In addition to the regular speaker series and other co-sponsored events, CSCC convenes an informal “Weekly Forum,” noon on weekdays in the CSCC conference room. These sessions are envisioned as “brown-bag lunches” at which graduate students or faculty can informally introduce or present work in progress. This will be a great way for all of us to get to know one another and learn more about the kinds of work on contemporary China being done across Penn’s campus. Please email us your thoughts and suggestions on how to best organize the Friday Forum and to let us know when you would like to volunteer to discuss some of your work. Even on days when no discussion is scheduled, people are welcome to bring their lunch to eat with others in the CSCC conference room.
Upcoming Weekly Forums
The Logic of Technology Transfer Policy in Rising China
John Minnich, Postdoctoral Fellow, Columbia-Harvard China and the World Program, Columbia University
Past Weekly Forums
Taiwan’s Politics at the Mid-point of Tsai Ing-wen’s First Term
Shelley Rigger, Brown Professor of East Asian Politics, Davidson College
Shelley Rigger is the author of Why Taiwan Matters: Small Island, Global Powerhouse (Rowman and Littlefield, 2011) as well as two books on Taiwan's domestic politics, …
Strait and Narrower?: Beijing’s Flight Paths, Taiwan’s International Space, and Regional Security
Jacques deLisle, Scott Kastner, Wojtek Wolfe, Thomas J. Shattuck
Last month, China adopted new civilian aircraft flight paths over the Taiwan Strait, near Taiwan-controlled islands, without consulting Taiwan’s government. Several months earlier, Beijing began dispatching…
The Legacy of Beijing’s Sunshine Policy with Chinese Characteristics: What are the Implications for the U.S. Policy towards North Korea?
Dr. John Park, Director, Korea Working Group, Harvard Kennedy School
The complex relationship between Beijing and Pyongyang remains largely under-examined. In the first part, this talk will explore how the Communist Party of China has been trying to rebuild its relationship with the…
China in Latin America: Origins, Strategy, and Geopolitical Implications
Iacob Koch-Weser, China Trade Enforcement Analyst, Office of the US Trade Representative; Margaret Myers, Director, Latin America & the World Program, Inter-American Dialogue
Over the past decade, China’s influence in Latin America has increased significantly. While the nature and scope of its growing political and economic clout varies considerably across the region, there…
Commemorating the Life of Professor Luo Haocai
Professor Luo Haocai, who passed away in Beijing on the morning of February 12th, was one of the most significant and consequential figures in the development of modern Chinese law, especially in the field of…
A Revisionist Stakeholder: China and the Post-WWII World Order
Suisheng (Sam) Zhao, Professor of International Studies, University of Denver
Taking advantage of President Trump’s isolationism, President Xi Jinping has vowed to provide “China solution” to the globalization, raising the question if China is to undermine or replace the US-led world order. I…
The Political Mobility of China's Central State-owned Enterprise Leaders
Wendy Leutert, Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for the Study of Contemporary China
CSCC Post-doctoral Fellow Wendy Leutert will present her research and original data on the political mobility of China's central state-owned enterprise leaders. Under the Hu Jintao administration, these leaders…
Establishing the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank: A Lawyer's View
Natalie Lichtenstein, Inaugural General Counsel, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) opened for business in 2016, as a $100 billion multilateral development bank that finances public and private infrastructure projects for Asia. AIIB’s…
Clean Air at What Cost? The Rise of “Blunt Force” Pollution Regulation in China
Denise van der Kamp, CSCC Postdoctoral Fellow
Amidst rising discontent over pollution, the Chinese state faces a dilemma: In the absence of strong regulatory institutions, how can they enforce environmental policies that threaten local industrial interests? In…
China's Economic Statecraft in Asia and Europe
James Reilly, Associate Professor of Government and International Relations, University of Sydney
Never in world history has one government had so much control over so much wealth.Tempted by their broad authority over China’s massive economy, Chinese leaders deploy economic resources in attempts to influence…