| Role | Student Author | Thesis Title (S.M.B. Honors College Thesis List) | Defense Date | Prize
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| Reader | Cassaday Ray | Accountability Focus of Self-Initiated Gig Workers: Comparing English and Mandarin Construct Operationalizations | 20230503W1030 |
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| Chair 51 | Jonathan Dwyer | Buy the Rumor, Sell the News: Predicting Growth in the Shanghai Stock Exchange Resulting from the 2020 Foreign Investment Law | 20230503W0900 |
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| Chair 50 | Olivia Rychlak | The Economic Burdens of Hosting the Olympics: Implications for Paris 2024 | 20230501M1500 |
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| Reader | Luke Jacobus | The Pen is Mightier Than the Baton: PRC State Media as a Tool for Countering Protest Movements in Hong Kong | 20230428F1100
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| Chair 49 | Zachary Spooner | How Three Different Companies Were Able to Dominate the Semiconductor Manufacturing Industry: A Comparative Case Study of Samsung, TSMC, and Intel | 20230421F1600
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| Chair 48 | Matthew LaFaver | Taiwanese Attitudes toward Mainland China | 20221108T1500 | Best East Asian
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| Reader | Johanna Ava Cooper | "A History of Heartache": Korean Reunification through the Eyes of Giseong Sedae (기성세대 旣成世代) | 20220502M1100
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| Chair 47 | Clementina Ferraro | China: Maintaining Authoritarian Government in the Face of Globalization and Marketization | 20220427W1400
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| Reader | Benjamin Sullivan | Exogenous Supply Chain Shocks and Onshoring: An Analysis of the Trump Trade War and the U.S.-China Bilateral Trade Relationship | 20220426T1100
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| Reader | Caroline Steil | A Look towards the Future of Eldercare: Lessons Learned from Social Care Models in Japan | 20220425M1300
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| Reader | Anna Scout Reed | Panda Diplomacy | 20220425M1100
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| Reader | Kai-Shin Newman | How Chinese Media Reports on Infectious Disease Emergence and Human Environmental Interactions | 20220420W1600
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| Reader | Jesse W. Paxton | Driving Factors behind Language Use among Younger Generations in Taiwan: Is the Demise of Hokkien Inevitable? | 20220420W1300 | Terasawa & Best East Asian
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| Reader | Emmeline G. Connell | The Evolution of Gender Performance in Japanese Male Idol Groups: Gender as a Tool for Fame, Fortune, and Fans | 20220418M0900
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| Chair 46 | Matthew Walsh | The Continuous Conflict? Socialization, Rationality, and Public Opinion Toward the Two-State Solution in Israel's Neighbors | 20211202R1000
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| Chair 45 | Sean Brown | Population Aging and Healthcare Cost in China and Japan | 20211201W1100
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| Chair 44 | Anna Bruno | Enduring Gender Disparities in China's Education System | 20210430F0900
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| Reader | Matthew Travers | Perceptions of Chinese Influence in Tanzania | 20210423F1500
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| Reader | Ivy Gerrell | Taiwan and Territories: Understanding Territorial Claims in the China Seas | 20210423F0900
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| Reader | Joey Baker | Regional Educational Disparities in Reform Era China | 20210422R1300
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| Reader | Lucy Herron | China, Xinjiang, and the Genocide Convention: The Fragility of International Law | 20210422R1200
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| Reader | Lennis Barlow | The Politics of Water Resource Management: State-Guided Framing of China's South to North Water Diversion Project and Its Impact on Citizen Perception | 20210421W1000 | Terasawa & Best East Asian
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| Reader | Rhodes Michael Walker | 5G Technology, U.S.-China Race, and the Competition for Dominance | 20210414W1600
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| Reader | Colin Durkin | Rome Joins the Belt and Road Initiative: Implications for the Development of Trieste and Italy's Position in Chinese Foreign Policy | 20201117T1000
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| Reader | Montgomery Belk | Factors Behind the Slowdown of Chinese Study Abroad in the U.S. | 20201113F1300
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| Reader | Kylie C. Bring | On the Basis of Sex: Personal Status Law Reforms and Economic Growth | 20201012M1330
