Expertise
Chinese leadership politics; China's domestic regional development; U.S.-China relations
- Language Fluency:
- Chinese
Background
Current Positions
William R. Kenan Professor of Government, Hamilton College; 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
Previous Position(s): 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
"The party Congress is important because every five years they..designate or try to designate successors. Because Hu Jintao will step down because of term limits he can only serve for two terms. Now, he will stay on this time, but in five years the new leaders will take over. They should identify some of the rising stars."