China’s War on Poverty: Winning at What Cost?
Qin Gao, Professor of Social Policy and Social Work, Columbia University
The Chinese government has set the ambitious goal of eradicating poverty by 2020. Will this goal be achieved, and at what cost? Drawing from her book,…
Censored: Distraction and Diversion Inside China's Great Firewall
Margaret Roberts, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of California San Diego
As authoritarian governments around the world develop sophisticated technologies for controlling information, many observers have predicted that these controls would be ineffective because they are easily thwarted…
Roundtable Discussion on Judicial Reform in China
Fu Yulin, Professor of Civil Law, Peking University
Since 2013, China's Supreme People's Court under Chief Justice Zhou Qiang has pushed forward a number of judicial…
Understanding China's Increasing Role in Global Clean Energy Innovation
Joanna Lewis, Associate Professor of Science, Technology and International Affairs, Georgetown University
China’s rapid rise to become the largest investor in and user of clean energy technologies in the world has simultaneously cast it as both an international climate leader and an unfair competitor. How is China…
2019
Courts, Law, and Politics in the United States and Asia
Scholars, jurists, and policy-makers in every major jurisdiction in Asia are debating, and sometimes reforming, the selection and appointment of judges, the role of specialized courts, the autonomy and accountability…
Roundtable Discussion with Chu Shulong: China’s Foreign Relations Today
Chu Shulong, Professor of Political Science and International Relations, Tsinghua University
Dr. Chu Shulong is a Professor of Political Science and International Relations at the School of…
The Developing World of Arbitration and Trade Dynamics in Asia
Weixia Gu, Associate Professor of Law, University of Hong Kong; Pasha Hsieh, Associate Professor of Law, Singapore Management University
Weixia Gu is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law, The University of Hong Kong (HKU). Originated from Shanghai, she obtained her MCL and SJD degrees from HKU. Prior to joining the Faculty of…
China Today: Viewed by a New Wave of Scholars
2019 Penn Symposium on Contemporary China
The Penn Symposium on Contemporary China (PSCC) is an annual event organized by undergraduate students from the University of Pennsylvania. The 2019 Symposium will take place…
Economic Impacts of the US-China Trade Conflict on Developing Asia and the US
Bart Édes, Asian Development Bank Representative for North America
The 2018 trade conflict between the United States and the People’s Republic of China has affected not only bilateral…
Is 'New Malaysia' real or sustainable?
A critical assessment on Malaysia’s social divide and political system
Dr. Chin-Huat Wong, Penang Institute
When democracy went wrong in so many countries, Malaysia's peaceful regime change in May 2019 that ended the world's…
