Challenges to Children’s Welfare in Contemporary China

Center for the Study of Contemporary China 5th Annual Conference

The 2017 annual conference brings together experts from diverse disciplinary backgrounds to share their views on challenges to children’s welfare in contemporary China. Topics include poverty, nutrition and…

China's Economic Statecraft in Asia and Europe

James Reilly, Associate Professor of Government and International Relations, University of Sydney

Never in world history has one government had so much control over so much wealth.Tempted by their broad authority over China’s massive economy, Chinese leaders deploy economic resources in attempts to influence…

Does Centralized Judicial Control Mitigate Local Protectionism in China?

Empirical Study of China Supreme People’s Court’s Decisions on Non-enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards (1995-2015)

Shen Wei, Dean & Professor of Law, Shandong University Law School

To fight against local protectionism in court enforcement proceedings, China’s Supreme People’s Court issued a notice requiring intermediate courts have to receive the Supreme People’s Court’s approval before…

Who Governs Multiethnic China?

Sara Newland, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Villanova University

While China’s provincial-level minority autonomous regions—and in particular Tibet and Xinjiang—receive substantial media attention, the sensitivity of ethnic politics in China makes these regions difficult to study…

Observations on China’s Judicial Reforms

Xixin Wang, Professor of Law, Peking University Law School

Xixin Wang, Vice dean and Professor of Peking University Law School, was appointed as an Associate Chief Judge of Administrative Division of Supreme People's Court of China by NPC's Standing Committee in April 2015.…

Covering China: The People and the Power

Edward Wong, Beijing Bureau Chief, The New York Times

Edward Wong, the Beijing Bureau Chief of The New York Times, talks about his nine years of reporting on China and the challenges faced by Western news organizations in an increasingly authoritarian era.

Law in Polarised Societies: Hong Kong and China

Michael Hor, Professor of Law, University of Hong Kong; Simon Young, Professor of Law, University of Hong Kong; Fu Hualing, Professor of Law, University of Hong Kong; Sun Haochen, Associate Professor of Law, University of Hong Kong

Twenty years ago, Hong Kong returned to Chinese rule under an arrangement that promised “one country, two systems.”  Today, the relationship between Hong Kong and Mainland China are often contentious, and a source of…

The Origins and Dynamics of Crony Capitalism in China: Insights from 260 Cases of Collusive Corruption

Minxin Pei, Professor of Government, Claremont McKenna College

Corruption in the post-Tiananmen era exhibits distinct characteristics not found in the 1980s, such as astronomical sums of money looted by officials, their family members, and their cronies in the private sector,…

A Conversation with the Honorable Kevin Rudd:

U.S. Policy under Xi and Trump

Featuring the Honorable Kevin Rudd, 26th Prime Minister of Australia; President, Asia Society Policy Institute. Moderated by Wharton School Dean Geoff Garrett.  

Presented in partnership by the Penn Wharton China Center, Perry World House, Center for the Study of Contemporary China and the Wharton China Business Society. 

Networking China: The Digital Transformation of the Chinese Economy

Yu Hong, Assistant Professor of Communication & Journalism, University of Southern California

In recent years, China's leaders have taken decisive action to transform information, communications, and technology (ICT) into the nation’s next pillar industry. Networking China offers an overdue examination of…