Each year, the CSCC invites leading experts to Penn to present their research and share their knowledge about contemporary China. Typically scheduled for Wednesday afternoons 4:30-6 pm, speakers will deliver their remarks and then entertain questions from the audience. Attendance is open to the entire Penn community. Announcements about upcoming talks will be posted on the CSCC website and disseminated via the Center’s listserv. To be added to the listserv, please visit our signup page https://groups.sas.upenn.edu/mailman/listinfo/cscc-announce.
Upcoming Speaker Series
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Peng Peng, Assistant Professor of Political Science & Global Studies, Washington University in St. Louis
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Yanbai Andrea Wang, Assistant Professor of Law, Penn Carey Law
Pensions and the Politics of Retirement Age Reform in China
Mark Frazier, Professor of Politics, New School for Social Research
Raising legal retirement ages, also known as retirement age reform, is politically contentious worldwide, but it should be more easily pursued in non-democratic regimes that can effectively deter opponents from…
The Authoritarian Commons: Neighborhood Democratization in Urban China
Shitong Qiao, Professor of Law, Duke University
Based on six-year fieldwork across China including over 200 in-depth interviews, Qiao’s new book The…
China and Climate Change: Transnational Science, Politics, and Policy in Historical Perspectives
Zuoyue Wang, Professor of History, California State Polytechnic University
Negotiating Legality: Chinese Companies in the US Legal System
Ji Li, John S. & Marilyn Long Chair of US-China Business and Law, UC Irvine
Despite escalating geopolitical rivalry, the US and China continue to be economically intertwined. Numerous Chinese companies have made substantial investments in the US and are reluctant to exit this strategically…
From Empire to Nation-State: War, Emulation, and National Identity in China
Jie Yang, Professor of Anthropology, Simon Fraser University
This article examines when, why, and how national identity emerged in China. We argue that war acted as a catalyst for two distinct psychological mechanisms: enmity (humiliation and other negative emotions) and…
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Elizabeth Wishnick, Senior Research Scholar, Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University
Past Speaker Series
China’s Green Development and the Rule of Law
Alex Wang, Assistant Professor of Law , UCLA
For many years, environmental protection seemed a mere afterthought in China. As its economy exploded, China’s skies darkened and the rivers ran black. By just about any measure, China had become quite simply the…
Information for Autocrats: Representation in Chinese Local Congresses
Melanie Manion,Vor Broker Family Professor of Political Science, Duke University
Drawing on qualitative fieldwork and data analysis of original probability surveys of 5,130 local congressmen and women and their constituents, Melanie Manion shows how and why the priorities and problems of ordinary…
CHINA Town Hall: Local Connections, National Reflections
Discussion via Webcast with Henry Kissinger, Former Secretary of State
China’s rapid emergence as a global player and potential partner on many U.S. policy priorities has ensured that the Sino-American relationship will have a direct impact on the lives of nearly everyone in both…
(Self-)Disciplining the Corporation: FCPA Practice, Compliance, and Global Anti-Corruption Regimes in China
Matt Erie, Associate Professor of Modern Chinese Studies, University of Oxford
An expansive literature examines the question of norm diffusion and legal transplantation, particularly in regards to democracy, transparency, and human rights, in the developing world, and, especially, China. To the…
Whither Reform in China?: An Insider's Perspective
Jingzhou Tao, Managing Partner, Dechert LLP
Jingzhou Tao is the Managing Partner responsible for developing the Asia Practice of Dechert LLP. He has advised many Fortune 500 companies on…
China's national identity discourse and foreign policy
Yinan He, Department of International Relations, Associate Professor, Lehigh University
The Presence of the Past in a Fast-Changing China
Jeff Wasserstrom, Chancellor's Professor of History, UC Irvine
This talk will draw on material from the author's new edited volume, The Oxford Illustrated History of Modern China,…
What happens in the wombs under the dome? Air pollution in China and fetal development and birth outcomes
Dr. Zhao Qingguo, Guangdong Women and Children Hospital and Guangzhou Medical University
Qingguo Zhao is the Vice President of Guangdong Women and Children Hospital, in Guangdong Province, South China, and Professor in Guangzhou Medical University. His general research interest is in women's and children…
Anti-Corruption Reforms and Shareholder Valuations: Event Study Evidence from China
Bernie Yeung, Stephen Raidy Distinguished Professor of Finance and Strategic Management, National University of Singapore Business School
Chinese share prices rose sharply on the Politburo’s Dec. 4th 2012 announcement of its Eight-point Regulation, an uncharacteristically detailed and concrete Party policy, initiating an extensive anti-corruption…
Is China trying to push the U.S. out of East Asia？
Wang Dong, Associate Professor of International Relations, Peking University
Is China trying to push the United States out of East Asia and build a China-dominated regional order? The answer to this question will to a great extent determine whether or not the future trajectory of the…
