of Management.
He is the author of 11 books in English and Chinese. Capitalism with Chinese Characteristics: Entrepreneurship and the State was named one of the best books of 2008 by The Economist. His recent books include The Rise and Fall of the EAST: How Exams, Autocracy, Stability, and Technology Brought China Success, and Why They Might Lead to its Decline (Yale University Press, 2023) and Statism with Chinese Characteristics (Cambridge University Press, 2026).
In this debate
Why this question
With Fiona Murray, Huang takes on US–China AI competition: where scientific cooperation with China should end and restrictions meant to protect national security should begin.
Upcoming appearance
Boston Debate Showcase
WhenNovember 17, 2026
WhereLaugh Boston, 425 Summer Street, Boston, MA
Featured session. US–China AI Competition: Security, Innovation, and Cooperation
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Featured session. US–China AI Competition: Security, Innovation, and Cooperation
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