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



2016

Chinese Citizen or Global Citizen?

Cosmopolitanism and Nationalism among Chinese Students Enrolled in a Canadian Curriculum High School in Beijing
Natalie Young, Ph.D student, Department of Sociology
CSCC Conference Room, Fisher-Bennett 345

Although most social scientists recognize that the nation-state continues to regulate the beliefs, actions, and behaviors of its citizens, others suggest that increased transnational mobility and cross-cultural…



2016

Atomized Incorporation: State-Labor Relations in Contemporary China

Sungmin Rho, CSCC postdoctoral fellow
CSCC Conference Room, Fisher-Bennett 345

 

The Chinese regime has experienced an increasing number of labor protests that involve migrant workers since the mid-2000s. This talk addresses why the Chinese regime has growingly become tolerant of the…



2016

The Power of the Power: Censorship in Mainland China and Hong Kong

Rose Luqiu Luwei (闾丘露薇), Journalist & Former Executive News Editor, Phoenix TV
CSCC Conference Room, Fisher-Bennett 345

The Chinese government is constantly releasing new regulations to censor media content. In Mainland China, the Party strengthens its control on media agenda-setting and makes sure that the media remembers its…



2016

Chicken Soup for the Soul, Prepared by the Communist Party: How China’s Propaganda Machine Adapts to Social Media

Kecheng Fang, Ph.D. Student, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania
CSCC Conference Room, Fisher-Bennett 345

With China’s press commercialization started from the late 1970s, the influence of Communist Party mouthpieces had been diminishing. During recent years, however, we see the resurgence of Party media on social media…



2016

The Future of 'Rights Defense' Lawyering in China

Dr. Teng Biao, Visiting Fellow, US-Asia Law Institute, NYU Law School; Co-founder, The Open Constitution Initiative
CSCC Conference Room, Fisher-Bennett 345

Over the past 15 years, there has emerged in China a community of self-identified "rights defense" (weiquan) lawyers, akin to "cause lawyers" in the United States, who select cases and frame legal advocacy…



2016

Chinese Legal Reform after the CCP's Fourth Plenum

Wang Zhenmin, Professor and former Dean, Tsinghua University Law School
CSCC Conference Room, Fisher-Bennett 345

More than a year ago, the Fourth Plenum of the Chinese Communist Party’s 18th Central Committee signaled unprecedented emphasis on “the rule of law” and issued key policy documents to support legal…



2015

Are Only Children More Depressed?: Evidence from China’s One Child Policy

Albert Park, Professor of Economics, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
CSCC Conference Room, Fisher-Bennett 345

This paper examines the causal effect of growing up as an only child on subjective well-being outcomes, with the latter measured by elevated depressive symptoms and self-rated happiness. Considering the endogeneity…



2015

Critical Journalists and the State in China: The Case of Guarded Improvisation

Maria Repnikova, Postdoctoral Fellow, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania
CSCC Conference Room, Fisher-Bennett 345

This talk introduces the key findings from Dr. Repnikova’s book project on the relations between China’s critical journalists and the party-state in the past decade. It explains how critical journalists who…



2015

Social Welfare under Authoritarianism: The Politics and Policy of Social Health Insurance in China

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

Contrary to the received wisdom that the welfare state is a feature associated with democracies, social welfare in China has undergone a dramatic expansion over the past decade without democratization or significant…



2015

Participatory Autocracy: Private Entrepreneurs, Legislatures, and Property Protection in China

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

Why do individuals in authoritarian systems seek office in formal political institutions such as legislatures, which are often dismissed as weak and ineffective in interest representation? I argue that Chinese…