Events
Is 'New Malaysia' real or sustainable?
A critical assessment on Malaysia’s social divide and political system
Dr. Chin-Huat Wong, Penang Institute
When democracy went wrong in so many countries, Malaysia's peaceful regime change in May 2019 that ended the world's…
Economic Impacts of the US-China Trade Conflict on Developing Asia and the US
Bart Édes, Asian Development Bank Representative for North America
The 2018 trade conflict between the United States and the People’s Republic of China has affected not only bilateral…
2019 Penn Symposium on Contemporary China
The Penn Symposium on Contemporary China (PSCC) is an annual event organized by undergraduate students from the University of Pennsylvania. The 2019 Symposium will take place…
TBD
Chu Shulong, Professor of Political Science and International Relations, Tsinghua University
Energy Innovation in China
Joanna Lewis, Associate Professor of Science, Technology and International Affairs, Georgetown University
Censored: Distraction and Diversion Inside China's Great Firewall
Margaret Roberts, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of California San Diego
As authoritarian governments around the world develop sophisticated technologies for controlling information, many observers have predicted that these controls would be ineffective because they are easily thwarted…
China’s War on Poverty: Winning at What Cost?
Qin Gao, Professor of Social Policy and Social Work, Columbia University
The Chinese government has set the ambitious goal of eradicating poverty by 2020. Will this goal be achieved, and at what cost? Drawing from her book,…
Migration and Popular Resistance in Rural China
Yao Lu, Associate Professor of Sociology, Columbia University
Massive rural-urban migration and growing collective resistance are two profound transformations in China. This study examines how migration shapes collective resistance in sending areas. Drawing on…
China’s Rise, Trade Friction, and the U.S. Response
Ambassador Charlene Barshefsky, United States Trade Representative, 1997-2001
Senior International Partner, Wilmer Hale
In conversation with Wharton Dean Geoff Garrett
Ambassador Charlene Barshefsky, Senior International Partner at WilmerHale in Washington, DC, chairs the firm’s International Trade, Investment and…
Two Years After the Foreign NGO Law:
Implications for Foreign NGOs, Foundations, and Thinktanks in China
Mark Sidel, Doyle-Bascom Professor of Law and Public Affairs, University of Wisconsin-Madison
From Click to Boom: The Political Economy of E-commerce in China
Lizhi Liu, Assistant Professor, McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University
Co-sponsored by the Center for East Asian Studies
Security and US-China Relations: Differences, Dangers, and Dilemmas
CSCC 7th Annual Conference
Following the normalization of diplomatic relations in 1979, US-China ties have been characterized by a mix of cooperation, competition, and conflict. During this period, most scholars, analysts, and policymakers…
China's Urban Champions: The Politics of Spatial Development
Kyle Jaros, Associate Professor of Political Economy, University of Oxford
News and Announcements
Political Science Professor Yue Hou's article in China Leadership Monitor
Wednesday Mar 6, 2019
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Spotlight
Amy Gadsden
As Executive Director for Penn Global, Dr. Amy Gadsden works with Penn’s schools and centers to develop and implement strategies to increase Penn’s global engagement both on campus and overseas.
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Xinyin Chen
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).
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Emily Hannum
Dr. Emily Hannum is Associate Professor of Sociology and Education, as well as Chair of the Graduate Group in Sociology at Penn.
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Marshall W. Meyer
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.
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Yue Hou
Yue Hou is an assistant professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania. She received her Ph.D. in political science from MIT in September 2015. Her substantive interests include authoritarian institutions, ethnic politics, and business-state relations.
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Hanzhang Liu
Hanzhang Liu received her Ph.D. in political science from Columbia University in 2018. Her research interests include comparative authoritarian institutions and the political economy of development, with a special focus on China. Specifically, her work investigates how political institutions can be deployed to shape individual preference and mediate the relationship between the ruling elite and the masses, thus contributing to regime stability.
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Guobin Yang
Guobin Yang is Professor of Communication and Sociology in the Annenberg School for Communication and Department of Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania.
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Abigail Coplin
Wendy Leutert received her Ph.D. in sociology from Columbia University in 2018. Her research is situated in political sociology, economic sociology, and science and technology studies. It examines the entanglement—and coproduction of—science, politics, and nationalism in contemporary China, and exposes mechanisms by which non-democratic states contend with experts and incorporate expertise into their governance schemes and legitimacy claims.
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