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SUISHENG ZHAO
Joseph Korbel School of International Studies Home Address
University of Denver 6179 S. Newark Way
2201 S. Gaylord St. Englewood, CO 80111
Denver, CO 80208 Tel: 303-221-2532
Tel: 303/871-2401
Email: [email protected]
Education
Post-doctoral/middle-career Campbell National Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University
(1999-2000)
Ph.D. in Political Science, University of California, San Diego (1992)
M.A. in Political Science, University of California, San Diego (1988)
M.A. in Sociology, University of Missouri-Kansas City (1986)
M.A. in Economics, Peking University (1981)
B.A. in Economics, Peking University (1976)
Employment Experiences
Tenured Full Professor (2005-), tenured Associate Professor (2001-2005), Joseph Korbel School of
International Studies, University of Denver, Courses taught: China Rise and Reform of
Communism; China, Chinese Politics and Political Development, Chinese Foreign Policy;
Liberalism, Communism, and Nationalism in China’s Rise; East Asian Security.
Director, Center for China-US Cooperation, University of Denver (2001-),
Curator, Jackson/Ho China Forum, University of Denver (2003-)
Tenured Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Washington College (2000-2001);
Courses taught: Chinese Politics, Chinese Foreign Policy, East Asian International Politics,
Japanese Politics; Introduction to International Relations, Intro to International Political
Economy.
Tenured Associate Professor (1998-2000), tenure track Assistant Professor (1993-1998),
Department of Government, Colby College, Courses taught: Chinese Politics, Chinese
Foreign Policy, East Asian International Politics, Pacific Challenge, Japanese Politics,
Introduction to Comparative Politics; Introduction to International Relations, Intro to
International Political Economy.
Founder and Editor, Journal of Contemporary China, published by Routlege/Taylor & Francis
Group (1992-)
Visiting Assistant Professor (1992-93), Department of Political Science, and Graduate School of
International Relations and Pacific Studies, UCSD
Teaching Assistant (1986-92), Department of Political Science, UCSD.
Assistant Professor, Peking University (1981-85).
Visiting Professor, Chinese National University of Law and Politics (1983-84),
Research Fellow, Economic Research Center of the State Council of China (1984-85);
Analyst, World Bank Division, the Department of International Finance, the Ministry of Finance,
The People’s Republic of China (1980-81).
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Scholarly Publications
Books:
1. The Making of China’s Foreign Policy in the 21st Century, Historical Sources,
Institutions/Players, and Perceptions of Power Relations, Routledge, 2016, https://www.routledge.com/The-Making-of-Chinas-Foreign-Policy-in-the-21st-century-Historical-Sources/Zhao/p/book/9781138954830
2. China in Africa: Strategic Motives and Economic Interests, Routledge, 2015, http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9781138899001/.
3. Construction of Chinese Nationalism in the Early 21st Century: Domestic Sources and
International Implications, Routledge, 2014, http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9781138777668/wq
4. The Rise of China and Transformation of the US-China Relationship: Forging Partnership
in the Age of Strategic Mistrust, Routledge, 2013, http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415707770/
5. China’s Search for Energy Security: Domestic Sources and International Implications,
Routledge, 2013, (http://www.amazon.com/Chinas-Search-Energy-
SecurityInternational/dp/0415627931/ref=sr_1_17?ie=UTF8&qid=1353959047&sr=817&
keywords=suisheng+zhao)
6. China and East Asian Regionalism: Economic and Security Cooperation and Institution-
building, Routledge, 2012, paperback 2014, (http://www.amazon.com/China-East-Asian-
RegionalismInstitution-
building/dp/0415618142/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1291423946&sr=8-4)
7. In Search of China’s Development Model: Beyond the Beijing Consensus, Routledge, 2011
(http://www.amazon.com/Search-Chinas-Development-
ModelContemporary/dp/0415587484/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1291423946&sr=8-3).
