Featured Faculty: Sajida Tuxun
Sajida Tuxun is a Lecturer of Cultural Anthropology at Duke Kunshan University and a member of the CSCC Meanings, Identities, and Communities Cluster. Her research focuses on the intersection of food, ethics, and consumerism in urban China, with broader interests in globalization, gender, ethnicity, and mobility. Through the lens of food anthropology, her work examines […]
Event Recap | A Cross-Border Dialogue on Governance
By Jiayi Wei, Class of 2026 On June 21, the Governance in China and Beyond Conference was successfully held on the DKU campus. Co-hosted by two academic clusters under the Center for the Study of Contemporary China (CSCC)—Governing China and China and the Global South—the forum brought together eight distinguished scholars from leading institutions including […]
Featured Student: Wanlin Bai
Editors: Chi Zhang & Shanshan Wu, Class of 2026 Wanlin Bai is an economics student at Duke Kunshan University with a strong passion for poverty alleviation and rural development. She is dedicated to promoting technological adoption among elderly individuals in rural areas and has been recognized as a “changemaker,” aspiring to bring positive transformation to […]
Sino-International Moot Court at DKU Explores AI, Copyright, and Global Legal Challenges
On April 26–27, the DKU Pre-Law Society hosted the third official Sino-International Collegiate Moot Court Competition on DKU’s campus in Kunshan. The moot court was held between a DKU-selected board of attorneys and the XJTLU Law Society. Generously funded by the DKU CSCC, this moot court centered on a fictionalized case, “Campora News v. SourceAI,” […]
Featured Student: Guo Kou
Guo Kou is a student in the Class of 2026 at DKU, majoring in Social Sciences with a focus on the Political Economy Track in Economics. Awarded the CSCC Student Initiated Research or Creative Project Grant for the 2023-2024 academic year, Guo is investigating the effects of High-Tech Enterprise (HNTE) Certification on Chinese businesses’ export […]
Event Recap: Dr. Xinhui Jiang on Thirty Years of Gender Quotas in Chinese Politics
By Zihan Chen, Class of 2026 On April 23, the CSCC hosted Dr. Xinhui Jiang for a seminar titled “The Unfinished Legacy: How Beijing’s Gender Quotas Reshaped Women’s Political Representation in China.” Dr. Jiang, an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Nanjing University, presented an insightful and empirically grounded talk examining the three-decade trajectory of […]
CSCC End-of-Semester Celebration Honors Faculty and Student Achievements
On April 28, the CSCC hosted its End-of-Semester Celebration and Awards Ceremony. This event marked the close of an eventful academic year and provided an opportunity to honor the remarkable accomplishments of our faculty and students during the 2024–2025 academic year. A key highlight of the event was the presentation of four awards by the […]
昆山杜克大学举办第二届昆曲文化节
为纪念昆曲⼊选“人类口头和非物质遗产代表作”24周年，及庆祝昆山杜克大学“全球高等教育研究院”成立，昆山杜克大学于5月10日举办了第二届昆曲文化节暨 “第二届昆曲与高等教育研讨会”。
Duke Kunshan University Hosts Digital Technology for Sustainability Symposium and Finance Forum 2025
The world is inexorably changing, bringing forth both technological breakthroughs and global challenges that demand collective action. At Duke Kunshan University (DKU), we believe that inclusive collaboration is key to solving the world’s pressing issues. On April 18, 2025, DKU convened leading academics, industry experts, and innovative students for the Digital Technology for Sustainability Symposium, […]
Memory Project Event: Exploring Change and Memory Through Film
By Mai Lam, Class of 2025 The Center for the Study of Contemporary China recently hosted the Memory Project event, held in conjunction with Professor Tom Rankin’s Analog Workshop. As part of this initiative, two impactful films—”Struggles” by Wu Wenguang and “Fairy Tale 47KM” by Zhang Mengqi—were screened. The Memory Project is an ongoing documentary […]