Analysis / MultimediaDoing Fieldwork in China: Evolution and Prospects Aug 29, 2022Scott Kennedy and Ilaria Mazzocco Field research over the last four decades has been critical to increasing the world’s understanding of China. There are many other research methods including careful reading of documents and the media, surveys, databases, scraping websites, satellite imagery, but field research provides unique learning opportunities. One would be hard-pressed to legitimately call someone who rarely if…
Analysis / MultimediaWhy “Big Data China” Is Needed More Than Ever Aug 12, 2022Scott Kennedy and Ilaria Mazzocco Scott Kennedy, Trustee Chair in Chinese Business and Economics at CSIS, and Scott Rozelle, Co-Director of the Stanford Center on China’s Economy and Institutions, discuss Big Data China, a new project aimed at bridging the gap between cutting-edge academic research on China and the Washington policy community.