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| Reader | Emily Wang | Firewalking the Firewall: Uncovering Orientalism beneath Chinese nationalistic discourse and policy on Uyghur Muslims | 20200928M1800
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| Reader | Viviek Patel | SEALDs: A Quantitative Content Analysis of #DontTrashYourVote on Twitter | 20200812W1730
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| Reader | Lauren Cookston | Populism, Italian Style: Public Opinion and Populist Electoral Success in Italy | 20200501F1600
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| Reader | Caroline Thompson | Public Sentiment Toward Migration in a Globalizing World: The Case of Spain and Its Distinctive Demeanor Toward Its Immigrants | 20200501F1000
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| Chair 43 | Ramelle Mueller | Expatriate Aid: A Literary Analysis of the Challenges Faced by American Expatriates in China and What Warrants Smooth Expatriate Adjustment | 20200430R1600
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| Reader | Summer Caraway | Social Services and Women's Employment | 20200429W1600
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| Reader | Olivia George | K-POP, Digital Community and Mediated Intimacy | 20200429W1400 | Best East Asian
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| Reader | Olivia Melvin | Clarifying the Conceptualization of Empire: Is China’s Belt and Road Initiative an Attempt at Empire? | 20200428T1100
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| Reader | Claire Williams | Why Families Flee: A Study of Family Migration Patterns from the Northern Triangle of Central America | 20200427M1300 | Terasawa & Best Latin American
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| Reader | Elson Stewart | Brand Translation and Country of Origin: Advertising for the Jeans Market in Latin America | 20200427M1000
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| Reader | Erin Foelker | China and Natural Gas: The Importance of Natural Gas to China with Regard to the South and East China Sea Conflicts | 20200424F1500
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| Reader | Jillian Vice | Collapse of a Communist Giant: A Study of Party Unity in the Soviet Union | 20200424F1400
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| Reader | Gabriel Menchaca | Artificial Prometheans: A Comparative Case Study on the Similarities and Differences in Artificial General Intelligence Projects within the United States and China | 20200424F1300
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| Reader | Chandler Molpus | A Crisis of Masculinity: The Rise of the AfD and the Eastern German Man | 20200424F1000
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| Reader | Caleb Ray | Mind Your Youth: Youth Unemployment and Islamic Radicalization | 20200423R1600
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| Reader | Madeline Gegg | The Mexican Voter Transformed: MORENA Success in the Wake of Party System Failure | 20200423R1300
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| Reader | Colleen Shuford | Conflict and Trade in the South China Sea: How Industrialization Has Led to Environmental Degradation | 20200422W1400
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| Reader | Alyssa Smith | Femininity in Media Portrayals of Chinese Female Soldiers | 20180501T1200 | Best East Asian
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| Chair 42 | Katherine L. Jones | ASEAN Men: A Love Story? | 20170809W1000
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| Reader | Megan Ferguson | Profession or Oppression? An Analysis of Prostitution Regulatory Models and Their Effects on Sexual Violence in Europe | 20170504R1600
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| Chair 41 | Meredith Cuilik | Effects of the Senkaku/Diaoyu Island Dispute on Sino-Japanese Economic Relations | 20170427R1100
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| Reader | Grant DePoyster | Are Chinese Firms Attracted to Political Risk? Locational Determinants of Chinese Outward Foreign Direct Investment | 20170427R1000
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| Chair 40 | James DeMarshall | To Donate Is Glorious: The CCP, Chinese Civil Society, and the WenChuan Earthquake | 20170427R0900 | Best East Asian
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| Reader | Sarah A. Hasselle | Comparative Analysis of Hong Kong and Taiwan's Independence Movements | 20170426W1300
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| Chair 39 | Evan Daniel Heitzmann | Urbanization and Exclusion: Examining the Wages of Migrant Workers in the Chinese Urban Labor Market | 20160506F0900
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| Reader | Kayla M. Smith | Tigers, Flies, and Longines: The Chinese Corruption Crackdown and Its Effect on Conspicuous Consumption | 20160505R1600