8. Grassroots Elections in China, Routledge, 2010, (http://www.amazon.com/Grassroots
Elections-China-
KevinOBrien/dp/041557157X/ref=sr_1_15?ie=UTF8&qid=1291423946&sr=8-15)
9. China and United States: Cooperation and Competition in Northeast Asia,
Pagrave/Macmillan, 2008, (http://us.macmillan.com/chinaandtheunitedstates)
10. China-US Relations Transformed: Perspectives and Strategic Interactions, Routledge, 2008
(http://www.amazon.com/China-US-Relations-Transformed-Perspectives
Interactions/dp/0415438675)
11. Debating Political Reform in China: Rule of Law versus Democratization, M. E. Sharpe,
2006 (http://www.amazon.com/Debating-Political-Reform-China
Democratization/dp/0765617323)
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12. A Nation-State by Construction: Dynamics of Modern Chinese Nationalism, Stanford
University Press, 2004 (http://www.amazon.com/Nation-State-Construction-Dynamics
Chinese-Nationalism/dp/0804750017)
13. Chinese Foreign Policy: Pragmatism and Strategic Behavior, M. E. Sharpe, 2003
(http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0765612844)
14. China and Democracy: Reconsidering the Prospect for a Democratic China, Routledge,
2000 (http://www.amazon.com/China-Democracy-Reconsidering-Prospects
Democratic/dp/0415926939)
15. Across the Taiwan Strait: Mainland China, Taiwan, and the Crisis of 1995-96, Routledge,
1999 (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0415923328)
16. Power by Design: Constitution-making in Nationalist China, The University of Hawaii
Press, 1996 (http://www.amazon.com/Power-Design-Constitution-Making-Nationalist
China/dp/0824817214)
17. Decision-Making in Deng's China: Perspectives from Insiders, M. E. Sharpe, 1995
(http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1563245035)
Monograph:
Adaptation and Strategic Calculation: China’s Participation in International Regimes and
Institutions, The One-dot Center Occasional Papers Series in international Governance,
regimes, and Globalization, Taipei, Taiwan, No. 2, April 2009.
In Search of a Right Place: Chinese Nationalism in the Post-Cold War World, USC Seminar Series,
No. 12, published by Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies, The Chinese University
of Hong Kong, 1997.
Journal Articles:
“Xi Jinping’s Maoist Revival,” Journal of Democracy, vol. 27, no. 3, 2016
“The Study of Chinese Nationalism: Theoretical Engagement, Empirical Testing and Influence
on Chinese Foreign Policy,” Nation and Nationalism, no. 3, vol. 22, summer 2016
“China and the Evolving World Order: A Stakeholder or a Revolutionary Power?” The Asan
Forum, June 2016
“Building the New Model of US-China Relationship in East Asia,” East Asian Review, vol. 16,
December 2015,
“Rethinking the Chinese World Order: the Imperial Cycle and the Rise of China,” Journal of
Contemporary China, vol. 24, no. 96, November 2015
“A New Model of Big Power Relations? China-US Strategic Rivalry and Balance of Power in
the Asia-Pacific,” Journal of Contemporary China, vol. 24, no. 93, May 2015
“A Neo-Colonialist Predator or Development Partner? China’s Engagement and Rebalance in
Africa,” Journal of Contemporary China, vol. 23, no. 90, November 2014
“From Soft to Structured Regionalism: Building Regional Institutions in the Asia–Pacific,”
Journal of Global Policy and Governance: Volume 2, Issue 2 (September 2013), Page
145-166
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“中美应共同谋求世界天平新的均衡”(China and the United States should work Together to
Seek New Power Balance in the World), 学术前沿 (Academic Frontier), Total Number 34,
September 2013
“Chinese Foreign Policy as a Rising Power to Find its Rightful Place,” Perceptions: Journal of
International Affairs, vol. XVIII, Spring 2013
“Foreign Policy Implications of Chinese Nationalism Revisited: the Strident Turn,” Journal of
Contemporary China, vol. 22, no. 82, July 2013
“Delicate Balance of Power in the Asia-Pacific: The Obama Administration's Strategic Rebalance
and the Transformation of US-China Relationship,” Economic and Political Studies, vol. 1,
no. 2, July 2013
“Hu Jintao’s Foreign Policy Legacy,” E-International Relations, December 8, 2012,
http://www.e-ir.info/2012/12/08/hu-jintaos-foreign-policy-legacy/
“两面下注:应对新兴力力量的第四条道路,” (Hedge: The Fourth Road in Response to the
Rising Power) 财经年刊 (Caijing Magazine), December 2012
“Shaping the Regional Context of China’s Rise: How the Obama Administration Brought back
Hedge in its Engagement with China,” Journal of Contemporary China, vol. 21, no. 75,
May 2012
“奥巴马对华积极接触政策及其挑战” (President Obama’s Positive Engagement with China and
its Challenges), 美国问题研究 (Fudan American Review), no. 12, October 2011
“中非关系的发展与西方国家的反应”(The Development of Sino-African Relations and the
Reactions from the Western Countries), 二十一世纪 (The Twenty-First Century), no. 123,
February 2011.
