Discussion "The Return of Authoritarianism in China: Why Is It Happening and What Does It Mean?" Feng Chongyi, Associate Professor in China Studies, University of Technology, Sydney; Adjunct Professor of History, Nankai University, Tianjin Moderated by: Andrew J. Nathan, Class of 1919 Professor of Political Science, Department of Political Science Monday, April 23, … [Read more...]
WEAI Author Q&A: Daniel Koss’s “Where the Party Rules”
We are excited to announce a new title in the Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute book series: Where the Party Rules: The Rank and File of China's Communist State, published by Cambridge University Press. The book's author is Daniel Koss, an Assistant Research Fellow at the Institute of Political Science of Academia Sinica, Taipei, who earned his PhD in Government … [Read more...]
“Movie Music of the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution: Political Control and Artistic Creativity”
Discussion "Movie Music of the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution: Political Control and Artistic Creativity" Zhang Shuo, Lecturer, Department of Music, Beijing Institute of Education Moderated by: Andrew J. Nathan, Class of 1919 Professor of Political Science, Department of Political Science Monday, April 16, 2018 International Affairs Building, Room 918 4:00 … [Read more...]
“China’s Latest Strongman Leader: Putting Xi Jinping Into Historical and Comparative Perspective”
Panel Discussion "China's Latest Strongman Leader: Putting Xi Jinping Into Historical and Comparative Perspective” Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom, Chancellor's Professor of History, UC Irvine Maura Elizabeth Cunningham, historian and writer Charles K. Armstrong, Korea Foundation Professor of Korean Studies in the Social Sciences, Columbia University Nina Khrushcheva, Professor … [Read more...]
Where the Party Rules: The Rank and File of China’s Communist State
STUDIES OF THE WEAI BOOK SERIES Daniel Koss (Cambridge University Press, 2018) For information from the publisher, please click here. In most non-democratic countries, today governing forty-four percent of the world population, the power of the regime rests upon a ruling party. Contrasting with conventional notions that authoritarian regime parties serve to contain … [Read more...]