Policy Roundtables
As appropriate, the CSCC hosts roundtables of Penn faculty and invited outside experts to address pressing policy issues that increasingly confront contemporary China or US-China relations.
Past Policy Roundtables
What Direction for Legal Reform under Xi Jinping?
Carl F. Minzner, Professor of Law, Fordham University Law School; Neysun A. Mahboubi, Research Scholar, Center for the Study of Contemporary China, and Lecturer-in-Law, University of Pennsylvania; Moderated by: Jacques deLisle, Stephen A. Cozen Professor of Law & Professor of Political Science, University of Pennsylvania
After the “turn against law” that many perceived under the administration of Hu Jintao, the Chinese Party-state under Xi Jinping has appeared to place a new emphasis on formal law and legal institutions, to address…
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Recent Developments in Chinese Administrative Procedure Reform
Neysun Mahboubi, Research Scholar, Center for the Study of Contemporary China, and Lecturer-in-Law, University of Pennsylvania; Gwennan Manseau, Senior Counsel on China issues, Office of the Chief Counsel for International Commerce, U.S. Department of Commerce
Under the rubric of yifa xingzheng ("administering the country according to law"), efforts towards greater regularization and accountability of administrative decisionmaking in China have appeared to gain …
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Productive Censorship, Profitable Surveillance: New Insights on Cyber-politics in China
Bo Mai, Ph.D candidate in Communication and Sociology, University of Pennsylvania; Thomas Chen, Ph.D. candidate in Comparative Literature, University of California, Los Angeles. Moderator: Guobin Yang, Professor of Communication and Sociology, University of Pennsylvania
Internet censorship in China is a matter of grave concern among both citizens and scholars. Many studies have documented its multiple and sophisticated forms. The two speakers on this panel bring fresh insights…
Feminist Activism in China: A Discussion with Lu Pin and Xie Bin
Lu Pin, Project manager of Media Monitor for Women Network, editor-in-chief of Feminist Voices, and a leading feminist activist focusing on gender equality, violence against women, and issues of gender and the media； Xie Bin, Executive director of Zhongzhou Yirenping, and a colleague of three of the detained feminist activists.
Feminist activists in China have resorted to new media, forms of "street theatre" and other tactics to publicize and protest domestic violence, gender discrimination and other issues. Five leading members of China's…
Current Developments in China's Elite Politics
Cheng Li, Director and Senior Fellow, The John L. Thornton China Center, Brookings Institution; Joseph Fewsmith, Professor of International Relations and Political Science, Boston University
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The Quiet Disappearance of China’s Boldest Newspaper
Kecheng Fang, Doctoral Student, Annenberg School for Communication Commentator: Maria Repnikova, Postdoctoral Fellow, Annenberg School for Communication Moderator: Prof. Guobin Yang, Annenberg School for Communication
This January marks the second anniversary of the Southern Weekly (Nanfang Zhoumo) incident. As a former journalist at Southern Weekly who experienced the incident, Annenberg School doctoral student Kecheng Fang…
Governance & Policy Innovation in the Contemporary City
Central Party School Delegation
Please join our visiting delegation from Central Party School for a roundtable discussion on governance and policy innovation in the contemporary city.
Lunch provided.
The ‘Rule of Law’ Plenum?: Assessing Legal Reform after the Fourth Plenary Session of the CCP’s 18th Central Committee
Panel Discussion
Panelists include:
Jacques deLisle, Professor of Law, University of Pennsylvania
Johannes Chan, Professor of Law, University of Hong Kong
Wang Xixin, Professor of Law and Vice Dean, Peking…
Hong Kong: The Umbrella Revolution
Panel Discussion
Tens of thousands of protesters have taken to the streets of Hong Kong since late September, demanding democracy and captivating global attention. What kind of "…
Is Xi Jinping Changing China's Course? Reforms Under the New Leadership in Beijing
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…