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Zhou Baosong/ Chow Po Chung 周保松 b.1969
Zhou is an assistant professor in the Department of Government and Public Administration at CUHK and was awarded the Exemplary Teaching Award by the Faculty of Social Science in 2007. His research interests include contemporary moral and political philosophy. Translations on Web Sources Zhou, Baosong. “The evil of poverty.” Trans. Julien Leyre. The Marco Polo […]
Zi Zhongyun 资中筠 b.1930
Zi Zhongyun is veteran practitioner of public diplomacy, interpreter for top PRC leaders, specialist and author in international politics and China-U.S. relations, essayist and director of The Institute of American Studies at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. Books Zi, Zhongyun. No exit? : the origin and evolution of U.S. policy toward China, 1945-1950. Zhang […]
Zhang Weiying 张维迎 b.1959
Zhang Weiying is a prominent Chinese economist well-known for his advocacy of free markets and entrepreneurship. He is a vocal critic of big government and its interference in market activities; also a champion of judicial reform and argues in favor of the constitutional protection of private property. Zhang is a professor at National School of […]
Xu Youyu 徐友渔 b. 1947
Xu Youyu, is a Chinese scholar in philosophy and one of China’s leading spokesmen for constitutional democracy. He was a red guard. He is a research fellow at the Institute of Philosophy of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. He is one of the organizers of New Citizens Movement. Books Xu, Youyu., and Hua, Ze., […]
Xu Zhangrun 许章润 b. 1962
Xu is a Professor of Jurisprudence and Constitutional Law at Tsinghua University. Areas of research: Jurisprudence, the Confucianism legal legacy and Constitutional Law. Xu is a Liberal thinker, and he prefers keeping distance from public intellectuals who gets too much involved in social activities. Journal Articles Xu, Zhangrun. “Western law in China: transplantation or transformation: […]
Xu Jilin 许纪霖 b.1957
Xu Jilin, professor of history at East China Normal University, is a historian of 20th Century Chinese thought and culture. His research focuses on Chinese modern history of thoughts and intellectuals of China in the 20th century, culture and thoughts of contemporary China, and the culture of Shanghai. Journal Articles Xu, Jilin. “Anti-Occidentalism does not […]
Wu Jinglian 吴敬琏 b.1930
Wu is one of the preeminent economists in China, primarily specializing in economic policy as it applies to China’s ongoing series of economic reforms. He is affectionately referred to in the media as Wu Shichang (吴市场; “Market Wu”) because of his resolute conviction that socialism is compatible with a market system. Wu holds multiple positions […]
Rong Jian 荣剑 b.1957
Rong Jian is a public intellectual in China, he was a rising star in the field of Marxist philosophy studies in the 1980s, before 1989 derailed his academic career. In the late 1980s, Rong was an active participant in the intense intellectual debates over the correct reform path for the nation. In the 1990s, he chose […]
Ren Jiantao 任剑涛 b. 1962
Ren Jiantao is Professor of Politics, School of International Studies at Renmin University of China. Dr. Ren’s primary research interests include political philosophy and moral philosophy, political and administrative culture in ancient China, administrative ethics. Journal Articles Ren, Jiantao. “Chinese traditional studies: a reflection of the times.” Contemporary Chinese Thought. 4 (Sum 1998): 73-86. Ren, […]
Qin Hui 秦晖 b.1953
Qin is history professor in the Department of Human and Social Sciences at Tsinghua. His main research interests are economic history and Chinese agrarian history. One of the best-known liberal intellectuals in China, Qin sees himself as a social-democrat, and attempts to reconcile the New Left and the Liberals. Journal Articles Qin, Hui. “China’s economic […]