In addition to the regular speaker series and other co-sponsored events, CSCC convenes an informal “Weekly Forum,” noon on weekdays in the CSCC conference room. These sessions are envisioned as “brown-bag lunches” at which graduate students or faculty can informally introduce or present work in progress. This will be a great way for all of us to get to know one another and learn more about the kinds of work on contemporary China being done across Penn’s campus. Please email us your thoughts and suggestions on how to best organize the Friday Forum and to let us know when you would like to volunteer to discuss some of your work. Even on days when no discussion is scheduled, people are welcome to bring their lunch to eat with others in the CSCC conference room.
Upcoming Weekly Forums
From Corruption Control to Everything Control: The Widening Use of Inspections in Xi’s China
Chris Carothers, CSCC Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Pennsylvania
Scholars have noted that under Xi Jinping, the Chinese Communist Party has beefed up its inspection system (xunshi zhidu 巡视制度) and relied on inspections to help enforce its anti-corruption campaign. However…
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Benson Zhou, CSCC Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Pennsylvania
Past Weekly Forums
Shields of the Republic: The Triumph and Peril of America’s Alliances
Mira Rapp-Hooper, Steven Schwarzman Senior Fellow for Asia Studies, Council on Foreign Relations
(If you are interested in joining the virtual book talk and have not received a link via one of our email lists, please email cscc-contact@sas.upenn.edu to request a…
More Lawyers, Better Case Outcomes? Evidence from the "Lawyers for All"
Yuhao Wu, Ph.D. candidate, Department of Criminology, UPenn
Providing indigent defendants with publicly financed lawyers is a worldwide practice. China developed a “lawyers for all” program to expand the provision of legal counsel to indigent defendants. Guangdong is among…
The Scientist and the Spy: A True Story of China, the FBI, and Industrial Espionage
Mara Hvistendahl, Investigative Journalist
(If you are interested in joining the virtual book talk and have not received a link via one of our email lists, please email cscc-contact@sas.upenn.edu to request a…
The Myth of Chinese Capitalism: The Worker, the Factory, and the Future of the World
Dexter Roberts, Reporter and U.S.-China Political, Economics and Business Relations Specialist
(If you are interested in joining the virtual book talk and have not received a link via one of our email lists, please email cscc-contact@sas.upenn.edu to request a…
The Shanghai Free Taxi: Journey with the Hustlers and Rebels of the New China
Frank Langfitt, NPR London Correspondent
(If you…
(Cancelled) Globalization of China’s Social Media Apps: The Cases of WeChat and TikTok
Eric Harwit, Professor of Asian Studies, University of Hawaii
The Chinese social media mobile apps WeChat and TikTok each have global subscriber numbers of one billion or more. However, the vast…
The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor Power Projects: Insights into Environmental and Debt Sustainability
Erica Downs, Senior Research Scholar, Center on Global Energy Policy, Columbia University
Why are China and Pakistan building so many coal-fired power plants as part of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (…
From Partner to Bully: Shifting Employment Conditions in Walmart, China
Eileen Otis, Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Oregon
Eileen Otis is an Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Oregon. She is the author of the…
Performing Artivism: Feminists, Lawyers, and Online Legal Mobilization in China
Sida Liu, Associate Professor of Sociology and Law, University of Toronto
In authoritarian contexts where the state is the primary performer in the public sphere and legal mobilization is constrained…
Spatial Control and State Power in Disaster-stricken Cities: The Case of the 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake in China
Huan Gao, CSCC Postdoctoral Fellow
How does the shape of our cities influence our political behavior and relations? This question is particularly important…
