# Event Details

- **Event Name**: The Gilded Cage: Technology, Development, and State Capitalism in China
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 30 Oct, 2025 at 05:00 pm – Thu, 30 Oct, 2025 at 06:45 pm
- **Event Description**: SOAS Political Economy Keynote Lecture with Professor Ya-Wen Lei, Harvard UniversityAbout this EventIn this presentation, based on her book The Gilded Cage, Professor Ya- Wen Lei will discuss how the Chinese developmental state orchestrated the transition to becoming the world's second-largest digital economy. This shift occurred against the backdrop of moving away from a labor-intensive, export-oriented manufacturing model. Professor Lei will explore the rise and nature of China's techno-developmental regime, its implications for state-capital-labor relations, and its varied impacts on different social groups.Ya-Wen Lei is a Professor in the Department of Sociology at Harvard University and is affiliated with the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies. She is the author of The Contentious Public Sphere: Law, Media, and Authoritarian Rule in China(Princeton 2017), and The Gilded Cage: Technology, Development and State Capitalism in China (Princeton 2023), the latter a recipient of the 2025 Alice Amsden Book Award of the Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economic Studies. Her research appears in leading sociological and social science journals, including the Annual Review of Sociology, American Sociological Review, and American Journal of Sociology. Her scholarship has received multiple awards from the American Sociological Association, the Law and Society Association, and The China Quarterly.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/london/the-gilded-cage-technology-development-and-state-capitalism-in-china/100001783956043549
- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art
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## Ticket Details

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## Event venue details

- **city**: London
- **state**: EN
- **country**: United Kingdom
- **location**: SOAS University of London, Main Building, Khalili Lecture Theatre
- **lat**: 51.5220585
- **long**: -0.1295846
- **full address**: SOAS University of London, Main Building, Khalili Lecture Theatre, Thornhaugh Street, London, United Kingdom

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is The Gilded Cage: Technology, Development, and State Capitalism in China being held?
  - **A:** The Gilded Cage: Technology, Development, and State Capitalism in China takes place on Thu, 30 Oct, 2025 at 05:00 pm to Thu, 30 Oct, 2025 at 06:45 pm at SOAS University of London, Main Building, Khalili Lecture Theatre, Thornhaugh Street, London, United Kingdom.
- **Q**: Who is organizing The Gilded Cage: Technology, Development, and State Capitalism in China?
  - **A:** The Gilded Cage: Technology, Development, and State Capitalism in China is organized by SOAS Politics, University of London.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** The Gilded Cage: Technology, Development, and State Capitalism in China is ideal for art lovers, collectors, creatives, and anyone inspired by visual arts, installations, and exhibitions. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in London, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If The Gilded Cage: Technology, Development, and State Capitalism in China sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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