030116 KU Modern China: Law, History, and Culture (2022S)

This course will provide a comprehensive overview of law and politics of 20th and 21st-century China, in their historical and cultural contexts. We will discuss Law, History, and Culture on Modern China within a focus on the “Rule by Law Concept” as a “grand narrative” in its historical context.
Chang Wang is an associate professor of law at the College of Comparative Law, China
University of Political Science and Law; he is also Chief Research and Academic Officer at
Thomson Reuters, the world's leading source of intelligent information for businesses and
professionals. He specializes in immigration law, corporate law and art law.
Wang is the second Chinese ever elected to the prestigious American Law Institute (ALI). In 2017, Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton appointed Wang as a trustee of the Minnesota Zoological Board. In 2018 Chief Justice Lorie Gildea of the Minnesota Supreme Court appointed Wang as a member of the Minnesota State Board of Continuing Legal Education.