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Myeng K Ha, Commissioner for the Busan Jinhae Free Economic Zone Authority (BJFEZ), Korea - "The Future Lies in Korea - With a Focus on the Busan Jinhae Free Economic Zone (BJFEZ)"

- | Reception to follow, Ben Franklin Room, Houston Hall

Mr. Myeng K Ha, Commissioner for the Busan Jinhae Free Economic Zone Authority, Korea, will present on BJFEZ's concept, mission and vision in the context of international affairs, business and the dynamics of an…




Wu Yu-shan, Director and Distinguished Research Fellow, Institute of Political Science, Academia Sinica (Taipei)- "Power Transition in East Asia and Taipei’s Rapprochement with Beijing: Hedging, Pivot-playing, or Bandwagoning?"

- | Meyerson B3

In East Asia today, continental and maritime alliances face each other, reviving a pattern from the 1950s. The balance of power is changing rapidly in the region, primarily reflecting the rise of China. What is the…




American Association for Chinese Studies 53rd Annual Conference, hosted by University of Pennsylvania

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Please visit the AACS Conference website for more information about the schedule. Panels will include: 

Yeong-kuang Ger, National Taiwan University and Control Yuan, Republic of China - "The Rise of China and Taiwan's Response: Implication for the United States"

- | 1528 Walnut Street, Suite 610 (FPRI)

China’s rise is reshaping international relations and triggering policy adjustments throughout East Asia and beyond.  What does China’s rise mean for Taiwan?  How has Taiwan responded to the challenges…




Guobin Yang, Associate Professor, Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Cultures and Department of Sociology, Barnard College, Columbia University - "The Mediated Effects of Internet Activism on Protest Policing in China"

- | Annenberg 111

* Sponsored by Special Penn Sociology Colloquium with Annenberg School for Communication  

 

Yong Cai, Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - "(Re)emergence of Late Marriage in China"

- | McNeil 103

Dr. Yong Cai is a social demographer who studies social change and social inequality from a demographic perspective, often with a strong empirical focus on China. He is currently working on several projects that…




Film Screening, "Chinese Restaurants"

- | Penn Museum

Please visit the Penn Museum website for more information.

* Co-sponsored by…




Yong Huang, Kutztown University - "The Patient-Centered Moral Relativism in the Zhuangzi"

- | Fisher-Bennett 231

*CEAS Humanities Colloquium

The One Who is Really Lost: A Conference in Honor of William R. LaFleur, University of Pennsylvania (all are welcome to attend)

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The sudden unexpected demise of Penn’s distinguished Japanologist William R. LaFleur in February 2010 deprived us of a major voice in the fields of Japanese religion, literature, culture, and recently and perhaps…




Stephen Miller, University of Massachusetts - Amherst - "Whose Michi is It Anyway?: The Road(s) to Buddhahood in Heian Court Poetry"

- | Stiteler Hall B21

*CEAS Humanities Colloquium, and the LaFleur Conference