Cheng Li

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

Cheng Li is director of research and a senior fellow at the John L. Thornton China Center in the Foreign Policy program at Brookings, and is a director of the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations. Li focuses on the transformation of political leaders, generational change and technological development in China. | View Full Bio

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202.797.4396 — Gail Chalef, Director of Communications, Foreign Policy

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Resources

Expertise

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

Experience

Current Positions

  • Trustee, Institute of Current World Affairs
  • Adviser, the Academic Advisory Group of the U.S.-China Working Group, the United States Congress

Past Positions

  • Director, the Board of Directors of the National Committee on United States-China Relations
  • 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

Language Fluency

  • Chinese
  • English

China's New Leaders

China's New Leaders

Before China's 18th Party Congress, Cheng Li profiled 25 possible members of the Politburo, examining their backgrounds, family and patron-client ties, political prospects and policy preferences. See Li's profiles of the seven individuals who were named to the Politburo Standing Committee:

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