Productive Censorship, Profitable Surveillance: New Insights on Cyber-politics in China
Bo Mai, Ph.D candidate in Communication and Sociology, University of Pennsylvania; Thomas Chen, Ph.D. candidate in Comparative Literature, University of California, Los Angeles. Moderator: Guobin Yang, Professor of Communication and Sociology, University of Pennsylvania
Internet censorship in China is a matter of grave concern among both citizens and scholars. Many studies have documented its multiple and sophisticated forms. The two speakers on this panel bring fresh insights…
Feminist Activism in China: A Discussion with Lu Pin and Xie Bin
Lu Pin, Project manager of Media Monitor for Women Network, editor-in-chief of Feminist Voices, and a leading feminist activist focusing on gender equality, violence against women, and issues of gender and the media； Xie Bin, Executive director of Zhongzhou Yirenping, and a colleague of three of the detained feminist activists.
Feminist activists in China have resorted to new media, forms of "street theatre" and other tactics to publicize and protest domestic violence, gender discrimination and other issues. Five leading members of China's…
China’s Economic Statecraft in North Korea
Dr. James Reilly, Senior Lecturer, Department of Government and International Relations, University of Sydney
Since 2005, Chinese officials have successfully encouraged Chinese companies to expand trade and investment in North Korea through diplomatic support, infrastructure projects, foreign aid, and investment…
Departing from the Beaten Path: International Education as Response to Barriers, Stress and Risk in the Chinese Educational System
Natalie Young, Ph.D. Student, Department of Sociology
China represents an extreme case of larger trends in the internationalization of education. In recent years, this has included the emergence of international schools for Chinese nationals in…
Who Believes The People's Daily? Bias and Credibility in Authoritarian Media.
Rory Truex, Assistant Professor of Politics and Public Affairs, Princeton University
How do citizens living in authoritarian contexts perceive and process state-controlled news? Building on existing research on media bias in the U.S. context, this paper uses a unique survey experiment of…
Unpacking China's New Court Reform Plan
Moderator: Jacques deLisle, Stephen A. Cozen Professor of Law & Professor of Political Science, University of Pennsylvania; Speaker: Susan Finder, Visiting Fellow, Center for Chinese Law, University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law; Commentator: Neysun Mahboubi, Research Scholar, Center for the Study of Contemporary China, University of Pennsylvania
The Supreme People's Court of China has recently publicized its new Five Year Reform Plan, outlining various steps for improving the "independence of judicial power", even while categorically rejecting "Western…
The Internalization of Institutional Constraints: Barriers to Inter-organizational Collaboration among Chinese NGOs
Ran Liu, Ph.D. Student, Department of Sociology
Based on in-depth interviews and observational data from NGO practitioners in China, this study examines the practice of inter-organizational collaboration and the impact of…
East Asian Regionalism, China, and US: is the Pacific wide enough for US and China?
Shiping Tang, Professor at the School of International Relations and Public Affairs, Fudan Univeristy, Shanghai, China
Terrorism Challenges in China
Phil Potter, Assistant Professor, Department of Politics, University of Virginia
The Chinese government is increasingly challenged by mounting problems with militancy and terrorism emanating from the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. China’s economic and political emergence has…
Understanding the Event-Transformed Social Structure of Sino-Japanese Relations
Ming Wan, Professor of Government and Politics, George Mason University
The contemporary Sino-Japanese relationship can best be understood as being shaped by the social structures the two nations have constructed, which continue to be challenged by material and ideational forces. The…
