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Shanghai Custom House, 2008, Courtesy of Avery Goldstein

Suzhou Railway Station, 2012, Courtesy of Yuanyuan Zeng

798 District courtesy of Avery Goldstein

Flood season Yangtze, Courtesy of Anonymous

Children on train, Courtesy of Anonymous

Yangtze River bridge, Courtesy of Anonymous

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CSCC Spotlight

Neysun A. Mahboubi is a Research Scholar of the Center for the Study of Contemporary China at the University of Pennsylvania, and a Visiting Lecturer of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School.

Professor Avery Goldstein is the director of Center for the Study of Contemporary China. He is the David M. Knott Professor of Global Politics and International Relations in the Political Science Department at the University of Pennsylvania.

Professor Jacques deLisle is the deputy director of the Center for the Study of Contemporary China. He is the Stephen A. Cozen Professor of Law at the University of Pennsylvania.

Professor Xinyin Chen is Professor of Psychology at the Graduate School of Education, University of Pennsylvania.He is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) and the Association for Psychological Science (APS) and the President-Elect of the International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development (ISSBD).

Dr. Amy Gadsden is Associate Dean and Executive Director for International Programs at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. She is a senior fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI) and an Advisory Council member of the Women’s Democracy Network (WDN).

Dr. Emily Hannum is Associate Professor of Sociology and Education, as well as Chair of the Graduate Group in Sociology at Penn.

Marshall W. Meyer is the Tsai Wan-Tsai Professor in the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, where he is also Professor of Management, Professor of Sociology, and Associate Member of the Center for East Asian Studies.

Monroe Price is the director of the Center for Global Communication Studies at the Annenberg School. He is also the Joseph and Sadie Danciger Professor of Law and Director of the Howard M. Squadron Program in Law, Media and Society at the Cardozo School of Law.

Yuhua Wang is Assistant Professor in the Political Science Department at the University of Pennsylvania. His research and teaching focus on political economy of development, East Asian political economy, authoritarian politics, Chinese domestic politics, and American political institutions.

Guobin Yang is an Associate Professor of Communication and Sociology in the Annenberg School for Communication and Department of Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania.

Xia Liping is Dean and Professor of School of Political Science & International Relations at Tongji University in Shanghai. He is Vice President of Shanghai Institute for International Strategic Studies (SIISS), Vice Chairman of Shanghai Association of International Studies, and Vice President of Shanghai Center for RimPac Strategic and International Studies (CPSIS).

Professor Wang Xixin is a Professor of Constitutional and Administrative Law of Peking University Law School, and the Deputy Director of Constitutional and Administrative Law Research Center of Peking University.

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CSCC Annual Public Lecture

Age of Ambition: Chasing Fortune, Truth and Faith in the New China

Open to All

Evan Osnos

New Yorker China Correspondent

Monday, Feb. 10, 2014

6pm

Bodek Lounge, Houston Hall

The CSCC Postdoctoral Fellow Program hosts scholars who have received their Ph.D. or equivalent degrees in the last two years, or who expect to complete their degree by June of the academic year in which they apply. This program supports research on all aspects of the political, legal, economic, and social factors shaping China and its role in the world today. Postdoctoral fellows pursue their own research and participate in the activities of the Center. The fellowship includes a stipend of $45,000-50,000, depending on experience, a $2500 research fund, and health insurance.

The Center is currently inviting applications for a postdoctoral fellowship during the 2014-2015 academic year. Applications will be reviewed starting March 1, 2014. To receive full consideration, files should be received by that date. Applicants will be notified of the outcome by April 1, 2014. To apply, send a C.V., a research statement, a writing sample, and three letters of recommendation to cscc-contact@sas.upenn.edu.

The University of Pennsylvania is an EO/AA employer and we welcome applications from women and minorities.

The Future of Food Safety in China

CSCC postdoctoral fellow John Yasuda discusses China's recent food safety reforms with Chinadialogue. The interview is available here.

CSCC Blog

Revising the Law-Growth Hypothesis: a case study of reform-era China

by Joanna Xue on March 07, 2014

From Deng Xiaoping’s inception of the Open Door Policy and his Four Modernizations in 1978 to his southern tour in 1992, the world has marveled at China’s explosive economic growth, despite its shaky legal system.

Social Volcano

by Elaine Song on November 26, 2013

Many analysts consider China’s inequality as the major obstacle to China’s continued economic growth and geopolitical rise. Martin K. Whyte set out to address this concern in his analysis of what he called the Social Volcano Scenario through a survey analysis.

Events

Friday Forums

The Political Process of Chinese Land: Partial Reform, Vested Interests and Small Properties

Shitong Qiao, J.S.D. Candidate, Yale Law School; Research Scholar, U.S.-Asia Law Institute of New York University School of Law

Friday, March 21, 2014

12pm

CSCC Conference Room, Fisher-Bennett 345

Policy Roundtables

Is Xi Jinping Changing China's Course? Reforms Under the New Leadership in Beijing

Monday, March 24, 2014

Noon -1pm

Irvine Auditorium, Amado Recital Hall

Speaker Series

From Domestic to International: The Evolution of Chinese NGO

Jennifer Hsu, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science at the University of Alberta, Canada.

Wednesday, March 26, 2014

4:30pm

CSCC Conference Room, Fisher-Bennett 345

Speaker Series

Making Sense of a Fast-Changing China

Jeff Wasserstrom, Chancellor's Professor of History (and Professor of Law, by courtesy), University of California at Irvine
Editor, Journal of Asian Studies

Thursday, March 27, 2014

12-1:15pm

Foreign Policy Research Institute, 1528 Walnut Street, Suite 610

Friday Forums

From the Great Wall to Many City Walls: China's hukou system and its reform

Professor Fei-Ling Wang, Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, Georgia Institute of Technology

Friday, March 28, 2014

12pm

CSCC Conference Room, Fisher-Bennett 345

Speaker Series