“Understanding China’s Assertive Foreign Policy Behavior during the Global Financial Meltdown,”
European Financial Review, December-January 2011
http://www.europeanfinancialreview.com/?p=2254
“The Limits of the Beijing Consensus,” Aspenia, A Quarterly Review, no. 49-50, 2010
“Chinese Foreign Policy under Hu Jintao: the Struggle between low-profile policy and diplomatic
activism,” The Hague Journal of Diplomacy, vol. 5, no. 3, October 2010,
http://brill.publisher.ingentaconnect.com/content/mnp/hjd/2010/00000005/00000004/art0
0004,
“The China Model: Can It Replace the Western Model of Modernization?” Journal of
Contemporary China, vol. 19, no. 65, June 2010
(http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~db=all~content=a921752764~frm=titlelink
“Chinese Nationalism and Approaches toward East Asian Regional Cooperation,” in Sheila Smith,
ed., Regional Impulses in Northeast Asia, Council on Foreign Relations Northeast Asian
Regional Architect Project publication, January 2009,
http://www.cfr.org/project/1352/regional_impulses_in_northeast_asia.html,
“中国模式深索:能否取代西方的现代化模式?” (The China Model: Can it Replace the Western
Model of Modernization?) «绿叶» 2009 年第 3 期 (Luye Monthly, no. 3, 2009)
“The Olympics and Chinese Nationalism,” China Security, vol. 4, no. 3, summer 2008
(http://chinasecurity.us/pdfs/cs11_3.pdf)
“Impactos Olimpicos democracia o nacionalismo,” Vanguardia, July-September 2008 “China’s
Global Search for Energy: Cooperation and Competition in the Asia-Pacific,” Journal of
Contemporary China, vol. 17, no. 55, May 2008
(http://www.informaworld.com/openurl?genre=article&issn=10670564&volume=17&issue
=55&spage=207&uno_jumptype=alert&uno_alerttype=author,email)
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“Conflict Prevention across the Taiwan Strait and the Making of China’s Anti-Secession Law,”
Asian Perspective, vol. 30, no. 1, 2006 (http://www.asianperspective.org/articles/v30n1
c.pdf)
“China’s Pragmatic Nationalism: Is It Manageable?” Washington Quarterly, Vol. 29, no. 1, Winter
2005-06 (http://www.twq.com/06winter/docs/06winter_zhao.pdf)
“Nationalism’s Double-edge,” Wilson Quarterly, Autumn, 2005.
“Nationalism as a Unifier-and Risk,” International Politik, vol. 6, no. 4, Winter 2005.
“Beijing’s Wait-and-See Policy Toward Taiwan: An Uncertain Future,” East Asia: An International
Quarterly, vol. 20, no. 3, Fall 2003
(http://www.springerlink.com/content/g5cgd6thm19rvddr/fulltext.pdf).
“Political Liberalization without Democratization: Pan Wei’s Proposal for Political Reform,”
Journal of Contemporary China, vol. 12, no. 35, May 2003
(http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~content=a713675896~db=all~order=page)
“Meeting the Challenge of Contemporary China Studies: The Journal of Contemporary China,”
Issues & Studies, vol. 38, no. 4/vol.39, no. 1, December 2002/March 2003
“Deadlock: Beijing’s National Reunification Strategy after Lee Teng-hui,” Problems of Post
Communism, vol. 48, no. 2, March/April 2001. “Chinese Nationalism and its International
Orientations," Political Science Quarterly, vol. 115, no. 1, Spring 2000
(http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0032
3195(200021)115%3A1%3C1%3ACNAIIO%3E2.0.CO%3B2-R)
"Military Coercion and Peaceful Offense: Beijing's Strategy of National Reunification with
Taiwan," Pacific Affairs, vol. 72, no. 4, Winter 1999/2000
(http://pacificaffairs.ubc.ca/recent/ab72-4.html#Zhao)
"Chinese Nationalism and Beijing's Taiwan Policy: A China Threat?" Issues & Studies, vol. 36, no.
1, January/February 2000 (iir.nccu.edu.tw/ise/ise200001.htm)
“China’s Periphery Policy and its Asian Neighbors,” Security Dialogue, vol. 30, no. 3, September
1999.
