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DESCRIPTION:"Student/Faculty Panel Discussion on the Perspectives of TNGOs 
 and Civil Society in China" Join us for an important discussion on modern-
 day China and its relationship with transnational NGOs. Moderated by Tosca
  Bruno-VanVijfeijken\, Co-Director of the TNGO Initiative at Moynihan Inst
 itute of Global Affairs Panelists: Professor Zhen Qian is a visiting fello
 w at Syracuse University Maxwell School. His previous experience includes 
 working for the International Strategy Institute at the Central Party Scho
 ol. Professor Qian is conducting ongoing research on China's rural electio
 ns\, democratization in China\, and Western political theory. Sisi Zheng\,
  a grassroots community organizer from China\, is studying nonprofit manag
 ement and community development as a Ford Foundation Fellow in the EMPA pr
 ogram. Her background is in the NGO sector\, having most recently created 
 the Shimenkan Connnection\, which focuses on Christian community developme
 nt and the preservation of ethnic culture in isolated minority villages. J
 iwei Zhang is a Ford Foundation Fellow studying in the EMPA program at Syr
 acuse University Maxwell School. His work experience includes 6 years at K
 unming Municipal Bureau of Finance in the capitol city of Yunnan Province 
 in China. Song Shiming is a former Professor of Public Administration from
  the National School of Administration of China and a current member of th
 e People's Republic of China's State Writing Committee of Civil Servant La
 w. He received his PhD in Public Administration in 1997. Shiming is a visi
 ting scholar at SU studying government reform in the U.S. and conducting r
 esearching for his book\, Comparative Studies of Administrative Reforms be
 tween China and the U.S. Sponsored by the TNGO Initiative Student Group an
 d the East Asia Program. For more information\, email acvannoy@syr.edu. Lu
 nch will be served.&nbsp\;&nbsp\;
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SUMMARY:TNGO and EA present: Panel Discussion on China
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:"Student/Faculty Panel Discussion on the Persp
 ectives of TNGOs and Civil Society in China" Join us for an important disc
 ussion on modern-day China and its relationship with transnational NGOs. M
 oderated by Tosca Bruno-VanVijfeijken\, Co-Director of the TNGO Initiative
  at Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs Panelists: Professor Zhen Qian is
  a visiting fellow at Syracuse University Maxwell School. His previous exp
 erience includes working for the International Strategy Institute at the C
 entral Party School. Professor Qian is conducting ongoing research on Chin
 a's rural elections\, democratization in China\, and Western political the
 ory. Sisi Zheng\, a grassroots community organizer from China\, is studyin
 g nonprofit management and community development as a Ford Foundation Fell
 ow in the EMPA program. Her background is in the NGO sector\, having most 
 recently created the Shimenkan Connnection\, which focuses on Christian co
 mmunity development and the preservation of ethnic culture in isolated min
 ority villages. Jiwei Zhang is a Ford Foundation Fellow studying in the EM
 PA program at Syracuse University Maxwell School. His work experience incl
 udes 6 years at Kunming Municipal Bureau of Finance in the capitol city of
  Yunnan Province in China. Song Shiming is a former Professor of Public Ad
 ministration from the National School of Administration of China and a cur
 rent member of the People's Republic of China's State Writing Committee of
  Civil Servant Law. He received his PhD in Public Administration in 1997. 
 Shiming is a visiting scholar at SU studying government reform in the U.S.
  and conducting researching for his book\, Comparative Studies of Administ
 rative Reforms between China and the U.S. Sponsored by the TNGO Initiative
  Student Group and the East Asia Program. For more information\, email acv
 annoy@syr.edu. Lunch will be served.&nbsp\;&nbsp\;
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