- Wednesday, March 31, 2021 at 7:30PM - 8:45PM
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Angela Huyue Zhang, Associate Professor and Director of the Center for Chinese Law, The University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law, will discuss her book "Chinese Antitrust Exceptionalism: How the Rise of China Challenges Global Regulation." The description of the book reads:
"China's rise as an economic superpower has caused growing anxieties in the West. Europe is now applying stricter scrutiny over takeovers by Chinese state-owned giants, while the United States is imposing aggressive sanctions on leading Chinese technology firms such as Huawei, TikTok, and WeChat. Given the escalating geopolitical tensions between China and the West, are there any hopeful prospects for economic globalization?
In her compelling new book Chinese Antitrust Exceptionalism, Angela Zhang examines the most important and least understood tactic that China can deploy to counter western sanctions: antitrust law. Zhang reveals how China has transformed antitrust law into a powerful economic weapon, supplying theory and case studies to explain its strategic application over the course of the Sino-US tech war. Zhang also exposes the vast administrative discretion possessed by the Chinese government, showing how agencies can leverage the media to push forward aggressive enforcement. She further dives into the bureaucratic politics that spurred China's antitrust regulation, providing an incisive analysis of how divergent missions, cultures, and structures of agencies have shaped regulatory outcomes.
More than a legal analysis, Zhang offers a political and economic study of our contemporary moment. She demonstrates that Chinese exceptionalism - as manifested in the way China regulates and is regulated, is reshaping global regulation and that future cooperation relies on the West comprehending Chinese idiosyncrasies and China achieving greater transparency through integration with its Western rivals."
The book talk will take place over Zoom. If you are interested in attending, please email Concetta Fusco for the Zoom link.
Sponsoring Organization(s)
The Paul Tsai China Center
The Yale Law School Center for the Study of Corporate Law
The Information Society Project
The Thurman Arnold Project at Yale