"A State-led Nationalism: The Patriotic Education Campaign in Post-Tiananmen China,"
Communist and Post-communist Studies, vol. 31, no. 3, September 1998
(http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/els/0967067x/1998/00000031/00000003/art000
09?token=0049190c4cc29a64a266d652f595c5f3b3b476728483f343e702e7b2f426c9550
7f2fffaa)
"Chinese Intellectuals' Quest for National Greatness and Nationalistic Writing in the 1990s," The
China Quarterly, no. 152, December 1997 (http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0305
7410(199712)152%3C725%3ACIQFNG%3E2.0.CO%3B2-1)
"Political Reform and Changing One-Party Rule in Deng's China," Problems of Post-Communism,
vol. 44, no. 5, September/October 1997.
"Deng Xiaoping's Southern Tour: Elite Politics in Post-Tiananmen China," Asian Survey, vol. 33,
No. 8, August 1993 (http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0004
4687(199308)33%3A8%3C739%3ADXSTEP%3E2.0.CO%3B2-I)
"Beijing's Perception of International System and Foreign Policy Adjustment in the Post-Cold War
World," Journal of Northeast Asian Studies, Vol. 11, No. 3, Fall 1992.
"Political Liberalization and the Prospect for Democratization in China," Journal of Democracy, vol.
9, no. 1, January 1998.
“The Lonely Superpower: Chinese Views on America's Role in the Post-Cold War World," The
Brown Journal of World Affairs, vol. 5, no. 2, Summer/Fall 1998.
"Asia-Pacific Regional Multipolarity: from Alliance to Alignment In the Post-Cold War Era,"
World Affairs: The Journal of the American Peace Society, vol. 159, no. 4, Spring 1997.
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"Soft Versus Structured Regionalism: Organizational Forms of Regional Cooperation in Asia-
Pacific," The Journal of East Asian Affairs, vol. 12, no. 1, Winter/Spring 1998.
"The Implications of Demilitarization of Tibet to Sino-Indian Relations and Asian Security," Asian
Affairs: An American Review, vol. 22, no. 4, Winter, 1996.
"Economic Interdependence and Political Divergence: The Emerging Pattern of Relations Across
the Taiwan Strait," Journal of Contemporary China, vol. 6, no. 15, 1997.
"Cooperation Between Rival Regimes: Détente Across the Taiwan Strait, 1979-1991," Issues and
Studies, vol. 29, No. 4, 1993.
"From Coercion to Negotiation: The Changing Central-Local Economic Relationship in China,"
Issues & Studies, vol. 28, no.10, October 1992.
"Notes On China's Confidential Document System," The Journal of Contemporary China, No. 4,
Fall 1993.
"A History of Tragedy: the Chinese Search for Democracy in the Twentieth Century," The Journal
of Contemporary China, No. 3, Summer 1993.
"Feeble Political Capacity of A Strong One-Party Regime: Economic Policy-Making and
Implementation in Post-Mao China" (Part One), Issues & Studies, Vol. 26, No. 1, January
1990 (lead article).
"Feeble Political Capacity of A Strong One-Party Regime: Economic Policy Making and
Implementation in Post-Mao China" (Part Two), Issues & Studies, Vol. 26, No. 2, February
1990.
