B-V54: Politics and Culture in Contemporary China

Virtual Chair(s)

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  Liang Luo

  Department of MCLLC
  University of Kentucky, United States

Virtual Paper Presenter(s)

• KH

  Kristen Hopewell

  University of British Columbia, Canada
• YZ

  Yushu Zhu

  Simon Fraser University, Canada
• MW

  Min Wang

  East Asian Languages and cultures
  Washington University in St Louis, United States
• 

  Lei Dou

  history
  University of California, Santa Barbara, United States
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  Weifeng Zhong

  Mercatus Center at George Mason University, United States

Presentations:

• Words Speak Louder Than Numbers: Estimating China’s COVID-19 Severity with Deep Learning
  

  Virtual Paper Presenter: Weifeng Zhong – Mercatus Center at George Mason University
• Balancing, Threats & Wedges in International Political Economy: The Origins and Impact of the Sino-Indian Alliance at the WTO
  

  Virtual Paper Presenter: Kristen Hopewell – University of British Columbia
• Inference and Simulation: From Early 20th-century Chinese Detective Fiction to Contemporary Chinese Murder Mystery Game Shows
  

  Virtual Paper Presenter: Min Wang – Washington University in St Louis
• Itemized Burial Goods and Assigned Social Identities: “Mortuary Inventories” in Ancient China
  

  Virtual Paper Presenter: Lei Dou – University of California, Santa Barbara