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 since 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
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Oct
15
15
2025
Politicizing Business: How Firms Are Made to Serve the Party-State in China
Join the Initiative for U.S.-China Dialogue on Global Issues for a conversation with Ning Leng about her book, Politicizing Business: How Firms Are Made to Serve the Party-State in China (2025), which…
Sep
26
26
2025
License to Bullshit: How Chinese Judges Cover Up Evidence of Gender Violence
Ethan Michelson (Indiana University) will present his work building on his 2022 book, Decoupling: Gender Injustice in China’s Divorce Courts. In order to assess both the generalizability of judicial…
Mar
28
28
2025
Technology and the Rise of Great Powers
When scholars and policymakers consider how technological advances affect the rise and fall of great powers, they draw on theories that center the moment of innovation - the eureka moment that sparks…
Nov
21
21
2024
The Art of Storytelling in Authoritarian Regimes: Crafting Mainstream Consensus on Chinese Social Media
All authoritarian regimes attempt to construct a mainstream consensus to shape public opinion. Similarly, the Chinese government has actively managed online information flows to dominate the…
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Nov
19
19
2024
From Click to Boom: The Political Economy of E-Commerce in China
Lizhi Liu discussed her new book publication From Click to Boom: The Political Economy of E-Commerce in China (Princeton University Press, forthcoming 2024) in a talk moderated by Abraham Newman…
Oct
11
11
2024
Precarious Ties: Business and the State in Authoritarian Asia
Meg Rithmire (Harvard Business School) discussed her recent book Precarious Ties: Business and the State in Authoritarian Asia (2023), a novel account of the relationships between business and…