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Rule by Campaign: Do Laws on the Books Matter in China?

John Wagner Givens, Associate Professor of International Studies, Spelman College

Does rule of law govern behavior in China or do campaigns, scandals, and social media hold more sway? Drawing from a unique dataset of 15 million observations, we delve into environmental issues, suing the…

Where is China’s Economy Headed?

Hanming Fang, Joseph M Cohen Term Professor of Economics, University of Pennsylvania

The arc of the Chinese economy over the next ten to fifteen years will depend on three sets of forces, each of which interacts with the others: (1) Domestically, the internal political economy will determine the…

Making China Policy in Washington

Ryan Hass, Senior Fellow, Director, China Center; Chen-Fu and Cecilia Yen Koo Chair in Taiwan Studies, Brookings Institution

A new CSCC series presents speakers with experience in the processes that shape US policy on China who provide insider perspectives as they reflect on their work, their contribution to the understanding of…

Law & Political Economy in China's New Era

Tamar Groswald,  Assistant Professor, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

The talk will discuss the role of formal law in governing markets during China's "Legalized Politicization Era" (2010–present), the current era of market development in China. In this present era, the authorities…

National Committee on US-China Relations CHINA Town Hall 2023: Onsite Panel & National Live Webcast Watch Party

Nicholas Burns, U.S. Ambassador to China (webinar) & Naima Green-Riley, Junyi Lv, & Weirong Guo (onsite at Penn)

Current U.S. Ambassador to China, Nicholas Burns will be the featured speaker for CHINA Town Hall 2023, a national conversation on how the U.S.-China relationship affects our communities. From trade…

The 20th Party Congress: Toward Personalistic Autarky?

Joseph Fewsmith, Professor of International Relations and Political Science, Boston University

The Twentieth Congress of the Chinese Communist Party, held in October 2022, will go down as the congress at which Xi Jinping secured a third term, perhaps opening the way for the restoration of life-long tenure.…

Energotopia: Re-turn Communication in Energy Transition

Junyi Lv, CSCC Postdoctoral Fellow

Avoiding Economic Democracy: Parallel Legal Trajectories in the United States and China

Jedidiah Kroncke, J.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor of Law, The University of Hong Kong

Over the last forty years, the economic development of the United States and China became increasingly intertwined. Today, recriminations are made with growing vigor in the United States regarding assumptions about…

The Art of Useless: Fashion, Media, and Consumer Culture in Contemporary China

Calvin Hui, Class of 1952 Distinguished Associate Professor of Chinese Studies, College of William & Mary

My book, titled The Art of Useless: Fashion, Media, and Consumer Culture in Contemporary China, argues that popular and media…

Viewing History from the Inside: Key Episodes and Crises in US-China Relation, 1985-2020

John Culver, Former National Intelligence Officer for East Asia, retired CIA analyst. Atlantic Council Senior Fellow.

John K. Culver is a nonresident senior fellow with the Atlantic Council’s Global China Hub and a former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) senior intelligence officer with thirty-five years of experience as a leading…

‘Love Happens for a Reason in This World. So Does Hatred’: Affective Spaces as an Analytical Framework for the Study of Contemporary China

Shih-Diing Liu, Professor of Communication, University of Macau

In this presentation, I will elucidate how and why emotions and affect open up new avenues for understanding contemporary Chinese society, politics, and media. This discussion focuses on the analytical foundation for…

Critical Reflections on Thirty Years of the Internet in China

Panel Discussion

Panelists:

Shaohua Guo, Associate Professor of Chinese, Carleton College;

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Markets with Bureaucratic Characteristics: How Economic Bureaucrats Make Policies and Remake the Chinese State

Yingyao Wang, Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Virginia

Professor Wang will discuss her forthcoming book titled Markets with Bureaucratic Characteristics: How Economic Bureaucrats Make Policies and Remake the Chinese State, by Columbia University Press. Her book…