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| Chair 38 | Zachary T. Cookston | An Industry Giant's Struggles: Google's Relative Failure within China | 20160505R1000 | Best East Asian
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| Chair 37 | Liana Christine Tai | Opportunities and Challenges for Socially Responsible Business in China | 20160505R0900
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| Chair 36 | Allison J. Slusher | An International Crossover: Comparing the Chinese Basketball Association with the National Basketball Association | 20160503T1600
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| Chair 35 | Harriet Fisher | The Chinese Inquisition: Xi Jinping's War on Corruption | 20150428T1600
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| Reader | Bruce Burley | Japanese Cars Go Local: Japanese Automakers Marketing Strategy in China | 20150428T1500
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| Chair 34 | Taylor Malcolm | Fueling the Dragon's Fire: China's Coal Policy | 20150428T1400
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| Chair 33 | Maxwell Anderson | A Shifting Course? A Demographic Analysis of Pro-Environmental Views in China | 20150428T1100
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| Reader | Delton Rhodes | Economic vs. Ideological Interests: Examining Chinese Arms Exports and Aid | 20150427M1600
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| Chair 32 | Sarah Fenno | The Smoking Dragon: A Balancing Act of Health and Economics in China | 20150427M0900
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| Chair 31 | Palmer Withers | Boss Lady: How Chinese Female Managers Succeed in China's Guanxi System | 20150202M1100
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| Chair 30 | Samuel Wilson | Military Transactions and Influence: An Analysis of Chinese Military Transactions to Africa and Its Impact on Political Proximity | 20141208M1400
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| Reader | Kevin Scott | The Impact of Hosting the Summer Olympic Games on Economic Growth in Developing Countries: A Case Study of the 2008 Beijing Games | 20141205F0900 | Best East Asian
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| Chair 29 | Luan Vu | Costs and Benefits of Renminbi Internationalization | 20140502F0900
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| Reader | Kimberly Butler | Gender and Sport in China: Creating New Opportunities for Women? | 20140430W1200
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| Reader | William Bumpas | Uncontrolled Enrollment Expansion: Fragmented Authoritarianism in Chinese Higher Education | 20140429T1600 | Terasawa
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| Reader | James Cutchin | How to Win Elections and Influence Parties: Party and Electoral System Development and Manipulation in the Republic of China | 20140423W1000
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| Chair 28 | Emily Bennett | Prospect of Reform in North Korea: Will China Play a Role? | 20130503F1000
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| Chair 27 | Jessica Elaine Sewell | Sharing Space with the Middle Kingdom: Analyzing Barriers To U.S.-China Space Cooperation | 20130502R1000 | Best Inter-regional
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| Reader | Jacqueline Boyce | Recycling Behavior in Germany in the Early 1990s: Person-Level and Contextual Determinants of Recycling | 20130501W1600
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| Chair 26 | Mallory Elaine Lee | Factors Influencing Self-Identification as Homosexual and Attitudes towards Homosexuality in China | 20130501W1400
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| Chair 25 | Paul Alexander Kynerd | Theorizing Factors Influencing Missile Transfers: A Case Study of Sino-Iranian Missile Transfers and Implications for Regional Security | 20130425R1100
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| Chair 24 | Victoria L. Thoman | The Evolving Benefits of Communist Party Membership in Contemporary China | 20130425R1000 | Best East Asian
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| Chair 23 | Megan Loria | An Analysis of Ethnic Stratification and Determinants of Gender Inequalities in the Chinese Education System | 20120427F0900
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| Chair 22 | Evan Akin | Taxing the Bubble: China's experiment in residential property taxation in Shanghai and Chongqing | 20120426R1600
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| Chair 21 | Jennings Treutel | Confucianism and the Modern East Asian | 20110506F1100
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| Reader | Erin Singleton | Does a Rising Tide Lift All Boats? An Analysis of China's Increasing Gini Coefficient from 1980-2006 | 20110504W1300
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| Chair 20 | Alyssa W. Yuen | Chinese Popular Opinion Towards the One Child Policy | 20110503T1100
