2014

From the Great Wall to Many City Walls: China's hukou system and its reform

Professor Fei-Ling Wang, Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, Georgia Institute of Technology
CSCC Conference Room, Fisher-Bennett 345

Created in the 1950s, the hukou (户口 household registration) system has been a foundational…



2014

Making Sense of a Fast-Changing China

Jeff Wasserstrom, Chancellor's Professor of History (and Professor of Law, by courtesy), University of California at Irvine Editor, Journal of Asian Studies
Foreign Policy Research Institute, 1528 Walnut Street, Suite 610

Professor Wassersrtom will address some of the key claims he makes in his book China in the 21st Century: What Everyone Needs to Know (Oxford University Press, 2010, with an updated edition last summer…



2014

Is No Place Safe from the Long-arm of Chinese Law?

China’s Attempt to Pierce Corporate Veils and Capture Revenue Abroad
Shen Wei, Professor of Law, Shanghai Jiaotong University Law School
CSCC Conference Room, Fisher-Bennett Hall 345

The talk examines how Chinese tax authorities apply the corporate law doctrine of veil-piercing in an extraterritorial manner in the context of cross-border transactions. The analysis considers, from both…



2014

From Domestic to International: The Evolution of Chinese NGO

Jennifer Hsu, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science at the University of Alberta, Canada.
CSCC Conference Room, Fisher-Bennett 345

Interest in China’s role as an international development actor has surged due to China’s growing presence across the developing world. While much of the media and scholarly…



2014

Is Xi Jinping Changing China's Course? Reforms Under the New Leadership in Beijing

 
Irvine Auditorium, Amado Recital Hall

In November 2013 China's ruling Communist Party, headed by Xi Jinping, held a widely anticipated meeting of its central committee.  This plenary session approved a sixty…



2014

The Political Process of Chinese Land: Partial Reform, Vested Interests and Small Properties

Shitong Qiao, J.S.D. Candidate, Yale Law School; Research Scholar, U.S.-Asia Law Institute of New York University School of Law
CSCC Conference Room, Fisher-Bennett 345

This article investigates the history of land use reform in China and proves that the so-called rural land problem is the consequence of China’s partial land use…



2014

The Trail From Xinjiang

Documentary Screening & Meet with the Director
Chen Dongnan, Film Director
CSCC Conference Room, Fisher-Bennett 345

Musa and his friends, all men, all young, all from Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region on China's northwestern border, now wander great cities in the East talking, shooting up, remembering home and practicing the one…



2014

East Asia Island Wars

Penn Faculty
JMHH 340

PANELISTS:
Prof. Jacque deLisle, Stephen A. Cozen Professor of Law and Professor of Political Science
Prof. Avery Goldstein, David M.…



2014

“Good" Censor vs. “Bad" Censor---The Effects of Perceived Censorship Attempt Initiated by Different Sources on Censorship acceptance, Rumor Processing, and Evaluation of Government among Chinese Netizens

Sijia Yang, Ph.D. Student, Annenberg School of Communication, University of Pennsylvania 
CSCC Conference Room, Fisher-Bennett Hall 345

China’s virtual public sphere is susceptible to negative consequences of low-quality information and online censorship. The censorship policy as currently adopted and constantly reinforced by the Chinese…



2014

Revising the Law-Growth Hypothesis: a case study of reform-era China

Alice Xie, College of Arts and Sciences '14
CSCC Conference Room, Fisher-Bennett 345

The law-growth hypothesis, which holds that the rule of law is essential to economic growth, has been a cornerstone of development and political thought for decades. China, which has broken historic records in GDP…