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Cheng Li, China expert and professor of government, was quoted in this article which discussed the power of the fourth generation leaders.

Cheng Li, China expert and professor of government and was quoted in this article that profiled Hu Jintao, who assumed the most powerful job in Chinese politics at the conclusion of the 16th Congress meeting.

Cheng Li, China expert and professor of government was quoted in this article about the new Communist Party General Secretary Hu Jintao.

This article, which focused on the transfer of power in China from Jiang Zemin to Hu Jintao, quoted Cheng Li, China expert and government professor. This article also appeared in the Houston Chronicle.

This article, focused on Hu Jintao whose moment in the spotlight came on Friday when he formally took over as party chief and head of the "fourth generation" of leaders, quotes China expert and Government Professor Cheng Li.

Associate Professor of Music and bassist Michael "Doc" Woods played in a jam session at New York City's famed Blue Note Jazz Club on November 8 and 9. Woods had attended a performance at the club, then joined an open jam session when the host group asked for a volunteer bass player.

Assistant Professor of History Kevin Grant published an essay, "Trust and Self-Determination: Anglo-American Ethics of Empire and International Government," in Critiques of Capital in Modern Britain and America, edited by Mark Bevir and Frank Trentmann (Palgrave/Macmillan, 2003).

Professor of Government Cheng Li, who is currently a fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, wrote three scholarly articles: "The Sixteenth Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party: Paths to Membership and Balance of Power," in Ding Shufan (ed.) Challenges for the Hu Jintao Era. (Taipei: Xinxinwen Publishing House, 2002); "Poised to Take the Helm: Rising Stars and the Transition to the Fourth Generation" in David M. Finkelstein and Maryanne Kivlehan (eds), China’s Leadership in the 21st Century: The Rise of the Fourth Generation (Armonk, New York: M.E. Sharpe, 2002), pp. 21-44; and "The Mishu Phenomenon: Patron-Client Ties and Coalition-Building Tactics," China Leadership Monitor (Stanford University), No. 4 (Fall, 2002).

Assistant Professor of Physics Seth Major presented a lecture, "Life without Lorentz Invariance: Good, Worthwhile, or Merely Crazy," at the Perimeter Institute/CITA (University of Toronto) Mini-Workshop Oct. 30. The work, some of which is joint work with Tomasz Konopka '02 and Dan Heyman '03, relates to the intriguing recent claims that Einstein's theory of special relativity may require modification.

The 16th Party Congress meeting in Beijing was a significant event for the future of China. Top leaders are expected to retire and a group of new leaders are anticipated to emerge. How far will China move from rule by a main figure? Cheng Li, professor of government and Woodrow Wilson Fellow, said, "The ramifications go beyond a change of guard. This is the major test to see whether China can move toward a peaceful, orderly, institutionalized form of government."