2024

The Unmaking of the Chinese Working Class

Teemu Ruskola, Professor of Law, Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, University of Pennsylvania
- CSCC Conference Room, PCPSE Room 418, 133 S. 36th St

This talk draws on a book project by the same title. It seeks to offer a structural account of the remarkable political and economic transformation of the Chinese working class since 1949. My title is a deliberate…



2024

China's State-Owned Enterprises: Leadership, Reform, and Internationalization

Wendy Leutert, Assistant Professor of International Studies, Indiana University
- CSCC Conference Room, PCPSE Room 418, 133 S. 36th St

Why do Chinese state-owned enterprises routinely respond to central-level goals and policies in different ways, and why do their reform trajectories vary across firms and over time? This talk introduces a leadership…



2024

Thirty Years of the Internet in China: A Retrospective (Part II)

Mar 2, 2024 - Mar 3, 2024 at - Virtual Event

Jointly organized by Center on Digital Culture and Society and Center for the Study of Contemporary China, University of Pennsylvania.

March 2, 8:00-10:15pm ET

Matt…



2024

The 20th Party Congress: Toward Personalistic Autarky?

Joseph Fewsmith, Professor of International Relations and Political Science, Boston University
- CSCC Conference Room, PCPSE Room 418, 133 S. 36th St

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.…



2024

Freedom Undone: The Assault on Liberal Values and Institutions in Hong Kong

Michael Davis, Global Fellow, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
- CSCC Conference Room, PCPSE Room 418, 133 S. 36th St

A lot has been written about the 2019 protests in Hong Kong and the aggressive police crackdown offered in response. Much less has been written about the more severe assault on liberal values and institutions that…



2024

The Domestic Sources of the Deterioration in US-China Relations

DA Wei, Professor of International Relations, Director of the Center for International Security and Strategy, Tsinghua University
- CSCC Conference Room, PCPSE Room 418, 133 S. 36th St

Domestic conditions have changed in dramatic fashion in both the US and China over the past two decades, leading to major shifts in domestic outlook and strategies. This talk will examine these shifts, respectively,…



2024

Outsourcing Repression: Everyday State Power in Contemporary China

Lynette Ong, Professor of Political Science, University of Toronto
- CSCC Conference Room, PCPSE Room 418, 133 S. 36th St

How do states coerce citizens into compliance while simultaneously minimizing backlash? In Outsourcing…



2024

China's Gambit: The Calculus of Coercion

Ketian Zhang, Assistant Professor of International Security, George Mason University
- CSCC Conference Room, PCPSE Room 418, 133 S. 36th St

Professor Ketian Zhang discusses her new book, China's Gambit: The Calculus of Coercion (Cambridge University…



2024

Hostage Diplomacy and U.S.-China Relations: The Legacy of The Peking Express

James Zimmerman, Partner, Perkins Coie LLP
- PCPSE Room 200, 133 S. 36th St

Co-organized by Center for East Asian Studies

We are pleased to announce a book talk by Beijing-based author and lawyer James Zimmerman about his book, The…



2024

Foreign Law Firms in China in 2024: Opportunities and Challenges

James Zimmerman, Partner, Perkins Coie LLP
- CSCC Conference Room, PCPSE Room 418, 133 S. 36th St

James Zimmerman is a partner in the Beijing office of Perkins Coie LLP and has worked in China since 1998. He is the author of the ABA's China Law Deskbook, now in its fourth edition, and was elected to four…