Racing to the bottom and to the top: divergent environmental governance strategies in China's cities
Peter Lorentzen, Assistant Professor of Political Science, UC Berkeley
China’s fiscal decentralization has been praised as an important driver of its economic growth. Inter-jurisdictional competition has arguably incentivized officials to promote economic development. However,…
China Education Workshop
Organized by Professor Emily Hannum, Department of Sociology
Session 1: Disparities in Opportunity and Outcome
Session 2: Internet as Informal Education
Session 3: Teachers and Teaching
Session 4: Schools and Socialization
Current Developments in China's Elite Politics
Cheng Li, Director and Senior Fellow, The John L. Thornton China Center, Brookings Institution; Joseph Fewsmith, Professor of International Relations and Political Science, Boston University
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Sovereignty Costs and China’s Socialization into International Society: Evidence from China’s Approach to Hard Law
Jing Tao, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Princeton-Harvard China and the World Program (CWP) Commentator, William W. Burke-White, Richard Perry Professor of Law , Inaugural Director, Perry World House, University of Pennsylvania
This study uses three types of hard law with mandatory dispute settlement mechanism, i.e. bilateral investment treaties (BITs), the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), and the Rome Statute of…
Cybersecurity and US-China Relations
James Mulvenon, Vice President, Intelligence Division, Defense Group Inc.
Cyber issues, including industrial espionage, Internet censorship, technology protectionism, and network warfare, are now at the top of the US-China strategic agenda. Dr. James Mulvenon, author of …
(CANCELLED) A New Stage of Social Science Data Collection in China
Professor Weidong Wang, Department of Sociology, Renmin University, China
In recent years, the arising of academic survey data has brought the social-economic fundamental data collection in China into a new stage. Around 2010, several Chinese Universities respectively started their…
Promoting Social Progress in China Through NGOs
Song Qinghua, President of Shining Stone Community Action (SSCA)
Song Qinghua is a renowned NGO leader and president of Shining Stone Community Action, the NGO she founded in 2002. Song Qinghua has been focusing on social innovation and participatory governance since 2002…
The US and China in the 21st Century
2014-2015 CSCC Annual Public Lecture
Hon. Kurt M. Campbell, Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs (2009-2013)
Kurt M. Campbell is the Founding Partner, Chairman, and Chief Executive Officer of The Asia Group. He also serves as Co-Chairman of the Board of the Center for a New American Security, an independent director on the…
The Quiet Disappearance of China’s Boldest Newspaper
Kecheng Fang, Doctoral Student, Annenberg School for Communication Commentator: Maria Repnikova, Postdoctoral Fellow, Annenberg School for Communication Moderator: Prof. Guobin Yang, Annenberg School for Communication
This January marks the second anniversary of the Southern Weekly (Nanfang Zhoumo) incident. As a former journalist at Southern Weekly who experienced the incident, Annenberg School doctoral student Kecheng Fang…