Schwarzman Scholars Capstone Showcase: The 2023 Winners
Sinica Podcast
Kaiser Kuo
4.8 • 676 Ratings
🗓️ 7 March 2024
⏱️ 84 minutes
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Summary
This week on Sinica, the winners of the 2023 Schwarzman Capstone Showcase. Two individuals and one team were selected as the best research projects after review of their projects and presentation of their findings. Their work is first-rate — and if you don’t factor in the very young age of the Schwarzman Scholars in competition. You’ll meet Shawn Haq, who won for his work on U.S. and Chinese expert perspectives on Taiwan; Corbin Duncan, who looked at the impact of the One Child Policy on the economic and social circumstances of only children in China; and the duo of Kelly Wu and Manthan Shah, part of a larger team that studied decarbonization efforts in Shandong province in steel, aluminum, chemical, and cement production. All three of these research efforts yielded fascinating insights.
2:15 – Introducing the Schwarzman Capstone Showcase: topics, judges, and process
4:41 – Self-introductions from Shawn Haq, Corbin Duncan, Kelly Wu, and Manthan Shah
15:07 – Shawn Haq: U.S.-China Expert Perspectives on Cross-Straits Relations
29:09 – Corbin Duncan: Only Children and Contemporary China
48:12 – Kelly Wu and Manthan Shah: Decarbonization of Shandong Province’s Materials Sector
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