Book Chapters:
“China’s Power from a Chinese Perspective: A Developing Country versus a Great Power,” in Jae
Ho Chung, ed., Assessing China’s Power, London, Palgrave/Macmillan, 2015
“The China Model: An Authoritarian Sate-led Modernization,” in Carla P. Freeman, ed., Handbook
on China and Developing Countries, Edward Elgar, 2015
“以现实主义方式建立中美之间的新型大国关系” (a realist approach toward building a new type
of great power relations btwen the US and China) 贾庆国 (Jia Qingguo),严军 (Yan Jun),主编
(eds.),新型大国关系:机遇与挑战 A new type of great power relations: Opportunities and
challenges),北京大学出版社 (Beijing University Press),2015
“The Chinese Recipe: A Unique Model for Modernization?” in Alessia Amighini and Alexel
Berkofsky, ed., Xi’s Policy Gambles: The Bumpy Road Ahead, The Italian Institute for International
Political Studies (ISPI), 2015
“China and America: Showdown in the Asia-Pacific,” in Jean-Marc F. Blanchard, ed., Conflict and
Cooperation in Sino-US Relations: Changes and Continuity, Causes and Cure, Routledge, 2015,
“China’s Geo-strategy and Relations with the Major Powers during the Global Downturn in 2008-
2010,” in Jing Men and Wei Shen, eds, The EU, the US and China-Toward a New International
Order, Edward Elgar, 2014
“Core Interests and Great Power Responsibilities,” in Xiaoming Huang and Robert G. Patman, eds.,
China and the International System: Becoming a World Power, Routledge, 2013
“China: A Reluctant Global Power in the Search for its Rightful Place,” in Vidya Nadkarni and
Norma C. Noonan, eds., Emerging Powers in a Comparative Perspective: The Political and
Economic Rise of the BRIC Countries, Bloomsbury Academic, 2013
“Past Diplomacy in East Asia: From Tributary Relations to Cold War Rivalry,” in Pauline Kerr and
Geoffrey Wiseman, eds., Diplomacy in Globalizing World, Oxford University Press, 2012,
“China and East Asian Regional Cooperation: Institution-building Efforts, Strategic
Calculations, and Preference for Informal Approach,” in Mingjiang Li and Dongmin Lee,
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eds., China and East Asian Strategic Dynamics: The Shaping of a New Regional Order,
Lanham, MD, Lexington Books, 2011
“中国:在与非洲进行交往及与西方力量发展关系之间保持微妙平衡,” (China’s relations with
Africa and Balance with Western Powers), 门镜 (Men Jing), 本杰明 巴顿(Benjamin
Barton),主编 (eds), 中国,欧盟再非洲 (China and the European Union in Africa), 北京
(Beijing), 社会科学文献出版社(Social Sciences Academic Press) , November 2011
“China’s African Relations and the Balance with Western Powers” in Jing Men and
Benjamin Barton, eds., China and the European Union in Africa: Partners or Competitors?
Ashgate, 2011
“Conflict Prevention Across the Taiwan Strait and the Making of China’s Anti-Secession Law,” in
Niklas Swanstrom, Sofia Ledberg, and Alec Forss, eds., Conflict Prevention and
Management in Northeast Asia: The Korean Peninsula and Taiwan Strait in Comparison,
Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2010
“Adaptation and Strategic Calculation: China’s Participation in International regimes and
Institutions,” in Peter Kien-hong Yu, W. emily Chow, and Shawn S. F. Kao, eds.,
International Governance, Regimes, and Globalization, Rowman & Littlefield
Publishers, 2010
“Between Rhetoric and Pragmatism: Nationalism as a Driving Force of Chinese Foreign Policy,” in
Yufan Hao, George Wei, and Lowell Dittmer, eds., Challenges to Chinese Foreign Policy
in the New Era, University of Kentucky Press, 2009
“The Prospect of China’s Soft Power: How Sustainable?” in Mingjiang Li. Ed., Soft Power:
China’s Emerging Strategy in International Politics, Lexington Books, 2009
“The Exploration of the China Model,” in Pan Wei, ed., China Model: A New Development
Model from the Sixty Years of the People’s Republic, Beijing: China Bianyi Press, 2009
“China Rising: Implications for US-China Relations,” in Ma Jun, ed., Public Management in the
21st Century: Opportunities and Challenges, Shanghai, China: Gezhi Press, 2009.
“The Making of Chinese Foreign Policy: Actors and Institutions,” in Kweku Ampiah and Sanusha
Naidu, eds., Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon? Africa and China, University of Kwazulu-
Natal Press, 2008
“Between Rhetoric and Pragmatism: Nationalism as a Driving Force of Chinese Foreign Policy,” in
Yufan Hao, George Wei, and Lowell Dittmer, eds., Challenges to Chinese Foreign Policy
in the New Era, University of Kentucky Press, 2008
“Introduction,” in Suisheng Zhao, ed., China and the United States: Cooperation and Competition in
Northeast Asia, Palgrave/Macmillan, 2008. “Transformation of US-China Relations.” in
Suisheng Zhao, ed., China and the United States: Cooperation and Competition in
Northeast Asia, Palgrave/Macmillan,
“Strategic Dilemma of Beijing’s Taiwan Policy: Chinese Nationalism and the Making of the Anti-
Secession Law,” in Peter Chow, ed., The One China Dilemma, Palgrave/Macmillan, 2008.
“China’s Geo-strategic Thrust: Patterns and Engagement,” in Garth le Pere, ed., China in Africa,
Mercantilist Predator or Partner in Development, Midland, South Africa: Institute for
Global Dialogue, 2007.
