Politically Connected Polluters Under Smog
Yuhua Wang, Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Pennsylvania
I conducted an event study of an exogenous pollution shock–smog in the winter of 2013–to examine how the market values of firms in polluting industries and environmental protecting industries, respectively,…
Introduction to the People's Liberation Army
Ken Allen, Senior China Analyst, Defense Group Inc.
The one-hour briefing provides an overview of the People's Liberation Army's history, doctrine, organizational structure, personnel issues, foreign affairs, and levels of conflict.
Ken Allen…
The State of Legal Development In China:
Issues and Evidence
Leading scholars from Renmin University will address key areas vital to China’s legal development. U.S.-based experts in these areas and U.S.-based scholars of Chinese law will offer commentary from comparative and cross-disciplinary perspectives.
9:00-9:15 Registration
9:15-10:00 Welcome, Opening Remarks and Introduction to …
Corruption in the Procurement of Pharmaceuticals and Medical Equipment in China:
Are Multinationals Especially Vulnerable?
Susan Rose-Ackerman， Henry R. Luce Professor of Jurisprudence (Law and Political Science), Yale University
Calls for reform of the Chinese healthcare system are voiced at the highest levels, and reform efforts are ongoing and fast changing. Healthcare is an essential service provided by professionals to poorly informed…
Asian Designs: Risen Powers and the Struggle for International Governance
Saadia M. Pekkanen, Job and Gertrud Tamaki Associate Professor, Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington
* Open to all, lunch provided.
Can China Resolve its Labor Question by Improving Labor Standards?
The Regulatory Response to Labor Unrest
Cynthia Estlund, Catherine A. Rein Professor of Law, New York University School of Law
China's initial and preferred strategy for abating labor unrest was to legislate labor standards and improve access to judicial and arbitral enforcement of individual rights claims under the law. …
Promoting Good Governance and the Rule of Law in China: How does a Chinese scholar build global teams to make a difference?
Mei Gechlik, Founder and Director of Stanford Law School’s China Guiding Cases Project; Founder and President of Good Governance International
Dr. Mei Gechlik is Founder and Director of Stanford Law School’s China Guiding Cases Project (“CGCP”) as well as Founder and President of Good Governance International (“GGI”). Approximately three years ago, Dr…
Why Food Safety Fails in China: The Politics of Scale
John Yasada, Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for the Study of Contemporary ChinaCommentator: Song Hualin, Professor, Nankai University Law School; Visiting Scholar, Yale China Law Center
This article examines China’s food safety failures to cast light on how scale has deeply affected its regulatory politics. Contrary to studies that highlight China’s food safety challenges primarily resulting…
Repression Backfires：
Tactical Radicalization and Protest Spectacle in Rural China
Kevin O'Brien, Alann P. Bedford Professor of Asian Studies and Professor of Political Science, UC Berkeley
In spring 2005, villagers in Dongyang County, Zhejiang were unhappy. For four years, they had been complaining about pollution emitted by 13 factories located in the…
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
Created in the 1950s, the hukou (户口 household registration) system has been a foundational…