The SMU Tower Center would like to invite you to the Sun& Star Lecture: Politicizing Business: How Firms are Made to Serve the Party-State in China featuring the speaker Ning Leng.

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Date: Monday, February 9, 2026

Time: 12:00 - 1:30 p.m.

Location: HT Chamber, Ground Floor, Hughes-Trigg Student Center, 3140 Dyer St., Dallas, TX  75205

Speaker: Ning Leng, Assistant Professor, McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University

Discussant: Hiroki Takeuchi, Director, Sun and Star Program on Japan and East Asia, SMU Tower Center

The event is free and open to the public. Registration is required and the seats are first come, first served. Please click below for registration.

Thank you for the support of the Scott-Hawkins Lecture Fund.

Any person who requires a reasonable accommodation on the basis of a disability in order to participate in this program should contact the SMU Tower Center at tower@smu.edu in advance at least 4 days prior to the event to arrange for the accommodation.

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