Michigan China Fellows (MCF)
Annual Lecture Event
Thursday, November 17th, 2005, 4:30 – 6:30 PM
Brownlee Room- Rm. 2327, School of Education
610 E. University Ave.
(Direction: Recommend using the south entrance on E. University
Ave.)
Working language: Chinese
Social Conflicts
in the Transformative China
转型中国的社会冲突
By Yu, Jianrong (于建嵘)
Professor, Chinese Academy for Social Sciences
Visiting scholar, Harvard University
Dr. Yu, Jianrong received his Ph.D. in
Legal Studies from Huazhong Normal University in 2001.
He currently serves as Director of the Rural Development
Institute’s Social Issues Research Center at the Chinese
Academy for Social Sciences in Beijing, China, and is
a Visiting Scholar with the Harvard Yenching Institute
at Harvard University. His main research interest focuses
on social conflicts in rural China and the reform of Chinese
political system. He is the author of many publications,
including the award-winning book Politics of Yue Village:
Changes in the Political Structure in China’s Rural Villages
in the Transition Period (岳村政治：转型期中国乡村政治结构的变迁). Besides
being an active member of Chinese academia, Dr. Yu is
as well a social activist promoting important social changes.
He has established his reputation in China as a scholar
with critical perspectives and courage.
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Program
4:30-4:40pm Introduction
by Haijing Dai and Yang Jiang
4:40-6:00pm Presentation by Prof. Yu, Jianrong, and discussion
6:00-6:30pm Reception
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Background Readings
A journal article on Yu
http://www7.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/Forums/BackStage/2005_6_19_10_25_36_979.html
Social Conflict in Transitional China: Observations on
the Rights Advocacy Activities of Workers and Peasants
in Contemporary China. 转型中国的社会冲突：对当代中国工农维权抗争活动的观察和分析
Notes on Kenneth Lieberthal’s Talk: China’s Approach to
Political System Reform. CCS Noon Lecture Series, September
20, 2005
Supplementary Readings
Contemporary Chinese Peasants’
Activism Using Law 当代中国农民的以法抗争
Organized Peasant Resistance and Its Political Risk: A
Survey of H County, Hunan Province农民有组织抗争及其政治风险：湖南省H县调查
Reform of the System of
Xin-Fang and Construction of Constitutional Politics –
Debates around the Revision of “Regulations of Xin-Fang”
信访制度改革与宪政建设--围绕<<信访条例>>修改的争论
