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East Asia
: Challenges of Complex Realities in an Era of
Globalization and Digitization
The 14th ACPSS International Conference
in Conjunction with
the 90th Jubilee of the Cornell Charles W. Wason Collection on
East Asia  
November 7-9, 2008
Cornell University, Ithaca, New York


Friday, November 7

2:00pm - 6:00pm

Registration

Level 1, Kroch Library, Room 170

2:00pm - 6:00pm

Wason Exhibition Viewing

Kroch Library Level-1 Hallway
Asian Reading Room
Kroch Library Level-B2 Hallway

4:00pm - 6:00pm

Reception

Level 2B, Kroch Library Exhibition Gallery and Adjoining Lecture and Conference Rooms

Saturday, November 8

8:00am - 9:00am

Registration

ILR Conference Center:
Information Desk

Continental Breakfast

ILR Conference Center: Room 429

9:00am - 9:45am
Plenary Session

Welcome Remarks
1. David Skorton
Cornell University President   
2. Jieli Li
President of Association of Chinese Professors of Social Sciences in the U.S.
3. Ding Xiang Warner
Cornell East Asia Program Director    

ILR Conference Center: Room 423

9:45 am – 10:45am
Plenary Session

Keynote Speech (1)
Sherman Cochran
Hu Shih Professor of History
Cornell University
Globalizing from the Periphery: A Historian's View of Chinese Consumer Culture

10:45am – 11:00am

Coffee Break

ILR Conference Center: Room 429

11:00am – 12:00pm
Plenary Session

Keynote Speech (2)
Zheng Hangsheng
Professor of Sociology
Renmin University of China
President of Chinese Sociological Association
中国大陆社区建设的一些基本问题——对北京广州郑州武汉实地调查的社会学分析
(A Sociological Approach to the Fundamental Problems Concerning Community Building in Mainland China – Analysis of Samples from  Local Surveys in Beijing, Guangzhou, Zhengzhou and Wuhan)

ILR Conference Center: Room 423

12:00pm - 1:30pm

Lunch

ILR Conference Center: Room 227

1:30pm – 3:00pm

Session 1

Panel 1
Law and Social Control

Discussant:
Jie Zhang, Suny Baffalo

(1) Bin Liang  
Oklahoma State University, Tulsa
Hong Lu      
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Illicit Narcotics Drugs-The Control Policy, Law, and International Cooperation
(2) Liqun Cao
University of Ontario
Institute of Technology
Steve Stack
Wayne State University
Societal Type and Attitude toward Prostitution: Where Does China Belong?
(3) Helen Xiaoyan Wu
University of Toronto
Poetic Revelations of Corruption in China by Its Officials
(4) Jinjun Zheng  
Xi’an Arbitration Tribunal
Business Disputes and Arbitration in China

ILR Conference Center: Room 225

Panel 2
History in Retrospect - China, Asia and the World

Discussant: Xiansheng Tian, Metropolitan State College of Denver 

(1) Luo Xu
State University of New York at Cortland
Globalizing World History in China
(2) Huiying Wei-Arthus
Weber State University       
The Rape of Nanking - Why Is It a “Forgotten Holocaust”?                                     
(3) Jing Luo
Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
A Study of the French Motivations in Building the Yunnan – Vietnam Railway (1903-1908) as Revealed in Diplomatic and Commercial Documents
(4) Mark Merkley   
Weber State University
Comparative Analysis of Germany and Japan in Post World War II Reconciliation

ILR Conference Center: Room 229

Panel 3
Power Politics in the Changing World

Discussant: Yawei Liu, Georgia Perimeter College and the Carter Center

(1) Jingyi Song       
The State University of New York at Old Westbury
Weaving Goodbye to Hegemony
(2) Shu Zhou           
San José State University
The New Asia Hemisphere and the West: A Re-Examination of Global Power Shifts in the 21st Century
(3) Zhiqun Zhu     
Bucknell University
China's New Diplomacy in the South Pacific: Rationale, Practice, and Significance
(4) Shiping Hua 
University of Louisville
The Political Psychology of Issues of Japan and Taiwan in China’s Foreign Policy

ILR Conference Center: Room 423

Panel 4
China’s Social Welfare Reform

Discussant: Sharon Huang, University of Cincinnati

(1) Yuhua Qiao
Missouri State University
China's Social Security System: Its Challenges and Solution
(2) Jinghao Zhou
Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Predicament and Its Solution of Chinese Women during Globalization
(3) Yunqiu Zhang
North Carolina A&T State University
Legal Aid to Workers in China
(4) Miaoyu Yuan 
Hubei University of Economics
Mechanism Design Based on the multiple Principal— Agent Relationship in the China’s Private Pension

