| 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.
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.
Professor Yang's research interests are political institutions, political economy and political
behavior, with special reference to China. He is a member of professional associations such
as the American Political Science Association and the Association for Asian Studies. He has
also 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.
Professor Yang 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); and
as editor or co-editor, Discontented Miracle (World Scientific, 2007) and Holding China Together:
Diversity and National Integration in Post-Deng China (Cambridge University Press, 2004); and
China's Reforms at 30: Challenges and Prospects (World Scientific, 2008).
Professor Yang has been a consultant to industry, government agencies, and the World
Bank. He is currently 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.
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.
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.
Professor Yang's research interests are political institutions, political economy and political
behavior, with special reference to China. He is a member of professional associations such
as the American Political Science Association and the Association for Asian Studies. He has
also 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.
Professor Yang 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); and
as editor or co-editor, Discontented Miracle (World Scientific, 2007) and Holding China Together:
Diversity and National Integration in Post-Deng China (Cambridge University Press, 2004); and
China's Reforms at 30: Challenges and Prospects (World Scientific, 2008).
Professor Yang has been a consultant to industry, government agencies, and the World
Bank. He is currently 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.
| @All Rights Reserved 2006-2011 |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| Dali L. Yang |
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
89
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
89
