CHEW Conference 2016

Oxford – 20th & 21st May

Visible and Invisible Challenges Transformations in Contemporary China

Programme

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Contents Conference Committee 2 About CHEW 2 Conference Venues 3 Opening Lecture 4 Conference Schedule 4 How to get to Oxford 9 Accommodation 9 Contacts, Maps and General Info 10

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Conference Committee Carlo Inverardi Ferri Irina Fedorenko Guanli Zhang Saher Hasnain

About CHEW

China’s Health, Environment and Welfare (CHEW) is an interdisciplinary research cluster at the University of Oxford. CHEW is a forum for graduate students, young researchers and established academics from across the social sciences and humanities as well as policy and civil society actors working on a

range of issues relevant to contemporary China. CHEW was founded in 2013 and staged its inaugural Conference in Green Templeton College in 2014. CHEW hosts regular seminars and shares information about events, conferences and new research findings through various online platforms. In past years CHEW has hosted talks by: Dr Stuart Basten (Department of Social Policy and Intervention), Fergus Green (Grantham Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, LSE), Dr Jenny Chan (China Centre, Oxford), Mia MacDonald (Brighter Green, New York), Isabel Hilton (chinadialogue.net, London), Prof Peter Ho (Delft University of Technology), Liang Chen (University of Westminster), Dr Mao Da (Nature University NGO), Prof Lina Song (University of Nottingham), Dr Paul Jobin (University of Paris Diderot), and many others. CHEW would not exist without a team of volunteers: Caleb Pomeroy, Saher Hasnain, Peter Chan, Matthias Qian, Irina Fedorenko, Loretta Lou, Guanli Zhang, Huw Pohlner, Clement Sehier, and Carlo Inverardi Ferri have participated in the research cluster. We also thank the China Centre and the University staff for their support over the years. In particular, we acknowledge the help of Prof Rana Mitter, Dr Anna Lora-Waiwright, Dr Troy Sternberg, Clare Ochard, Rosanna Gosi, Chris Sauer, April Lopez, and Sue Drakes for their dedicated support. The CHEW Conference 2016 has been generously funded by the University of Oxford China Centre and Green Templeton College. We also thank the ESRC and DTC research fund for their support in previous years. Carlo, Irina, Guanli, and Saher

@chewoxford China’s Health, Environment and Welfare /chewoxford chewoxford.wordpress.com

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Conference Venues

University of Oxford China Centre The University of Oxford China Centre is a new hub for academic activities related to China, located on the premises of St Hugh's College.

Dickson Poon Building, Canterbury Road, Oxford OX2 6LU

Green Templeton College Green Templeton College occupies a beautiful site, with the iconic 18th Century Radcliffe Observatory at its heart.

Green Templeton College, 43 Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HG

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Opening Lecture

Prof Jane Duckett, University of Glasgow, Visible and Invisible Challenges for China’s Health Care System

Jane Duckett is Edward Chair of Politics, International Dean (East Asia), and Director of the Scottish Centre for China Research at the University of Glasgow. She is also Guest Professor at Nankai University (Tianjin, China). In 2014 she was elected President of the British Association for Chinese Studies. Jane’s publication include: The Entrepreneurial State in China (Routledge, 1998). The Open Economy and its Enemies (CUP, 2006) (with colleague Bill Miller). The Chinese State’s Retreat from Health: Policy and the Politics of Retrenchment (Routledge, hdbk 2011; pbk 2013). China’s Changing Welfare Mix: Local Perspectives (Routledge,

2011), (with Beatriz Carrillo). Her previous research has been funded by the ESRC, Leverhulme Trust, British Council, British Academy, and the European Commission. In 2012 she received the Lord Provost of Glasgow Education Award.

Conference Schedule Friday, May 20th, Green Templeton College – Evening

5.00 Registration GTC Lecture Theatre

6.00 WELCOME Prof Rana Mitter GTC Lecture Theatre

6.15 OPENING LECTURE Prof Jane Duckett GTC Lecture Theatre

7.00 Drinks GTC Bar

8.15 Dinner (for speakers only)

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Saturday, May 21st Ho Tim Seminar Room – China Centre – Morning 10:00

ENVIRONMENTS 1 – Environmental Activism Chair: Prof Jean-Philippe Béja Irina Fedorenko, University of Oxford, Second generation Environmentalism and civil society in Beijing and Kunming Dr Yan Wu and Matthew Collins, Swansea University, The Role of Digital Media in Mediating Environmental Politics in China Dr Anna Lora-Wainwright, University of Oxford, Resigned Activism: Living with Pollution in Rural China

11:00 Morning tea 11:30 ENVIRONMENTS 2 – Waste and Society

Chair: Dr Anna Lora-Wainwright Carlo Inverardi Ferri, University of Oxford, Invisible Spaces: Waste, Labour and Dispossession in Beijing Caleb Pomeroy, University College London, The Collective Action Dynamics of Space Debris Proliferation Yvan Schulz, Univeristy of Neuchâtel, (In)visible Toxics and the Politics of Pollution in China's "E-waste" Industry Dr Cynthia Xiaohong Wang, University of Warwick, Suing the Incinerators in Chinese Court

12:50 Lunch

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Lucina Ho Seminar Room 1 – China Centre – Morning 10:00 TRANSFORMATIONS 1 – China and the World

