China's Long Quest for Democracy: A Historical Institutional Perspective

Dr. Lin Gang, Professor of Political Science, Shanghai Jiao Tong University’s School of International and Public Affairs

Dr. Lin Gang discusses his new book China's Long Quest for Democracy: A Historical Institutional Perspective. Conceptualizing China as a country…

Looking at State-Society Relations in China through the Lens of Homeowners’ Association Movements

Lei CHEN, Associate Professor and Associate Dean, City University of Hong Kong School of Law

The past two decades have witnessed increased levels of private homeownership and domestic protest in China, despite a growing economy and rising living standards. While the literature on resistance has…

What happens in the wombs under the dome? Air pollution in China and fetal development and birth outcomes

Dr. Zhao Qingguo, Guangdong Women and Children Hospital and Guangzhou Medical University

Qingguo Zhao is the Vice President of Guangdong Women and Children Hospital, in Guangdong Province, South China, and Professor in Guangzhou Medical University. His general research interest is in women's and children…

Anti-Corruption Reforms and Shareholder Valuations: Event Study Evidence from China

Bernie Yeung,  Stephen Raidy Distinguished Professor of Finance and Strategic Management, National University of Singapore Business School  

Chinese share prices rose sharply on the Politburo’s Dec. 4th 2012 announcement of its Eight-point Regulation, an uncharacteristically detailed and concrete Party policy, initiating an extensive anti-corruption…

Cyber HIV/AIDS Civil Space and the Role of 'Tongzhi' Grass-root Organizations in China

Prof. CAO Jin,  Fudan University School of Journalism,  Fulbright scholar at Harvard-Yenching Institute

This talk will focus on the production of queer cyberspace and the “Tongzhi” grassroots organizations which started to emerge at the beginning of twenty-first century as an alternative form of social…

Is China trying to push the U.S. out of East Asia？

Wang Dong, Associate Professor of International Relations, Peking University

Is China trying to push the United States out of East Asia and build a China-dominated regional order? The answer to this question will to a great extent determine whether or not the future trajectory of the…

Chinese Citizen or Global Citizen?

Cosmopolitanism and Nationalism among Chinese Students Enrolled in a Canadian Curriculum High School in Beijing

Natalie Young, Ph.D student, Department of Sociology

Although most social scientists recognize that the nation-state continues to regulate the beliefs, actions, and behaviors of its citizens, others suggest that increased transnational mobility and cross-cultural…

China Outbound Business: Opportunities and Challenges

Dr. Wang Huiyao, Founder and President, Center for China & Globalization

With China’s newly launched "One Belt and one Road" strategic policy approach and the upcoming 13th Five-Year Planning period, the globalization of Chinese enterprises will have rapid growth. What types of…

Bending the Arc of Chinese History: The Cultural Revolution’s Unexpected Legacy

Andrew Walder, Denise O'Leary and Kent Thiry Professor, Stanford University; Guobin Yang, Associate Professor of Sociology and Communication, University of Pennsylvania

In the decades since its end, the Cultural Revolution has never been forgotten in China. But it is remembered selectively, and what is remembered depends on who does the remembering and when and is highly contested.…

Atomized Incorporation: State-Labor Relations in Contemporary China

Sungmin Rho, CSCC postdoctoral fellow

The Chinese regime has experienced an increasing number of labor protests that involve migrant workers since the mid-2000s. This talk addresses why the Chinese regime has growingly become tolerant of the…