How the COVID-19 Outbreak in China Spiraled Out of Control: Agency, Cognition, and the Politics of Information
Dali Yang, William Claude Reavis Professor of Political Science, University of Chicago
In this book talk, Dali Yang, author of Wuhan: How the COVID-19 Outbreak in China Spiraled Out of Control(…
Whither the U.S. One China Policy? Perceptions, Interests, and Tensions over the Taiwan Strait
Dalei Jie, Associate Professor of International Studies, Peking University
In recent years, China has accused the U.S. of “hollowing out” its own one China policy, while the Biden administration has insisted that its one China policy has not changed. The talk establishes an analytical…
Disorienting Politics: Chimerican Media and Transpacific Entanglements
Fan Yang, Professor of Media and Communication Studies, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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The War for Chinese Talent in America: The Politics of Technology and Knowledge in Sino-U.S. Relations
David Zweig, Professor Emeritus, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Professor Zweig discusses his new book The War for Chinese Talent in America: The Politics of Technology and Knowledge…
Deadly Decision in Beijing: Succession Politics, Protest Repression and the 1989 Tiananmen Massacre
Yang Su, Professor of Sociology, UC Irvine
Professor Su discussed his recent book Deadly Decision in Beijing: Succession Politics, Protest Repression and the 1989…
The Gilded Cage: Technology, Development, and State Capitalism in China
Ya-Wen Lei, Professor of Sociology, Harvard University
Based on her book The Gilded Cage, Professor Lei will…
Do Elections Reduce Local Capture?: Evidence from Rural China
YAO Yang, Professor of Economics, National School of Development, Peking University
Professor Yao discusses electoral reform in rural China, and investigates whether elections reduce local capture. Exploring a comprehensive dataset spanning from 1986 to 2008, the period when the reform rolled out…
Planning Healthy Cities in China
Wang Lan, Chair Professor of Healthy City Science and Planning, Tongji University
Co-sponsored by Penn Institute of Urban Research
Professor Lan Wang’s research focuses on the mechanisms of urban built environment affecting…
WeChat, Diaspora, and a New Chinese Transnationalism
Wanning Sun, Professor of Media and Cultural Anthropology, University of Technology, Sydney
Co-sponsored by Center on Digital Culture and Society, Annenberg School for Communication…
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 new book titled Markets with Bureaucratic Characteristics: How Economic Bureaucrats…
