About the Series
The Long Institute Lecture Series on Chinese Law, Business and Society is organized by the UCI Long U.S.-China Institute. The series offers presentations of state-of-the art research on how law, business and society interact in China or in relation to China. The series provides a platform for learning and discussing how legal institutions in the world’s largest legal system and second largest economy shape and are shaped by market and social forces.
The lectures will offer both a contemporary and a modern historical perspective, in an effort to look at China not as a unique case, but one that can be and should be understood in a comparative perspective.
The series features interdisciplinary speakers including those with a background in law, history, sociology, and political science. The lectures are open to students, academics, lawyers, policy makers, entrepreneurs, civic organization practitioners and all others with an interest in the topics discussed and a willingness to participate in lively debates.
2015-16 Lecture Schedule
| Date | Speaker | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| November 5 | Jonas Nahm | Renewable Futures and Industrial Legacies: Wind and Solar Energy in China, Germany, and the United States |
| December 3 | Kwai Ng | China’s Grassroots Courts: A Sociological Perspective |
| Jan. 20, 2016 | Aaron Halegua | Protecting the Rights of Chinese Workers: Emerging Legal Issues and Evolving Avenues for Redress |
| Jan. 21, 2016 | Timothy Cheek | China’s Directed Public Sphere: Origins and Rejuvenation |
| Feb. 1, 2016 | James Fallows | Annual Long Institute Distinguished Lecture |
| Feb. 11, 2016 | Guo Zhiyuan | Implementation of Exclusionary Rule in China: Challenges and Possible Solutions |
| Feb. 25, 2016 | Xuegang Zhou | Spatial Mobility in the Chinese bureaucracy: Evidence and Implications for China’s Governance |
| March 9, 2016 | Susan Shirk | The Limits of Political Institutionalization in China |
| April 25, 2016 | Minxin Pei | Collusive Corruption |
| May 13, 2016 | Annual Conference | Poor China, Rich China |