UPenn Center for the Study of Contemporary China Podcast
1) China’s Response to COVID-19 – Yanzhong Huang
Perhaps the historic event of our time, the COVID-19 pandemic laid bare every country’s particular health care vulnerabilities and regulatory deficiencies, more starkly than in any other circumstances...Show More
2) Reporting From a Rising China – Edward Wong
Western media presence in China has been vastly reduced since February 2020, the consequence both of political tensions and the Covid-19 pandemic. As the Chinese government finally begins to dismantle...Show More
3) U.S. Human Rights Policy Towards China – Amy Gadsden
While the Chinese government’s actions in Xinjiang and Hong Kong lately have been the subject of particular scrutiny from U.S. policymakers, systematic attention to China’s human rights practices, mor...Show More
4) China's Overseas NGO Law – Mark Sidel
In recent years, and especially under the administration of Xi Jinping, the Chinese government has “securitized” all manner of relationships between its citizens and outsiders. An important marker of ...Show More
5) China's Rise and IR Theory – Yan Xuetong
No foreign policy topic currently garners more attention in the United States than its relationship with China, especially in light of China’s rise over the past few decades as an economic, technologi...Show More
6) China’s Domestic Security Under Xi Jinping – Sheena Chestnut Greitens
One of the hallmarks of Xi Jinping’s tenure as China’s leader, since 2012, has been the notable strengthening of the state’s coercive architecture, through which it endeavors to control Chinese societ...Show More
7) Unpacking the Present Crisis in US-China Relations – Ryan Hass
Whatever the likelihood or implications of a potential truce in the US-China trade war, it seems clear that the overall relationship between the two countries has lately entered into a new, more harde...Show More
8) The Rule of Law in Hong Kong (Part Two) – Johannes Chan
Dramatic protests in Hong Kong over the past four months, initially over a now-withdrawn draft law that would permit extraditions to mainland China, have brought to worldwide attention broader fears a...Show More
9) The Rule of Law in Hong Kong (Part One) – Johannes Chan
Dramatic protests in Hong Kong this month, over a draft law that would permit extraditions to mainland China, underscore broader fears amongst Hong Kong residents that their city is losing its distinc...Show More
10) How to Be a Sensitive China Watcher – Kaiser Kuo
Today, the reality and consequences of China’s rise have come to dominate news headlines the world over. Along with China’s growing wealth and power have come new tensions, with the United States and...Show More