CSCC 1st Annual Conference

“China’s Challenges: The Road Ahead”

Four panels, papers presented by twelve leading scholars followed by comments from expert discussants and open Q&A

Twelve experts on political, social, economic, and legal developments in contemporary China and its role in the world present papers examining key issues for China in…

Fragmented Liberalization:

Sub-National Government Autonomy and the Auto Industry in Post-WTO Era China

Seung-Youn Oh, Ph.D.Postdoctoral Research FellowCenter for the Study of Contemporary China

How effective are international agreements and multinational corporations in promoting liberalization in emerging economies such as China? Focusing on China’s burgeoning automotive…

Politicized Challenges, De-Politicized Responses:

Political Monitoring in China’s Transitions

Professor Hualing Fu, University of Hong Kong and Bok Visiting International Professor at Penn Law

Regime strategies for maintaining political control are evolving in contemporary China. The Chinese Communist Party faces increasingly politicized challenges today. The CCP’s response has been a paradigmatic shift…

Public Opinion Barometer:

How to Aggregate and Analyze Fragmented Online Information in China

Guoming Yu, Associate Dean of School of Journalism and Communication at Renmin University of China and the Director of the Public Opinion Research Center

Baidu (www.baidu.com), as the top Chinese web services company, covers more than 95% of internet users in China. There are more than 4 billion search requests via Baidu…

China's New Leadership: People and Priorities

Alice Miller, Stanford University, Hoover Institution

The recently closed 12th National People's Congress completes a generational transition in China's leadership that began with the 18th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party last November. Who are China's…

China’s National Security Strategy and East Asian Security

Xia Liping, Dean and Professor of School of Political Science & International Relations at Tongji University, China.

It was the first time when China put forward the concept of China’s national security strategy in the White Paper on China’s National Defense in 2004.  China’s national security strategy and China’…

Ethnic Minority Experience in China’s Urban Labor Market and the Lessons Learned for Other Jurisdictions

Reza Hasmath, Lecturer in Chinese Politics at the University of Oxford, and Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Alberta

This talk looks at contemporary ethnic minority experiences in China’s urban labor market by focusing on describing the ‘ethnic penalty’ that emerges when analyzing the relationship between the educational and…

"Ai WeiWei: Never Sorry"

Documentary Screening and Discussion

Professor Guobin Yang, Associate Professor of Communication and Sociology

"AI WEIWEI: NEVER SORRY is the inside story of a dissident for the digital age who inspires global audiences and blurs the boundaries of art and politics. First-time director…

The US-China Strategic Economic Relationship: Overcoming Distrust?

Arvind SubramanianSenior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International EconomicsSenior Fellow, Center for Global Development

Facilitating China’s economic rise is one of the central issues for the world economy. Based on his recent book Eclipse, the author will argue that strategic distrust between the world’s major economies can be…

To Rise or Not to Rise? China, India, and the Search for Technology and Power

Andrew B. KennedySenior Lecturer, Policy and Governance,Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University

ANDREW B. KENNEDY is Senior Lecturer in Policy and Governance at the Crawford School of Public Policy at the Australian National University. His research focuses on international politics in Asia, with…