How the Chinese Communist Party Has Struggled with Managing Public Opinion and the Administration of Criminal Justice in the Internet Age
Ira Belkin, Executive Director, U.S.-Asia Law Institute
It is common in the United States and other societies for the public to focus on how justice should be served in individual cases and, occasionally, even to take to the streets to demand or protest a particular…
Strait and Narrower?: Beijing’s Flight Paths, Taiwan’s International Space, and Regional Security
Jacques deLisle, Scott Kastner, Wojtek Wolfe, Thomas J. Shattuck
Last month, China adopted new civilian aircraft flight paths over the Taiwan Strait, near Taiwan-controlled islands, without consulting Taiwan’s government. Several months earlier, Beijing began dispatching…
The Legacy of Beijing’s Sunshine Policy with Chinese Characteristics: What are the Implications for the U.S. Policy towards North Korea?
Dr. John Park, Director, Korea Working Group, Harvard Kennedy School
The complex relationship between Beijing and Pyongyang remains largely under-examined. In the first part, this talk will explore how the Communist Party of China has been trying to rebuild its relationship with the…
China in Latin America: Origins, Strategy, and Geopolitical Implications
Iacob Koch-Weser, China Trade Enforcement Analyst, Office of the US Trade Representative; Margaret Myers, Director, Latin America & the World Program, Inter-American Dialogue
Over the past decade, China’s influence in Latin America has increased significantly. While the nature and scope of its growing political and economic clout varies considerably across the region, there…
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Commemorating the Life of Professor Luo Haocai
Professor Luo Haocai, who passed away in Beijing on the morning of February 12th, was one of the most significant and consequential figures in the development of modern Chinese law, especially in the field of…
A Revisionist Stakeholder: China and the Post-WWII World Order
Suisheng (Sam) Zhao, Professor of International Studies, University of Denver
Taking advantage of President Trump’s isolationism, President Xi Jinping has vowed to provide “China solution” to the globalization, raising the question if China is to undermine or replace the US-led world order. I…
Anti-Discrimination Law and Social Activism in China: Gender in Employment and Other Issues
Xiaonan Liu, Professor of Law, Institute for Human Rights, China University of Political Science and Law; Yizhi Huang, Attorney, Beijing Yirenping Center
China’s laws and international treaties that China has joined prohibit or limit discrimination in employment on the basis of gender, ethnicity, disability, rural residency, or having an infectious disease. Victims…
The Political Mobility of China's Central State-owned Enterprise Leaders
Wendy Leutert, Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for the Study of Contemporary China
CSCC Post-doctoral Fellow Wendy Leutert will present her research and original data on the political mobility of China's central state-owned enterprise leaders. Under the Hu Jintao administration, these leaders…
Establishing the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank: A Lawyer's View
Natalie Lichtenstein, Inaugural General Counsel, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) opened for business in 2016, as a $100 billion multilateral development bank that finances public and private infrastructure projects for Asia. AIIB’s…