ILR Conference Center: Room 425

Panel 5
(Roundtable)
Becoming an Academic Administrator: Sharing Experience  

Organizer and Moderator: Honggang Yang, Nova Southeastern University

Organizer and Moderator:
Honggang Yang
Nova Southeastern University

Panelists:
(1) Honggang Yang 
Dean of GraduateSchool of Humanities and Social Sciences
Nova Southeastern University
(2) Zong-Guo Xia
Associate Provost for Graduate Studies and Research
The University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth
(3) Jin Wang
Dean of Academic Services
The University of Tampa

ILR Conference Center: Amphitheater

3:00pm – 3:15pm

Coffee Break

ILR Conference Center: Room 227/429

3:15pm - 4:45pm

Session 2

Panel 6
Library and East Asia

Discussant: Hong Xu, University of Pittsburgh

(1) Haipeng Li   
Oberlin College
Guoqing Li    
Ohio State University

Promoting Collaboration and Exchange between Chinese and US Libraries through the CALA 21st Century Librarian Seminar Series Program
(2) Chengzhi Wang 
Columbia University
New Local Gazetteers in China: A Survey of Freely Available Online Sources
(3) Taemin Kim Park
Indiana University
Characteristics of CJK Digital Resources in the OCLC WorldCat
(4) Tao Yang
University of New Jersey, Rutgers
Digital Issues for Newspaper Access and Preservation: A Case Study of
Chinese Newspapers Published in North America

ILR Conference Center: Room 225

Panel 7
Community Development of Overseas Chinese

Discussant: Jeffrey Ferrier, Ohio University

(1) Yuyin Jiang   
San José State University
Getting Into Elite Colleges for Overseas Chinese Progeny
(2) Ginny Qin Zhan  
Kennesaw State University
An Exploratory Study of Chinese Americans’ Cultural Identity
(3) Keng We Koh  
Ohio University
A Chinese Malaysian in Taiwan: Negarakuku and a Song of Exile in the Diaspora

ILR Conference Center: Room 229

Panel 8
Comparative Educational Development

Discussant: Qi Wang, Cornell University

(1) Ronghua  Ouyang
University of North Florida
Pre-K and Elementary Education in China: Challenges and Opportunities
(2) Xiansheng Tian     
Metropolitan State College of Denver 
Nationalism and History Education: Revisit the Issue
(3) Yuanwu Zhou     
Hubei University of Economics 
中国的义务教育: 从普及到均衡
(4) Wanwen Dai  
Nanjing University
Cross-cultural Impact on Organizational Learning: A Comparative Study between the Netherlands and China

ILR Conference Center: Room 423

Panel 9
East Asia in World Economy

Discussant: Yongjun Chen, Renmin University of China

(1) Yuesheng Wang, Tao Tao,
Xiangdong Ma
Peking University       
Would FDI New Trend Change the Intra-industry Trade Structure between China and Japan?
(2) Tao Qi  
Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University
Comparative Analysis on Sino-US Maize Competitiveness
(3) Laying Qi, Baolin Sun
Hubei University of Economics
Construction of Coordinating Mechanism of Exchange Rates in East Asia: Theory and Reality

ILR Conference Center: Room 425

Panel 10
(Roundtable)
Teaching Chinese Language and Culture in the United States

Organizer and Moderator: Shuming Lu, City University of New York 

Moderator:
Shuming Lu
City University of New York-Brooklyn College
Panelists:
(1) Jingyi Song
State University of New York-Old Westbury
Chinese Culture and Civilization in the American College Curriculum
(2) Jiangguo Ji
City University of New York -BMCC
Teaching Chinese in American Universities: Pedagogical Competence and Teacher Preparation
(3)  Shuming Lu
City University of New York-Brooklyn College
CLTA-GNY & Resources of Chinese Language Teaching
(4)Yonggang Huang
City University of New York-Brooklyn College
What Comes First: Grammar, Characters or Sentence Patterns? Priorities of Teaching Chinese in a Non-Chinese Environment
(5)  Shuming Lu
City University of New York-Brooklyn College
Intercultural Sensitivity and Chinese Teaching in the U.S.

