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
Apr
8
8
2022
Retrofitting Leninism: A Book Talk on China's Control Regime
Drawing inspiration from the Leninist origins of the People’s Republic of China, in his book Retrofitting Leninism: Participation without Democracy in China (2022) Dimitar Gueorguiev offers a novel…
Mar
25
25
2022
Rejuvenating Communism: Youth Organizations and Elite Renewal in Post-Mao China
Despite the decreasing importance of ideology and the alternative career options provided by a liberalized employment market, working for the administration remains one of the most coveted career…
Mar
18
18
2022
Massive Modularity: Understanding Industry Organization in a Digital Age
In this seminar, Eric Thun discussed how highly specialized industrialization affects the global economy amidst threats of economic decoupling. Digital technologies have decreased the challenge of…
Feb
25
25
2022
Firms Caught in Crossfire
There has been a rise of protectionism and a move toward de-globalization across the globe. It is puzzling why businesses have not been more vocal opponents of protectionist policies. In this seminar…
Feb
18
18
2022
Outsourcing Repression: Everyday State Power in Contemporary China
How do states coerce citizens into compliance while simultaneously minimizing backlash? In this seminar, University of Toronto professor Lynette H. Ong discussed her latest book, Outsourcing…
Dec
3
3
2021
Can Elite College Education Change One's Fate in China?
In this seminar, Hongbin Li of Stanford University discussed research conducted in collaboration with Ruixue Jia of the University of California, San Diego and Lingsheng Meng of the Chinese University…