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
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…
The Trail From Xinjiang
Documentary Screening & Meet with the Director
Chen Dongnan, Film Director
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…
East Asia Island Wars
Penn Faculty
PANELISTS:
Prof. Jacque deLisle, Stephen A. Cozen Professor of Law and Professor of Political Science
Prof. Avery Goldstein, David M.…
“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
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…
Revising the Law-Growth Hypothesis: a case study of reform-era China
Alice Xie, College of Arts and Sciences '14
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…
China in Multilateral Governance: Invest, Hold-up, or Accept?
Margaret Pearson, Professor of Government and Politics, University of Maryland
Margaret M. Pearson is Professor of Government and Politics at the University of Maryland, College Park, where she is a specialist in Chinese domestic political economy and Chinese foreign economic policy. She…
Age of Ambition: Chasing Fortune, Truth, and Faith in the New China
2013-2014 CSCC Annual Public Lecture
Evan Osnos New Yorker China Correspondent
Evan Osnos joined The New Yorker as a staff writer in 2008. He is the magazine’s correspondent…
Criminal Procedure and Criminal Law Reform in China:
Legalizing the Tools of Repression or Safeguarding Human Rights?
Criminal law and procedure reform is a highly sensitive issue since it implicates judicial justice and protection of human rights. China revised its Criminal Procedure Law in 2012 and it was viewed a significant step…
Preparing for the Ocean Century: China's Changing Political Institutions for Ocean Governance and Maritime Development
Tabitha Mallory, Postdoctoral Fellow, Princeton-Harvard China and the World Program, Princeton University
Everyone has heard the 21st century referred to as the “Chinese century.” Yet the Chinese are also calling the 21st century the “ocean century.” Last year, China announced plans to consolidate four of its five…
The Political Hierarchy of Censorship: Blocking and Unblocking Party Officials on Sina Weibo Before and After the 18th CCP National Congress
Pierre Landry, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Pittsburgh
