Weekly Forums

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



2024

The Logic of Technology Transfer Policy in Rising China

John Minnich, Postdoctoral Fellow, Columbia-Harvard China and the World Program, Columbia University
- CSCC Conference Room, PCPSE Room 418, 133 S. 36th St

Past Weekly Forums



2018

Taiwan’s Politics at the Mid-point of Tsai Ing-wen’s First Term

Shelley Rigger, Brown Professor of East Asian Politics, Davidson College
CSCC Conference Room, Fisher-Bennett 345

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,



2018

Strait and Narrower?: Beijing’s Flight Paths, Taiwan’s International Space, and Regional Security

Jacques deLisle, Scott Kastner, Wojtek Wolfe, Thomas J. Shattuck
Foreign Policy Research Institute, 1528 Walnut Street Philadelphia, PA, US, 19102

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…



2018

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
CSCC Conference Room, Fisher-Bennett 345

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…



2018

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
CSCC Conference Room, Fisher-Bennett 345

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…



2018

Commemorating the Life of Professor Luo Haocai

CSCC Conference Room, Fisher-Bennett 345

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…



2018

A Revisionist Stakeholder: China and the Post-WWII World Order

Suisheng (Sam) Zhao, Professor of International Studies, University of Denver
CSCC Conference Room, Fisher-Bennett 345

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…



2018

The Political Mobility of China's Central State-owned Enterprise Leaders

Wendy Leutert, Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for the Study of Contemporary China
CSCC Conference Room, Fisher-Bennett 345

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…



2018

Establishing the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank: A Lawyer's View

Natalie Lichtenstein, Inaugural General Counsel, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
CSCC Conference Room, Fisher-Bennett 345

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…



2017

Clean Air at What Cost? The Rise of “Blunt Force” Pollution Regulation in China

Denise van der Kamp, CSCC Postdoctoral Fellow
CSCC Conference Room, Fisher-Bennett 345

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…



2017

China's Economic Statecraft in Asia and Europe

James Reilly, Associate Professor of Government and International Relations, University of Sydney
CSCC Conference Room, Fisher-Bennett 345

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…