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| Chair 19 | Matthew Archer | Maintaining Growth, Reducing Emissions: An Econometric Analysis Of Industrial Sulfur Dioxide Emissions And Economic Growth In China | 20110427W1500
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| Reader | Ryan Parsons | The Urbanization of Chinese Citizenship: A Case Study of Shanghai and Suzhou | 20110427W1300 | Terasawa
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| Reader | Cooper Rimmer | The Role of the Supreme People's Court within the P.R.C.: Judicial Interpretation and Judicial Review | 20100427T1445 | Terasawa
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| Chair 18 | Brewer, Jessica | Breaking through the Bamboo Ceiling: The Struggle for Gender Parity in High-Level Politics within the Chinese Communist Party | 20100427T1100
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| Chair 17 | Livingston, Christopher | The Straw which May Break the Dragon's Back:
Perception of Local Cadre Corruption and Its Effects on a Population's Willingness to Participate in Social Unrest in Rural China | 20100427T1000
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| Reader | Erin Callahan | Ethnic Conflict and Nationalism in China: A Study of Han Nationalism as Reflected through Uighur-Han Relations | 20100426M1600
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| Chair 16 | Richard Whitehouse | Small States and Big Powers: Strategic Behavior of Thailand, Vietnam, and Singapore | 20100426M1500
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| Chair 15 | Sarasin, Tatiana | The Motivational Forces Behind China's Foreign Policy in Africa: An Historical Comparison Between the 1960's and Today | 20090501F1400
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| Chair 14 | Alecia Waite | The Olympics as a Catalyst for Chinese Environmental Regulation: A Theory with Three Case Studies from Beijing | 20090430R1500 | Best East Asian
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| Chair 13 | Katie Swain | China's Role in the Darfur Crisis: An Inquiry into Global Ethics | 20090429W0830 | Best Interregional
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| Chair 12 | Kennedy Horton | Holding China Back: How the Household Registration System and Education System are Hindering Economic Development in China | 20090428T1600
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| Reader | Susan Lawrence | The Beginning of the End: A First Look at Textile and Apparel Trade after the Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC) | 20090423R1600
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| Chair 11 | Anthony Yuen | Mainland Chinese Attitudes Toward the United States | 20080502F0900 | Terasawa
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| Chair 10 | Leatherman, Vaughan | Going Places: The Shift of the Textile Industry in China | 20080430W1200
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| Chair 9 | Hedglin, Daniel | Military Reforms with Chinese Characteristics: Informal Decentralization in the Chinese Government and Its Effect on Party-Military Relations | 20080429T1000
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| Chair 8 | Megan Rogers | At the Roots of Faith: A Comparative Analysis of the History and Appeal of Buddhism and Christianity in Contemporary China | 20080428M0900 | Best East Asian
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| Chair 7 | Flemming, Michael | The Historical Transformation of Chinese-U.S. Student Migration | 20060516T1300
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| Chair 6 | Kristin Balthazar | Japan's Software and Video Game Industries: International Weakness and International Strength | 20060424M1400
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| Chair 5 | Andrew Piletz | China's Growing Unemployment Problems: Past, Present, and Future | 20060420R1000 | Best East Asian
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| Reader | Gordon Fellows | Give Me More: How Major Power Energy Consumption Shifts Promote Resource Conflict and the Implcations on Today's U.S.-Sino Relationship | 20060417M1100
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| Chair 4 | Travis Pierce | The Internet and Political Change in the People's Republic of China | 20060113F1000
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| Chair 3 | Martin Penman | Addressing the 'Other China': Establishing Political Logic as a Reason for Economic Relations across the Taiwan Straits | 20050512R0900
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| Chair 2 | John Waters | Buying Democracy? The Effect of Foreign Investment on Taiwan's Democratic Transition | 20050510T0900
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| Chair 1 | Sulakshana Rana | Democracy and Economics: the Influence of Economic Growth on Democratic Values of Chinese People | 20030910W1500
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