Chair: Prof Kerry Brown Kris Hye Soo Lee, University of Oxford, Educational Pathfinders? International Student Mobility to China Lucie Qian Xia, University of Oxford, China and the European Union: Mapping a Network Model of Diplomacy Stephen Zhao, University of Oxford, Investigating Motivations for Change in Climate Change Policy Ambition: A Study of Chinese Efforts to Combat Climate Change Since 1992

11:00 Morning tea 11:30 TRANSFORMATIONS 2 – Society, Politics and Exclusion

Chair: Irina Fedorenko Tsang Fan Yu Gabriel, King’s College London, Narrative Politics of Chinese Disability Literature in the Post-Mao Era Zhang Yuxi, Universtity of Oxford, Understanding the Policy Changes Concerning Internal Migrant Population in China Dr Geeta Kochhar, Jawaharlal Nerhu University, Rural Migrants in Urban Labour Market: Creating a New Space Dr Marylène Lieber, University of Genève, From Labor Rights to Personal Development – Corporate Social Responsibility and Social Justice in Southern China

12:50 Lunch

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Ho Tim Seminar Room – China Centre – Afternoon 2:00 ENVIRONMENTS 3 – Safety and the Environment

Chair: Prof Jean-François Huchet

Marianna Tsionki, Manchester Metropolitan University, Challenging the sensorium: media materiality in the era of the Anthropocene Zhang Xiaoyang, University of Essex, Recognizing Problems in Urban Drinking Water Provision System: A Case of China Dr Andrea Pia, London School of Economics and Political Science, Back on the Water Margin: The Ethical Fixes of Sustainable Water Provisions in Rural China Dr Anna Boermel, King’s College London, Of Salty Strawberries and Insect Bites: Coping with Food Safety Scares in Urban China

3:20 Afternoon tea 3:40 ENVIONMENTS 4 – Resources, Policies and Practices

Chair: Carlo Inverardi Ferri Lee Mei Fanny Koh, University of Oxford, China and Tibet: Environmental Destruction from Mining in Tibet Julia Teebken, Freie Universität Berlin, Social vulnerability and governmental responsibility - The Sichuan 2008 earthquake in perspective Nikita Makarchev, University of Cambridge, HSE and Good Governance in China: Revaluating the Energy Sector’s Informal Dimensions and their Implications Prof Jean-François Huchet, Inalco, Paris, Public Policies in Coal Reduction Consumption in China

5:00 Drinks

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Lucina Ho Seminar Room 1 – China Centre – Afternoon 2:00 TRANSFORMATIONS 3 – Civil Society

Chair: Dr Marylène Lieber

Pei-Feng Su, ACTAsia, Caring for Life Education: China’s ‘Left-Behind Children’

Claude Zanardi, King’s College London, Social Protests in China & Party’s Legitimation: The Internet as a Tool to Replace Political Reforms with Public Input to Governance

Dr Giulia Zoccatelli, King’s College London, Functioning over Function: Approaching Civil Society in China as a Category of Practice – or How to Distribute Clean Needles in a Fragmented State.

Prof Jean-Philippe Béja, CNRS, Science Po’, CEFC, Xi’s China Dream: Civil Society's Nightmare?

3:20 Afternoon tea 3:40 TRANSFORMATIONS 4 – Urban Challenges

Chair: Dr Andrea Pia

Ren Xiang, University of Sheffield, Social Resilient Architecture in Rapid Rural-urban Transition: Emerging Cases in China from 2005 to 2015

Sun Jiabao, King’s College London, A Comparative Study of the Impact of two State-led Urbanization Strategies on the Livelihoods of Surplus Rural Labourers: Case Studies from Tianjin and Zhejiang

Dr Wang Xuefeng, Newcastle University, Soft Institutional Exclusion and China’s Urbanisation Problems

Prof Kerry Brown, King’s College London, Buying Loyalty with Chinese Characteristics: Why Keeping the Urban Middle class Healthy and Happy Matters to Xi Jinping

5:00 Drinks

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How to get to Oxford The conference venues – the Oxford China Centre and Green Templeton College – are located in the centre of Oxford with most colleges and University departments within walking distances. By Coach and Train Oxford can be easily reached by bus from central London, by train from the station of London Paddington, as well as directly from other cities or airports in the United Kingdom. 24 hours coaches to/from London http://www.oxfordbus.co.uk/ Coaches to/from London Airports http://airline.oxfordbus.co.uk/ National Rail Enquires http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/ Taxis Royal Taxi +44 (0) 1865 777333 A1 +44 (0) 1865 248 000 ABC +44 (0) 1865 770077 +44 (0) 1865 775577 Radio Taxis +44 (0) 1865 242424 +44 (0) 1865 249743

Accommodation University Rooms Oxford System http://www.universityrooms.com/ Department of Continuing Education https://www.conted.ox.ac.uk/facilities/accommodation/ University Club http://www.club.ox.ac.uk/accommodation

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Contacts, Maps and General Info University of Oxford China Centre Dickson Poon Building Canterbury Road Oxford OX2 6LU Green Templeton College 43 Woodstock Road Oxford OX2 6HG

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C0nference E-mail chew.conference2016@gmail.com Medical Assistance At any time dial 999 Weather Weather in Oxford could still be a bit chilly in May. Don’t forget to bring a jumper.