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,…
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…
