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Robert B. Marks

The Shanghai skyline shrouded in heavy smog, June 2008. China’s environmental challenges brought by a rapidly expanding economy will be the topic of the first Modern China Lecture on Tuesday, followed by a presentation on why Chinese dissidents backed former President Donald Trump on Thursday. Both talks will be on Zoom. Photo: Peter Dowley/Wikimedia Commons
March 8, 2021
Two Modern China lecture topics this week: Environmental challenges and dissidents who back Trump

Robert B. Marks, professor emeritus at Whittier College, will talk on March 9 about China’s environmental challenges brought on by its rapid economic growth, and Perry Link, Distinguished Professor of Comparative Literature and Chinese at UC Riverside, will discuss on March 11 why many Chinese dissidents back former President Donald Trump.