Harvard University has an abundance of programs, institutes, libraries, and other resources that focus attention on China and, more broadly, on Asia. Here is a sample:

* Asia Center: Founded in July 1997, the Asia Center will be the focal point for Asian studies at Harvard, offering research opportunities and a forum for discussion of regional issues. In its first year, programs will range from a year-long workshop on "Food Security in Asia" to a comparative seminar on "Asian Religions and Economic and Political Change" that will examine religious, economic, and political changes taking place in South and Southeast Asia.

* Center For International Affairs: Established in 1958, the Center provides an interdisciplinary environment for policy-relevant research on international issues for its 200 associates and affiliates from 30 countries.

* Fairbank Center for East Asian Research: Founded in 1955, the Center facilitates interdisciplinary training and research on East Asia, particularly on modern China and Vietnam. Workshops and conferences in 1996-97 covered such topics as "Culture, Media, and Society in Taiwan," "The Re-Invention of Private Property in the PRC," and "China Gender Studies." The Center's library holds a leading collection of material dealing with the politics, international relations, and economics of post-1949 China, and pre-1949 materials on the rise of the Chinese Communist Party.

* Graduate School of Design: The School recently launched a 10-year research project called the Dalian New Town: New Beginning Project, in the Liaoning Province in China to determine what constitutes sustainable development and healthy community life.

* Harvard Business School: The School recently inaugurated a new executive education effort, the Program for Global Leadership(TM): Developing Leaders for a Global Economy, to address how global business affects the role of general management. The course is designed to attract participants largely from Asia and the Pacific Rim.

* Harvard Institute for International Development: The Institute is a center for research and technical assistance for developing countries. Major initiatives on China include the "Role of Law and Legal Institutions in Asian Economic Development," a comparison of development in six Asian countries.

* Harvard Law School: The school runs the East Asian Legal Studies Program, the oldest and most extensive academic program devoted to the study of the law and legal history of East Asia. The school also houses the East Asia Legal Studies Collection, with more than 12,000 volumes from China and Taiwan.

* Harvard Medical School: For the past several years the School has sponsored a number of interdisciplinary programs that include the Center for the Study of Culture and Medicine, a research project with Shashi Psychiatric Hospital in Hubei Province and the Ministry of Civil Affairs in China.

* School of Public Health: The School's K.T. Li Program in Economic Development and Health concentrates on research and educational activities promoting the advancement of social and health care systems in East Asia.

* Harvard-Yenching Institute: The Institute offers scholarship and fellowship opportunities for individuals interested in studying East Asia. It publishes the Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies and the Harvard-Yenching Monograph Series, and it provides substantial support to the Harvard-Yenching Library, which contains an unparalleled collection of rare Chinese books.

* Kennedy School of Government: The School sponsors a variety of East Asia-related programs and research centers, such as the Pacific Basin Research Center, which promotes research in understudied East Asian fields, and the Nina Kung Initiative to increase awareness of China in the U.S.

* Nieman Foundation: The Foundation administers the Nieman Fellows Program, funding 24 journalists from around the world for a year of noncredit study at Harvard. In recent years, the group has had at least one fellow a year who focuses on China and Asian international affairs.

* University Committee on Environment China Project: This University-wide research program collaborates with six institutions in China on issues of energy and environment, and their role in U.S.-China relations. It seeks equitable strategies to limit energy-based emissions of both local air pollutants and greenhouse gases. Based equally at Harvard and in the People's Republic of China, the team includes more than 50 professors and researchers, among them 15 faculty at nine Harvard Schools and departments.

* Undergraduate Concentration in East Asian Studies: The undergraduate bachelor's degree program is overseen by the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations and the Social Science Program in East Asian Studies.

* Regional Studies-East Asia: This master's degree program provides a basic preparation for specialization in the East Asian field.

* Ph.D. Programs: The Faculty of Arts and Sciences offers several Ph.D. programs: East Asian Languages and Civilizations, History and East Asian Languages, History (with a special field of East Asian history), and Inner-Asian and Altaic Studies.