Recent Structural Change of the Chinese Economy and Japan-China Relations

Kiyoyuki Seguchi, Research Director at Canon Institute for the Global Studies

 The structure of the Chinese economy changed dramatically between 2005 and 2009.  It changed from an export-investment leading economy to a domestic-demand leading economy.  Before 2004 China was a huge factory…

'Feeding Frenzy': China, Africa, and the 'Great Land Grab'

Deborah Brautigam, Professor and Director, International Development Program, Johns Hopkins University/SAIS 

What role does China play in the recent rush for land acquisition in Africa? Conventional wisdom suggests a large role for the Chinese government and its firms and a focus on China's own food security. This talk…

Judicial Review and Constitutionalism in China: A Discussion with Wang Zhenmin (Tsinghua University)

Wang Zhenmin, Dean and Professor of Law at Tsinghua University Law School

Chinese courts do not have the power of constitutional judicial review.  Courts do have limited powers of judicial review (for example, of specific administrative actions).  And mechanisms…

Educational Issues for Minority Populations In Western China

Delegation visit, Dean Sude and Professor Teng Xing, Minzu University

12:00-1:00pm: "Research on Educational Policies for Ethnic Minorities with Cultural Sensitivity----Cases from Ethnic Minority Areas in Western China."
Speaker: Professor Sude, Professor and Dean of the School…

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’…