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International Conference on Political Science and China in Transition
July 15-16 2002
Beijing, China
China has come to a crossroads in many ways. Domestically, a leadership succession process is under way and a new leadership will possibly emerge after the 16th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party to be held later this year. This new leadership will face many old pressing issues as well as new challenges, especially now that China has joined WTO. Internationally, the terrorist attacks on the United States in September 2001 significantly changed the international environment for China. As a result of the strategic shift in its foreign policy to fighting global terrorism, the U.S. has adopted a new and more conciliatory and cooperative approach toward China, which provides the PRC with a more conducive international environment to develop its economy. Yet, relations with Taiwan remain a sticky issue for the Chinese government and still have the potential to become an explosive issue in Sino-U.S. relations.
Given these important issues confronting China and the need to exchange ideas and research findings between Chinese political scientists and international China scholars, the School of International Studies at Renmin University of China, the School of Politics and Public Administration at Zhongshan University and the Association of Chinese Political Studies (USA) will hold an international conference in Beijing between July 15 and 16, 2002.
Proposed preliminary panels include:
1. Chinese state and society
2. Local governance in China
3. Chinese political culture
4. New developments of political science discipline in China
5. Administrative reform in China after WTO
6. Change of international system after 9.11
7. China’s foreign policy and external relations after 9.11
8. The cross strait relations after the WTOInterested scholars should send a one-page paper proposal to:
Dr. Yang Zhong
Department of Political Science
1001 McClung Tower
The University of Tennessee
Knoxville, TN 37996-0410, USA
or e-mail the proposal to yzhong@utk.edu as attached file.
The local organizer:
Professor Song Xinning
School of International Studies
Renmin University of China
Beijing 100872, PRC
e-mail: xnsong@95777.com
Deadline for sending your proposal is April 5, 2002. Notification of paper proposal acceptance will be sent out in late April. Participants will be responsible for their own international travel and Renmin University will provide lodging (three nights) and meals for the participants during the conference. Papers presented at the conference will be published as edited book volumes and articles in Journal of Chinese Political Science, the official journal of Association of Chinese Political Studies, and a collective essay in a Chinese version by the Renmin University.
