Gender and Professional Career: The Feminization of Judges in China

Sida Liu, Assistant Professor of Sociology and Law, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Since the 1990s, the number of women in Chinese courts has been increasing steadily. More importantly, many female judges have risen to mid-level leadership positions, such as division chiefs, in the judicial…

I Am From Xinjiang

Kurbanjan Samat, Photographer, Central China TV

Kurbanjan Samat  is of Uyghur nationality, born in Hotan, Xinjiang. He is a member of China Photographers Association, China Folklore Photographic Association(CFPA), member of China Uyghur History and Culture…

Internationalization of the Renminbi? -- Prospects and Challenges

Shen Wei, Professor of Law, Shanghai Jiaotong University Law School 

"Internationalization" of the Renminbi has been an important economic and foreign policy goal for China. And it is a precondition to China's currency becoming a…

Ruling Before the Law: The Politics of Legal Regimes in China and Indonesia

William Hurst, Associate Professor of Political Science, Northwestern University

"Ruling Before the Law" begins by arguing that in order to understand the politics of legal institutions in authoritarian, socialist, and post-colonial contexts, we must abandon teleological frameworks such as the…

CSCC 3rd Annual Conference

China in a Changing World

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Penn China Center's third annual…

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…