2019

Roundtable Discussion on U.S. – China Relations

Chinese Consul General Huang Ping
- CSCC Conference Room, Perelman 418, 133 S. 36th St.

Moderated by Professor Jacques DeLisle, Stephen A. Cozen Professor of Law and Professor of Political Science; Deputy…



2019

Security and US-China Relations: Differences, Dangers, and Dilemmas

CSCC 7th Annual Conference

May 2, 2019 - May 3, 2019 at - Silverman Hall 240B, Penn Law School

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Following the normalization of diplomatic relations in 1979, US-China ties have been characterized by…



2019

From Click to Boom: The Political Economy of E-commerce in China

Lizhi Liu, Assistant Professor,  McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University
- CSCC Conference Room, Perelman 418, 133 S. 36th St.

Co-sponsored by the Center for East Asian Studies



2019

Precarious Expert: Scientists, the State, and Credibility Crises During China’s GMO Controversy

Abigail Coplin, CSCC Postdoctoral Fellow
- CSCC Conference Room, Perelman 418, 133 S. 36th St.

State legitimacy and  food security have historically been deeply entwined in China. While China initially embraced genetically modified organisms (GMOs), vociferous controversy destabilized this consensus. Drawing…



2019

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   
- CSCC Conference Room, Perelman 418, 133 S. 36th St.

We are now into the third year of implementation of a new law and framework for Chinese security governance of overseas NGOs, foundations and thinktanks in China — which already has one of the largest and most…



2019

Rural E-commerce and Peasant Entrepreneurship in China

Lin Zhang, Assistant Professor of Communication and Media Studies, University of New Hampshire
- CSCC Conference Room, Perelman 418, 133 S. 36th St.

The phenomenal rise and rapid expansion of digital platforms following the 2008 economic crisis are reshaping the economy and reorganizing labor on a global scale. However, digital labor studies, in their emphasis on…



2019

U.S.-China Trade War: Causes and Consequences

- Penn Law School -147 Silverman Hall

The Trump administration has taken U.S. foreign economic policy in directions not seen since the…



2019

China’s Rise, Trade Friction, and the U.S. Response

Ambassador Charlene Barshefsky, United States Trade Representative, 1997-2001 Senior International Partner, Wilmer Hale
- Rm. 350, Steinberg-Dietrich Hall, 3620 Locust Walk

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…



2019

US-China Relations: A New Era of Bipolarity?

Yan Xuetong, Professor of International Relations, Tsinghua University
- Rm. 250, Perelman Center for Political Science and Economics, 133 S. 36th St.

While work in international relations has closely examined the decline of great powers, not much attention has been paid to the question of their rise. The upward trajectory of China is a particularly puzzling case.…



2019

Migration and Popular Resistance in Rural China

Yao Lu, Associate Professor of Sociology, Columbia University
- CSCC Conference Room, Perelman 418, 133 S. 36th St.

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…