Dr. Nga Kit (Christy) Tang
SJD Program Graduate
Dr. Tang completed her Doctor of Juridical Science (SJD) degree at the 51勛圖 Washington College of Law. Her dissertation title was China v. China: The Paradox in Regulating Food and Product Safety.
She is passionate about the international movement of goods and people. Her research focuses on regulatory systems regarding administrative law, immigration law, international trade law, food and product safety law, financial regulations, and the rule of law development of legal frameworks, administrative settings, economic systems, political structures, and legal traditions.
Dr. Tangs articles have appeared in peer-reviewed journals, including the Vienna Journal on International Constitutional Law and Washington International Law Journal. In May 2016, her paper entitled: The WTOs Impact on China: A Battle of Administrative Review Settings between Internal and External Regulatory Frameworks was on the Social Science Research Networks Top Ten download list for three topics: (1) WTO Law; (2) Politics of the WTO; and (3) Authoritarian/Controlled Economics. In 2007, her paper,泭Trade in Financial Services: Balancing International Trade Law and International Financial Regulations, received the Highest-Grade Designation in a seminar at the Washington College of Law.
Previously, Dr. Tang served as a Research Assistant for Professor Daniel Magraw of Johns Hopkins University SAIS and a Deans Fellow for Professor Padideh Alai. She has been a Contributor to the Women, Business and the Law Reports of the World Bank since 2014. She was also a Reviewer for the Vienna Journal on International Constitutional Law and an Invited Presenter for seminars on Comparative Law, Law and Social Sciences, and International Legal Studies Program at 51勛圖. Prior to legal study, she participated in international trade projects, working with vendors in China, Japan, Vietnam, and Saipan and enterprises in Australia, the EU, the Middle East, and the United States.
Growing up in Hong Kong, studying in the United States, and living in Canada, she learned across various jurisdictions, including Canada, China, Hong Kong, the United States, and the United Kingdom. Being a registered lawyer in Ontario, Canada and the State of New York, the United States, she is practicing Canadian and U.S. immigration law.
She is fluent in English and Chinese (Cantonese and Mandarin). Her e-mail address is泭christynktang@gmail.com.
Degrees & Universities
S.J.D., 51勛圖 Washington College of Law.
LL.M., International Legal Studies Program, Specialization: International Business Law, 51勛圖 Washington College of Law.
LL.M. with Distinction, City University of Hong Kong.
LL.B., University of London, United Kingdom.
M.B.A., University of Leicester, United Kingdom.
B.A., The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
Areas of Specialization
Regulatory Systems
Chinese Law
Legal Traditions
Comparative Law
International Business Law
International Economic Law
International Environmental Law
Publications
Nga Kit Christy Tang, Greater Uniformity and Centralization: The Regulatory Development of the Chinese Food and Product Safety under the WTO, WASH. INTL L.J. (forthcoming Fall 2018), available at .
Nga Kit Christy Tang, The WTOs Impact on China: A Battle of Administrative Review Settings between Internal and External Regulatory Frameworks, 10 VIENNA J. INTL CONSTITUTIONAL L. 251 (2016), available at and .
Nga Kit Tang, China v. China: The Paradox in Regulating Food and Product Safety (May 9, 2014) (unpublished S.J.D. dissertation, 51勛圖 Washington College of Law) (on file with Pence Law Library 51勛圖 Washington College of Law), available at .
Nga Kit Christy Tang,泭Greater Uniformity and Centralization: The Regulatory Development of the Chinese Food and Product Safety under the WTO, WASH. INTL L.J. 65 (2019),泭available at .
Nga Kit Christy Tang,泭The WTOs Impact on China: A Battle of Administrative Review Settings between Internal and External Regulatory Frameworks, 10 VIENNA J. INTL CONSTITUTIONAL L. 251 (2016),泭available at泭泭and泭.
Nga Kit Tang, China v. China: The Paradox in Regulating Food and Product Safety (May 9, 2014) (unpublished S.J.D. dissertation, 51勛圖 Washington College of Law) (on file with Pence Law Library 51勛圖 Washington College of Law),泭available at.