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Director of Research

Cheng Li

Cheng Li

Director of Research, John L. Thornton China Center
Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy, John L. Thornton China Center

A director of the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations, Cheng Li focuses on the transformation of political leaders, generational change and technological development in China.



Expertise

Chinese leadership politics; China's domestic regional development; U.S.-China relations

  • Language Fluency:
  • Chinese

Background

Current Positions
Director, the Board of Directors of the National Committee on United States-China Relations; Trustee, Institute of Current World Affairs; Adviser, the Academic Advisory Group of the U.S.-China Working Group, the United States Congress

Past Positions
William R. Kenan Professor of Government, Hamilton College; Fellow, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (2002-2003); Acting Chair, Department of Government, Hamilton College (2001-2002); Fellow, Institute of Current World Affairs (1993-1995)

Education

Ph.D., Princeton University, 1992; M.A., University of California at Berkeley, 1987; B.A., East China Normal University, Shanghai, 1985

"Very few business leaders or local officials really care about the environment or consumer quality. At some point this will create a real political disaster."


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