Income and Wealth Inequality in China

Yu Xie, Bert G. Kerstetter '66 University Professor of Sociology and PIIRS, Princeton University

In this presentation, Professor Xie reviews results from his research program on income and wealth inequality in contemporary China, drawing on newly available survey data collected by several Chinese university…

Post-socialist urban marriages: (Re)verticalization of family loyalties in urban Shanghai

Deborah Davis, Professor of Sociology, Yale University

Reading: Davis, Deborah S. (2014). "…

Renminbi internationalization—and regulation—and what it means for Western financial markets

Chris Brummer,  Professor and Director, Institute of International Economic Law, Georgetown University

Chris Brummer is a visiting professor at Penn Law this semester where he teaches a course on international financial regulation.  He is also the Director of the Institute of International Economic…

Rural-urban Migration and the Cognitive and Emotional Development of Middle Schoolers in China

Lingxin Hao, Professor of Sociology, Johns Hopkins University

China’s unprecedented rural-urban migration adds profound complications to the entrenched rural-urban spatial inequality in the cognitive and emotional development of middle schoolers.…

Are the Masses Critical?

Influence of Online Public Comments on Legislation in China

Shuhao FanCandidate for B.A. in Philosophy, Politics and Economics and French Studies    University of Pennsylvania | Class of 2016

Without free elections and meaningful voting, China’s authoritarian legislature has traditionally been viewed as irresponsive to its citizens. Surprisingly, the recently emerged online public comment procedure,…

2015 China and International Relations Graduate Research Workshop

Organizer: Hyun-Binn Cho, Ph.D Candidate, Political Science Department, University of Pennsylvania; Co-Organizers: Brian C. Chao and Chris Liu

This workshop brings together advanced graduate students from around the country conducting research on China and international relations. The objective is to create a forum of mutual exchange for developing…

Are Only Children More Depressed?: Evidence from China’s One Child Policy

Albert Park, Professor of Economics, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology

This paper examines the causal effect of growing up as an only child on subjective well-being outcomes, with the latter measured by elevated depressive symptoms and self-rated happiness. Considering the endogeneity…

The China Challenge: Shaping The Choices of A Rising Power

Thomas Christensen, William P. Boswell Professor of World Politics of Peace and War, Princeton University

Many see China as a rival superpower to the United States and imagine…

Critical Journalists and the State in China: The Case of Guarded Improvisation

Maria Repnikova, Postdoctoral Fellow, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania

This talk introduces the key findings from Dr. Repnikova’s book project on the relations between China’s critical journalists and the party-state in the past decade. It explains how critical journalists who…

Social Welfare under Authoritarianism: The Politics and Policy of Social Health Insurance in China

Xian Huang, Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for the Study of Contemporary China

Contrary to the received wisdom that the welfare state is a feature associated with democracies, social welfare in China has undergone a dramatic expansion over the past decade without democratization or significant…