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.
Past Speaker Series
Culture and Trade
Wang Heng, Professor of Law, School of International Law, Southwest University of Political Science and Law, Chongqing, China; Adjunct Professor of Law, Case Western Reserve University School of Law; Visiting Professorial Fellow, University of New South Wales.
China and the World Trade Regime: A Multilateral and Regional Perspective
Wang Heng, Professor of Law, School of International Law, Southwest University of Political Science and Law, Chongqing, China; Adjunct Professor of Law, Case Western Reserve University School of Law; Visiting Professorial Fellow, University of New South Wales.
Asian Designs: Risen Powers and the Struggle for International Governance
Saadia M. Pekkanen, Job and Gertrud Tamaki Associate Professor, Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington
* Open to all, lunch provided.
Promoting Good Governance and the Rule of Law in China: How does a Chinese scholar build global teams to make a difference?
Mei Gechlik, Founder and Director of Stanford Law School’s China Guiding Cases Project; Founder and President of Good Governance International
Dr. Mei Gechlik is Founder and Director of Stanford Law School’s China Guiding Cases Project (“CGCP”) as well as Founder and President of Good Governance International (“GGI”). Approximately three years ago, Dr…
Repression Backfires：
Tactical Radicalization and Protest Spectacle in Rural China
Kevin O'Brien, Alann P. Bedford Professor of Asian Studies and Professor of Political Science, UC Berkeley
In spring 2005, villagers in Dongyang County, Zhejiang were unhappy. For four years, they had been complaining about pollution emitted by 13 factories located in the…
Making Sense of a Fast-Changing China
Jeff Wasserstrom, Chancellor's Professor of History (and Professor of Law, by courtesy), University of California at Irvine Editor, Journal of Asian Studies
Professor Wassersrtom will address some of the key claims he makes in his book China in the 21st Century: What Everyone Needs to Know (Oxford University Press, 2010, with an updated edition last summer…
Is No Place Safe from the Long-arm of Chinese Law?
China’s Attempt to Pierce Corporate Veils and Capture Revenue Abroad
Shen Wei, Professor of Law, Shanghai Jiaotong University Law School
The talk examines how Chinese tax authorities apply the corporate law doctrine of veil-piercing in an extraterritorial manner in the context of cross-border transactions. The analysis considers, from both…
From Domestic to International: The Evolution of Chinese NGO
Jennifer Hsu, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science at the University of Alberta, Canada.
Interest in China’s role as an international development actor has surged due to China’s growing presence across the developing world. While much of the media and scholarly…
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…
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
