This is a busy week for students, faculty and staff of the Contemporary China Studies Program.

We just concluded the second day of thesis defence. Today, some students joined remotely, others defended their thesis in person in Beijing in front of a commission of professors.

The topics discussed today were as diverse as our students are, here is a list of the theses that passed the defence today:

  • Navigating China's film import quota after 2017: The role of the Motion Picture Association in acquiring China market access for Hollywood studios
  • Chinese University Students’ Opinions of Sino-Canadian Relations and the Factors that Shape Them
  • The SCO Development Bank as the Future of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization
  • The Russian model: Why Populist Leaders endorse Putin?