ILR Conference Center: Amphitheater

5:00pm - 6:00pm

Library Tour

 

6:30pm - 8:30pm
Grand Dinner

Welcome Remarks
Anne Kenney
Carl A. Kroch University Librarian
Cornell University Library 

Statler Hotel: Taylor-Rowe Rooms

Sunday, November 9

8:00am - 9:00am

Continental Breakfast

ILR Conference Center: Room 227

9:00am - 10:30am

Session 3

Panel 11
China’s Higher Education and Its Reforms

Discussant: Ronghua Ouyang, University of North Florida 

(1) Shuming Lu
City University of New York, Brooklyn College
Challenges and Opportunities of China's Humanities and Social Sciences
(2) Hao Li
Northwestern University of China
策解高校评估危机
(3) Jiahai Huang
Hubei University of Economics
对大学生心理干预的几点思考
(Issues on Psychology of Chinese College Students and Intervention Strategies)
(4) Hongyan Zhang
Central University of Finance and Economics
Yanbin Wang
Henan Institute of Science and Technology
Study on Developing a Specialized Teaching Staff for College Students’ Career Development in China

ILR Conference Center: Room 225

Panel 12
Modernization and Development in China

Discussant: Shiping Hua, University of Louisville

(1) Yawei Liu
Georgia Perimeter College and the Carter Center
Universal Values v. Chinese Peculiarity: Chinese Scholars’ Diverse Discourse on Political Reform
(2) Yunfei Chi 
Capital Normal University of China
Democratic Trial in China in the Early 20th Century: Research on Song Jiaoren’s Thoughts about Democracy and Constitutionalism
(3) Yongjun Chen
Renmin University of China
New Road of Urbanization in China
(4) Jieli Li
Ohio University
Economic Development Vs. Human Development: A Paradigm Shift in International Development Studies and Lessens from China

ILR Conference Center: Room 229

Panel 13
New Cultural Trends in Globalization

Discussant: Haiping Yan, Cornell University 

(1) Ying Han      
Savahna State University
The Emergence of Fengqing Culture in Current China
(2) Sheri Zhang  
University of Ottawa
Cultural Diversity of Modern East Asia in Literature, Film and Society
(3). Suling Wu  
Communication University of China
The Culture Value Orientation of the Historical Teleplay
(4) Min Liu   
Ashland University        
Marketing Mao: the Globalization Commercialization of Contemporary Art in China

ILR Conference Center: Room 423

Panel 14
Impacts of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games and Related Issues

Discussant: Mao Ye, Cornell University

(1) Jie Zhang
State University of New York College at Buffalo
Beijing 2008 Olympics and Chinese Culture
(2) So-Jeng Hung, Mei-Chiung Chi, Yen-Ling Chen 
Chinese Culture University
The Application of Chinese Culture Symbols in Global Events Brand Identification Design: A Case Study in 2008 Beijing Olympic Logo
(3) Jianguo Ji
The City University of New York
The Tibet Issue: From Historical, Cultural, Sociological, and International Perspectives

ILR Conference Center: Room 425

10:30am - 10:45am

Coffee Break

ILR Conference Center: Room 227 / Room 429

10:45am - 12:15pm

Session 4

Panel 15
Culture, Gender and Society

Discussant: Helen Wu, University of Toronto

(1) Yonggang Huang
City University of New York at Brooklyn 
Tian, Di and Ren (Heaven, Earth and Man): Pivotal Ideas of Yi Jing and their Modern Applications
(2) Ai Guo Han
Rowan University
Daoism as a System of Inquiry and Its Impact on Chinese Thinking
(3) Shaorong Huang
University of Cincinnati
The System of Theories on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics Should Include
Mao Zedong Thought, the Chinese Marxism
(4) Zhiyuan Wang
Luoyang Folk Custom Museum
A Study on the Life of Women Recorded in the Inscribed Boards of Luoyang

ILR Conference Center: Room 225

Panel 16
(Roundtable)
China’s Agricultural (Land) Reform and Its Prospects

Organizer and Moderator: Jieli Li, Ohio University

Organizer and Moderator:
Jieli Li
Ohio University

Panelists:
(1) Guanzhong (James) Wen
Trinity College
(2) Yueting Lee       
University of Totedo
(3) Shuming Lu       
CUNY-Brooklyn
(4) Yongjun Chen  
China Remin University

ILR Conference Center: Room 229

Panel 17 (Roundtable)
Developments of Library Technology

Organizer and Moderator: Xian Wu, Cornell University

Organizer and Moderator:
Xian Wu
Cornell University

Panelists:
(1) Su Chen
University of Minnesota
Create English Subtitles for Chinese Movies
(2) Susan Xue
UC Berkeley
Methods and Technologies Involved in Digitization of East Asian
(3) Robert Lee
East View Information Services
Dynamic China, Dynamic Data: Tools for Interdisciplinary Research on China

ILR Conference Center: Room 423

12:15pm - 1:30pm

Lunch

ILR Conference Center: Room 227

1:30pm – 3:00pm

Tours: Cornell Campus and/or Johnson Museum

 

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