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THE FIFTH MICHIGAN CHINA FORUM

China: The Era of Globalization§

 

Saturday, May 6th, 2006

Pond Room ABC, Michigan Union

530 S. State Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109

 

8:30 每 9:00am                     

Morning Reception

 

9:00 每 9:05am                    

Opening Remarks and Welcome

Dai, Haijing, Co-Chair of Michigan China Fellows, Joint Program of Social Work and Sociology, University of Michigan

 

9:05 每 9:25 am 

Speech by key-note speaker Dr. Wang, Zheng, Associate Professor, Institute for Research on Women and Gender, University of Michigan

 

9:25 每 10:50am

Session I: A Cross-Cultural Dialogue between China and US: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow

 

Moderator:  Jian, Dandan, School of Public Policy, University of Michigan

 

China Studies at the Ohio State University from Early 20th Century to the 1980s (English)

Xu, Yan, Department of History, Ohio State University

 

James Plumer and the UM Legacy on the Study of Jian Ware (Chinese or English)

Li, Min, Museum of Anthropology, University of Michigan

 

Status Power Versus Decision-Making Power: Cross-Cultural Research in Beijing, Hongkong, and Ann Arbor (English)

Isabel Ng, Department of Psychology, University of Michigan

 

Recent Development in the Sino-US Relationship (Chinese)

Fang, Zhou, Department of Political Science, University of Michigan

 

10:50 每 10:55am Break

 

10:55am 每 12:10pm

Session II: State Power in Transition: Media, Control and Innovation

 

Moderator: Qi, Wen, School of Education, University of Michigan

 

 

Playing Sports the Revolutionary Way: Sports Films in the People*s Republic of China from 1957 to 1964 (English)

Lu, Xiaoning, Comparative Literature & Cultural Studies, Stony Brook University

 

Transitional State Legitimacy, Institutional Lag and Differentiated State-Media Conflicts 每 Changes of State Control During Media Reform in China (English)

Lin, Fen, Department of Sociology, University of Chicago

 

Globalization of Innovation and Inter-Organizational Networks: The Rise of China*s Silicon Valley (English)

Elena Obukhova, Department of Sociology, University of Chicago

 

12:10 每 1:15pm Lunch

 

12:20 每 12:40 pm, Photo Show: The Year of 2005-2006 through Camera

12:40 每 1:00 pm, Annual Review of Michigan China Fellows

Zhu, Hongquan, Co-Chair of Michigan China Fellows, Business School, University of Michigan

1:00 每 1:15 pm, Annual Award Ceremony

 

1:15 每 2:30pm

Session III: Company, Market, and Development

 

Moderator: Zhang, Jiaan, Social Work & Political Science, University of Michigan

 

Collapse of the Acquisition Empires 每 A Lesson Learned from the Failure of Creating Large Corporations through Mergers (Chinese)

Ma, Yue, Economics & Political Science, University of Michigan

 

Overhaul to Better Securities Markets: An Examination on Shares Dichotomy Reform in China (English)

Gu, Dingyuan, Law School, University of Michigan

 

Board Independence, Director Incentive Alignment, and R&D Productivity (English)

Zhu, Hongquan, Business School, University of Michigan

 

2:30 每 3:20pm

Session IV: Revisit Gender in World History

 

Moderator: Chen, Yan, Center for Chinese Studies, University of Michigan

 

Gender Matters in Fashionable Society (English)

Li, Sumiao, English Language & Literature, University of Michigan

 

The Emasculation in Mao Era (English)

Hanh Nguyen, Center for Chinese Studies, University of Michigan

 

3:20 每 3:30pm Break

 

3:30 每 5:00pm

Session V (Symposium): Qualitative and Quantitative Methods 每 Staying on the Side of Science

 

Social Science: Positive and Reflexive (English)

Dai, Haijing (Coordinator), Social Work & Sociology, University of Michigan

 

Other Femininity: Chinese Women and Professionalization in Engineering (English)

Long, Yan, Women*s Studies & Sociology, University of Michigan

 

Did Send-Down Experience Benefit Youth? A Reevaluation of the Social Consequences of Forced Urban-Rural Migration During China*s Cultural Revolution (English)

Jiang, Yang, Department of Sociology, University of Michigan

 

Better Late than Never: Social Stratification and Higher Education through the Life Course (English)

Katherine King, Department of Sociology, University of Michigan

 

A Study on Determinants of Intergenerational Financial Support for Parents in 1990*s China (English)

Ren, Zheng, Department of Sociology, University of Michigan

 

5:00 每 5:10pm Break

 

5:10 每 5:40pm

Mini Workshop: Developing a Corpus to Support Your Academic Writing

Zhang, Meilan, School of Education, University of Michigan

 

5:40 每 6:00pm  Tea Time

Closing Remarks

Jiang, Yang, Co-Chair of Michigan China Fellows, Department of Sociology, University of Michigan

 

 

 

 

 

Any opinions, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed on the forum are those of the presenter(s) and do not reflect or represent the views of MCF and its members other than the presenter. All contributing presenters assume full responsibility and liability for the accuracy and academic integrity of the presented

material.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Planning Committee of The Fifth Michigan China Forum:

 

Coordinators: Dai, Haijing; Jiang, Yang; Li, Xu; Long, Yan; Zhu, Hongquan

Secretariat: Dai, Haijing; Chen, Rong; Chen, Xiao

Logistics: Wen, Yaomin; Li, Xu; Jiang, Yang; Long, Yan; Zhu, Hongquan; Ji, Jun; Zhang, Jiaan

Budgeting: Jiang, Yang; Wen, Yaomin

Facilities: Du, Ye; Wang, Huazhong; Gu, Dingyan; Zhao, Ming; Li, Xu

The Fifth Michigan China Forum is organized by Michigan China Fellows (MCF, contact hdai@umich.edu if you have any questions) with financial support from various organizations or units at the University of Michigan, including International Institute, Center for Chinese Studies (CCS), the Chinese Students and Scholars Association (CSSA), and LSA Student Government.

 

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