Designing for Scarcity, Navigating Decline: Architecture, Industry, and Global Economic Transformation in Twentieth-Century China
A Bitter Legacy: World War II and the Collapse of China’s Tea Industry in Global Perspective
Huirong Cheng, University of Edinburgh

Designing for Shortage: Architecture, Construction, and Ecology in Mao-era Housing
Niall Chithelen, University of California, San Diego
Date: 12 March 2025, 17:00
Venue: Dickson Poon Building, Canterbury Road OX2 6LU
Venue Details: Lucina Ho Seminar Room
Speakers: Huirong Cheng (University of Edinburgh), Niall Chithelen (University of California, San Diego)
Organisers: Zhou Fang (University of Oxford), Zhang Ning (University of Oxford), Ivi Fung (University of Oxford), Weihan Sun (University of Oxford), Simon Lam (University of Oxford), Pak Hei (Patrick) Hao (University of Oxford)
Hosts: Dr Ning Zhang (University of Oxford), Weihan Sun (University of Oxford)
Part of: International History of East Asia Seminar
Booking required?: Not required
Audience: Members of the University only
Editor: Pak Hei Hao