Chinese Business and Economic History

USC and UCLA hold a joint conference on Chinese business and Economics.

Panel/discussion 1 - China and Asian Trade Networks

1:00-1:20pm: Richard Von Glahn, Professor of History, UCLA, "The Ningbo-Hakata Merchant Network and the Reorientation of East Asian Maritime Trade, 1150-1300"

1:20-1:30pm: Discussant Michelle Damian, Ph.D. student, Department of History, USC

1:30-1:50pm: David Kang, Professor of International Relations and Business and Director of the Korean Studies Institute, USC, "The Political Economy of the Tribute System, 1368-1841"

1:50-2:00pm: Discussant Guillermo Ruiz Stovel, Ph.D. student, Department of History, UCLA 2:00-2:30pm: Group Discussion 1

2:30-3:00pm: Break

Panel/discussion 2 - Chinese Business Organization

3:00-3:20pm: Robert Chao Romero, Assistant Professor of Chicana/o Studies, UCLA, “The Chinese Transnational Commercial Orbit and its Relevance to Latin American History, Asian American Studies, and Latino Studies”

3:20-3:30pm: Discussant Luman Wang, Ph.D. student, Department of History, USC

3:30-3:50pm: Brett Sheehan, Associate Professor of History, USC, “Is there a Chinese Way of Doing Business? Evidence from the Song Family of Capitalists, 1900-1950”

3:50-4:00pm: Discussant Hsin-pei Liu, Ph.D. student, Department of History, UCLA

4:00-4:30pm: Group Discussion 2

4:30-5:00pm: Closing Remarks