2019

Elite Kinship Network and State Strengthening: Theory and Evidence from Imperial China

Yuhua Wang, Associate Professor of Government, Harvard University
- CSCC Conference Room, Perelman 418, 133 S. 36th St.

Existing theories of state strengthening focus on macro-level factors and assume away individual-level differences among politicians. But state strengthening has distributive consequences that impose more costs on…



2019

Protesting for Democracy, Locally and Globally

The World Today Series
Sarah Bush, Lightning Scholar at Perry World House, Associate Professor of Political Science at Yale University; Jacques deLisle, Stephen A. Cozen Professor of Law, University of Pennsylvania; Jocelyn Perry, Global Shifts Program Manager, Perry World House.
- Perry World House, Social Policy Lab, 3803 Locust Walk

This edition of The World Today will speak to the global pro-democracy protests taking place…



2019

Landscape for Urban Growth: Suzhou Industrial Park as Case Study of China's Urbanization Movement

Zhongjie Lin, Associate Professor of City and Regional Planning, PennDesign
- CSCC Conference Room, Perelman 418, 133 S. 36th St.

This presentation is part of Dr. Lin's ongoing book project on China’s urbanization movement and…



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

Conference Papers Download Link

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…