China’s Green Development and the Rule of Law
Alex Wang, Assistant Professor of Law , UCLA
For many years, environmental protection seemed a mere afterthought in China. As its economy exploded, China’s skies darkened and the rivers ran black. By just about any measure, China had become quite simply the…
Information for Autocrats: Representation in Chinese Local Congresses
Melanie Manion,Vor Broker Family Professor of Political Science, Duke University
Drawing on qualitative fieldwork and data analysis of original probability surveys of 5,130 local congressmen and women and their constituents, Melanie Manion shows how and why the priorities and problems of ordinary…
CHINA Town Hall: Local Connections, National Reflections
Discussion via Webcast with Henry Kissinger, Former Secretary of State
China’s rapid emergence as a global player and potential partner on many U.S. policy priorities has ensured that the Sino-American relationship will have a direct impact on the lives of nearly everyone in both…
Making Bureaucracy Work: Patronage Networks and Administrative Performance in China
Junyan Jiang, Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for the Study of Contemporary China
The conventional wisdom about bureaucratic effectiveness draws a sharp distinction between the high-performing Weberian bureaucracy and the low-performing patrimonial type. This dichotomous view, however, fails to…
2016
CSCC 4th Annual Conference
The U.S., China, and International Law
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China’s growing power and deepening engagement in the international system are among…
(Self-)Disciplining the Corporation: FCPA Practice, Compliance, and Global Anti-Corruption Regimes in China
Matt Erie, Associate Professor of Modern Chinese Studies, University of Oxford
An expansive literature examines the question of norm diffusion and legal transplantation, particularly in regards to democracy, transparency, and human rights, in the developing world, and, especially, China. To the…
The Revolutionary Ethic and the Spirit of Factionalism in the Chinese Cultural Revolution
Guobin Yang, Associate Professor of Sociology and Communication, University of Pennsylvania
From 1966 to 1968, students and workers in urban China were embroiled in deadly factional battles in what many of them believed to be a revolution of a lifetime – the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution. In the…
Whither Reform in China?: An Insider's Perspective
Jingzhou Tao, Managing Partner, Dechert LLP
Jingzhou Tao is the Managing Partner responsible for developing the Asia Practice of Dechert LLP. He has advised many Fortune 500 companies on…
China's national identity discourse and foreign policy
Yinan He, Department of International Relations, Associate Professor, Lehigh University
The Presence of the Past in a Fast-Changing China
Jeff Wasserstrom, Chancellor's Professor of History, UC Irvine
This talk will draw on material from the author's new edited volume, The Oxford Illustrated History of Modern China,…
