Abstract: How did the Chinese state origin and why the traditional Chinese political order last as long as two millenniums remains a topic of great academic and public interest. This talk examines the forming of the bureaucratic imperial political system in China around the Qin and Han periods (221BC-220AD), and explain how its various characteristics helped define the patterns of ancient history in China and East Asia. In the process, the intra-continental linkages and exchanges between the Sinosphere –the East Asia cultural/civilizational area – and the Eurasia heartland will also be reviewed, and the talk will conclude with an overview of how this Chinese past is having many impacts on today’s social and political life in China as well as in Asia .
Speaker's short bio: WANG Zhengxu is Shanghai 1000-Talent Distinguished Professor at the Department of Politics at Fudan University. Previously, he served as Acting Director and Senior Research Fellow at the China Policy Institute, University of Nottingham. Professor Wang received his PhD in political science from University of Michigan in 2005. His current research projects include the democratic values of Chinese citizens, institutional changes and political reforms in China’s political system, and politics of governance in China. He has published widely on socioeconomic modernization, value changes, democratization, governance challenges, and leadership and elite politics in China and East Asia. His publications have appeared in Governance, International Review of Sociology, Political Research Quarterly, Japanese Journal of Political Science, Contemporary Politics, Asian Journal of Public Opinion Research, The China Quarterly, The China Journal, Journal of Contemporary China, and others.
Format:
12:30 - Sandwiches and refreshments provided
13:00~14:00 - Talk, followed by Q & A
Event organisers:
Nottingham Confucius Institute, UoNChina Research Group, Nottingham University Business School, UoN
Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in the talks are those of the speakers. They do not purport to reflect the opinions or views of the event organisers.