| Observing and Analyzing Change in China |
Dali L. Yang is Professor in the Department of Political Science at the
University of Chicago. He is the founding Faculty Director of the
University of Chicago Center in Beijing, a university-wide initiative to
promote collaboration and exchange between UChicago scholars and
students and their Chinese counterparts. He also directs the University of
Chicago Confucius Institute, which is designed to enhance research on
China's development and support Chinese language instruction on the
UChicago Hyde Park campus.
Professor Yang has previously served in a number of other academic
leadership roles. He was Chairman of the Political Science Department,
Director of The Center for East Asian Studies, and Director of the
Committee on International Relations, all at the University of Chicago. He
also previously served as Director of the East Asian Institute at the
National University of Singapore.
Professor Yang is a Board member of the Paulson Institute at the
University of Chicago a member of the Committee of 100, a member of
the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations, as well as a member of
the China Committee of the Chicago Sister Cities International Program.
He is a frequent public speaker and has been a consultant to industry,
government agencies, and the World Bank. He was a team member and
contributor to the Chicago Council on Global Affairs report The United
States and the Rise of China and India (2006).
Professor Yang has served on the editorial boards of various journals,
including American Political Science Review, World Politics, Asian
Perspective, Journal of Contemporary China, and Journal of Chinese
Political Science and as co-editor of China: An International Journal. He
has been a co-director of the University of Chicago Workshop on East
Asia: Politics, Economy and Society. He is a life member of professional
associations such as the American Political Science Association and the
Association for Asian Studies.
Education: An engineering graduate from Beijing Science and
Technology University, Yang received his Ph.D. in political science from
Princeton University, specializing in international relations and
comparative politics. He joined the University of Chicago faculty in 1992.
Research and Publications: Professor Yang's research interests are
political institutions, political economy and political behavior, with special
reference to China. He is the author of many books and scholarly articles
on China's political economy and governance.
Among his books are
Remaking the Chinese Leviathan: Market Transition and the Politics of
Governance in China (Stanford University Press, 2004, 2006) ;
Calamity and Reform in China: State, Rural Society and Institutional
Change Since the Great Leap Famine (Stanford University Press, 1996,
1998);
Beyond Beijing: Liberalization and the Regions in China (Routledge,
1997);
and, as co-author, 中国地区发展--经济增长, 制度变迁与地区差异, 经济管
理出版社, 1997 and 2007 (中国社会科学院文库).
He is also the editor or co-editor of
Holding China Together: Diversity and National Integration in Post-
Deng China, with Barry Naughton (Cambridge University Press, 2004);
Discontented Miracle (World Scientific, 2007);
China's Reforms at 30: Challenges and Prospects (World Scientific,
2008); and
The Global Recession and China's Political Economy (Palgrave
Macmillan, 2012).
University of Chicago. He is the founding Faculty Director of the
University of Chicago Center in Beijing, a university-wide initiative to
promote collaboration and exchange between UChicago scholars and
students and their Chinese counterparts. He also directs the University of
Chicago Confucius Institute, which is designed to enhance research on
China's development and support Chinese language instruction on the
UChicago Hyde Park campus.
Professor Yang has previously served in a number of other academic
leadership roles. He was Chairman of the Political Science Department,
Director of The Center for East Asian Studies, and Director of the
Committee on International Relations, all at the University of Chicago. He
also previously served as Director of the East Asian Institute at the
National University of Singapore.
Professor Yang is a Board member of the Paulson Institute at the
University of Chicago a member of the Committee of 100, a member of
the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations, as well as a member of
the China Committee of the Chicago Sister Cities International Program.
He is a frequent public speaker and has been a consultant to industry,
government agencies, and the World Bank. He was a team member and
contributor to the Chicago Council on Global Affairs report The United
States and the Rise of China and India (2006).
Professor Yang has served on the editorial boards of various journals,
including American Political Science Review, World Politics, Asian
Perspective, Journal of Contemporary China, and Journal of Chinese
Political Science and as co-editor of China: An International Journal. He
has been a co-director of the University of Chicago Workshop on East
Asia: Politics, Economy and Society. He is a life member of professional
associations such as the American Political Science Association and the
Association for Asian Studies.
Education: An engineering graduate from Beijing Science and
Technology University, Yang received his Ph.D. in political science from
Princeton University, specializing in international relations and
comparative politics. He joined the University of Chicago faculty in 1992.
Research and Publications: Professor Yang's research interests are
political institutions, political economy and political behavior, with special
reference to China. He is the author of many books and scholarly articles
on China's political economy and governance.
Among his books are
Remaking the Chinese Leviathan: Market Transition and the Politics of
Governance in China (Stanford University Press, 2004, 2006) ;
Calamity and Reform in China: State, Rural Society and Institutional
Change Since the Great Leap Famine (Stanford University Press, 1996,
1998);
Beyond Beijing: Liberalization and the Regions in China (Routledge,
1997);
and, as co-author, 中国地区发展--经济增长, 制度变迁与地区差异, 经济管
理出版社, 1997 and 2007 (中国社会科学院文库).
He is also the editor or co-editor of
Holding China Together: Diversity and National Integration in Post-
Deng China, with Barry Naughton (Cambridge University Press, 2004);
Discontented Miracle (World Scientific, 2007);
China's Reforms at 30: Challenges and Prospects (World Scientific,
2008); and
The Global Recession and China's Political Economy (Palgrave
Macmillan, 2012).
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Drawing of President
Richard Nixon Holding Two
Pandas (White House Gift
Collection), by Emidio
Angelo, February 23, 1973.
Original at Richard Nixon
Library (unrestricted rights).
President Nixon received
many panda-related domestic
gifts, including this drawing,
after returning from China.
http://www.presidentialtimeli
ne.org/html/record.php?id=2
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Richard Nixon Holding Two
Pandas (White House Gift
Collection), by Emidio
Angelo, February 23, 1973.
Original at Richard Nixon
Library (unrestricted rights).
President Nixon received
many panda-related domestic
gifts, including this drawing,
after returning from China.
http://www.presidentialtimeli
ne.org/html/record.php?id=2
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