Ning Leng
McCourt School of Public Policy
Chinese Politics and Economy Research Seminar Series
The Chinese Politics and Economy Research Seminar (CPERS) brings scholars to Georgetown to share their latest research on China. Convened in 2021, the seminar series is sponsored by the Department of Government and the Georgetown Initiative for U.S.-China Dialogue on Global Issues.
This seminar is academic in nature and jointly organized by professors Ning Leng and Lizhi Liu. If you are interested in giving an academic presentation, or being a discussant at the seminar, please contact one of the organizers.
Project Leaders
Lizhi Liu
McDonough School of Business
Event Series
Mar
22
22
2024
Generalists vs. Specialists: A Dual-track System in China Officialdom
Promotion incentive for China’s political elites is one of the driving forces behind decades of rapid economic growth. During this webinar Renmin University’s Huihua Nie will present a paper…
Jan
17
17
2024
The Global Political Sociology of U.S.-China Rivalry
Please note this event was moved online due to inclement weather.
According to Johns Hopkins University professor Ho-fung Hung, the recent rivalry between the United States and China is more about…
Nov
17
17
2023
Governing and Ruling: Taxation and Authoritarian Resilience
Rapid social economic changes, the transition from a planned economy to a market economy, or even economic liberalization can lead to political instability and the collapse of authoritarian regimes…
Oct
18
18
2023
The Puzzling Ascent of China’s Corporate Giants
One measure of a country’s economic strength is the scale and number of its modern corporations. In 2008, China had only 27 corporations in the Fortune Global 500, a small fraction of the United…
May
5
5
2023
How China Sees America
How has the large community of Chinese international affairs experts viewed the United States over the past two decades, and how have major events affected their views of America? A group of scholars…
Apr
28
28
2023
Assessing the Effectiveness of China's Industrial Policy: Semiconductors
The major Chinese industrial policy for semiconductors has been the 2014 Mega Project that continues to this day. In a recent paper, Douglas Fuller examines the effectiveness of China’s major…