Institutions and Organizations
Scholarly Publications
Fateful Decisions: Choices that Will Shape China's Future
May 2020
China's future will be determined by how its leaders manage its myriad interconnected challenges.
China’s Challenges: Now It Gets Much Harder
March 2020
The easy phases of China’s quest for wealth and power are over. After forty years, every one of a set of favorable conditions has diminished or vanished, and China’s future, neither inevitable nor...
ASEAN's Futures
July 2017
The future of ASEAN is necessarily unknown. Its futures, however, can be guessed with less risk of being wrong.
Other Publications
Shorenstein APARC Center Overview 2018-19
December 2019
Shorenstein APARC's annual overview for academic year 2018-19 is now available.
Shorenstein APARC Center Overview 2017-18
November 2018
Shorenstein APARC's annual overview for academic year 2017-18 is now available.Download it for information on the wide variety of Center research from the the past academic year, Shorenstein APARC...
Surviving the Trump-Moon Summit
July 2017
In the days leading up to the Washington summit between South Korean President Moon Jae-in and U.S. President Donald Trump, the tension in Seoul was hard to escape.
News
Legal Expert Curtis Milhaupt Shows Surprising Variation in Adoption of Party-Building Policies Among Chinese Firms
March 2020
President Xi Jinping’s tenure has been marked by growing state influence over all spheres of governance in China, including a marked tightening of control over the economy.Curtis Milhaupt, the...
Coronavirus Crisis Exposes Fundamental Tension in Governing China, Says Stanford Sociologist and China Expert Xueguang Zhou
February 2020
Organizational sociology may not be the first academic field people tend to look to for an explanation of the origins of a public health crisis such as the spreading Wuhan coronavirus, but from the...
Shorenstein Journalism Award Winner Maria Ressa Describes Philippine Broken Information Ecosystem, Democratic Recession
October 2019
“This is an existential moment for global power structures, turned upside down by technology.
Events
CANCELED: The Social and Economic Impact of COVID-19 in Asia and Beyond
February 25, 2020
IMPORTANT EVENT UPDATE: In keeping with Stanford University's March 3 message to the campus community on COVID-19 and current recommendations of the CDC, the Asia-Pacific Research Center is...
Party Building or Noisy Signaling? The Contours of Political Conformity in Chinese Corporate Governance
December 2, 2019
In 2015, Beijing issued a set of Guiding Opinions as part of a program to reform China’s state-owned enterprises (SOEs).
Sentiment, Reason, and Law: Policing in the Republic of China on Taiwan
April 30, 2018
The Republic of China on Taiwan spent nearly four decades as a single-party state under dictatorial rule (1949-1987) before transitioning to liberal democracy.
Projects
A New Cold War?: Sharp Power, Strategic Competition, and the Future of U.S.-China Relations
Trade conflict has exploded. The media is rife with stories of China’s unfair trade practices, cyber theft, IP theft and forced technology transfers.
English
An Expanding Toolkit: The Evolution of Governance in China
China has undergone historic economic, social and cultural transformations since its Opening and Reform.
English
Taiwan Democracy and Security Project Speaker Series
The Taiwan Democracy and Security Project Speaker Series features talks by Taiwanese public officials, intellectuals, and scholars, and by U.S.-based scholars of Taiwan and of cross-strait...
English
Multimedia
Wind of Change? South Korea under the New Administration
May 2017
Video and transcript from the Shorenstein APARC Korea Program colloquium, "Wind of Change?
Eight Threats to Freedom of Expression in India
April 2017
Audio and transcript from the Shorenstein APARC colloquium, "Eight Threats to Freedom of Expression in India," on April 5, 2017, with Ramachandra Guha.India prides itself on being the "world's largest democracy." In some respects it is certifiably...
The South China Sea: What is to be Done?
April 2017
Audio and transcript from the Shorenstein APARC China Program seminar, "The South China Sea: What is to be Done?", on March 8, 2017, with Donald K.
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