“Introduction: toward a rule of law regime?,” in Suisheng Zhao, ed., . Political Reform in China, the
Rule of Law versus Democratization, M. E, Sharpe, 2006 “Liberalization without
Democratization,” in Suisheng Zhao, ed., . Political Reform in China, the Rule of Law
versus Democratization, M. E, Sharpe, 2006
“China’s Toward the Rule of Law regime: Political Reform under China’s Fourth Generation of
Leadership,” in Suisheng Zhao, ed., Political Reform in China, the Rule of Law versus
Democratization, M. E, Sharpe, 2006
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“China’s Bottom Line and Incentives for a Peaceful Solution,” in Steve Tsang, ed., Peace and
Security Across the Taiwan Strait, Palgrave in Association with St. Antony’s College,
Oxford University, 2004.
“The New Generation of Leadership and the Direction of Political Reform after the 16th Party
Congress,” in Ramon Myers and Yun-han Chu, eds., New Generation, New China?
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004.
“Chinese Nationalism and Its Foreign Policy Ramifications,” in Christopher Marsh and June Teufel
Dreyer, eds. U.S.-China Relations in the Twenty-First Century: Policies, Prospects and
Possibilities, Lextington Books, 2003.
“Introduction: Chinese Foreign Policy: Pragmatism and Strategic Behavior,” in Suisheng Zhao, ed.,
Chinese Foreign Policy and Strategic Behavior, M. E. Sharpe, Publishers, 2003.
“Chinese Nationalism and Pragmatic Foreign Policy Behavior,” in Suisheng Zhao, ed., Chinese
Foreign Policy and Strategic Behavior, M. E. Sharpe, Publishers, 2003.
“Beijing’s Perception of the International System and Foreign Policy Adjustment after the
Tiananmen Incident,” in Suisheng Zhao, ed., Chinese Foreign Policy and Strategic
Behavior, M. E. Sharpe, Publishers, 2003.
“The Making of China’s Periphery Policy,” in Suisheng Zhao, ed., Chinese Foreign Policy and
Strategic Behavior, M. E. Sharpe, Publishers, 2003.
“China’s Periphery Policy and Changing Security Environment in the Asia-Pacific Region,” in
Matthew Evangelista and Judith Reppy, eds., The United States and Asian Security, Cornell
University Peace Studies Program Occasional Paper #26, May 2002
“Reunification Strategy: Beijing versus Lee Teng-hui,” in Bruce Dickson and Chiao Chien-min,
eds., Democratic Consolidation in Taiwan: Assessing the Lee Teng-hui Legacy,” M. E.
Sharpe, 2002.
"We Are Patriots First, Democrats Second: The Rise of Chinese Nationalism in the 1990s," in
Barrett MaCormick and Edward Friedman, eds., What If China Does Not Democratize,
M. E. Sharpe, 2000.
"Beijing's Views and Policies on the Issue of Taiwan: From Peaceful Offense to Coercive Strategy,"
in Fei-ling Wang and Yong Deng, eds., In the Dragon's Eyes: China Views the World,
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 1999.
"Growth Clusters versus APEC: Organizational Choice of Asia-Pacific Regionalism," in Glen
Drover, Graham Johnson, and Julia Tao, eds., China and Regional Development in East
Asia, Routledge, 1999.
"Beijing's perception of NAFTA and Its Changing Role in Asia-Pacific," in Peter Smith and Shoji
Nishijima, eds., Cooperation or Rivalry: Regional Integration in the Americas and the
Pacific, Westview Press, 1996.
"Generational Change, Institutional Pluralism, and Decision-making in Deng's China," in Bihjaw
Lin and James T. Myers, eds., Contemporary China in the Post-Cold War Era, University
of South Carolina Press, 1996.
"China's Central-Local Relationship: A Historical Perspective," in Jia Hao and Lin Zhimin, eds.,
Changing Central-Local Relations in China: Reform and State Capacity, Westview Press,
1994.
Policy Essays and Miscellaneous:
“From Hide and Bide to a New Model of Big Power relations,” University of Nottingham
China Policy Institute Blog, November 18, 2014,
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http://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/chinapolicyinstitute/2014/11/18/from-hide-and-bide-to-a-new-
model-of-big-power-relations/
中美新型大国关系新在何处?(How New is the New Model of China-US Great Power
Relations), 检察风云 (Procuratorial Review), No. 15, 2014,
http://d.g.wanfangdata.com.cn/Periodical_jcfy201415001.aspx
“An American Containment of China: Not a Viable Choice,” US-China Perception Monitor
(Carter Center), no. 2, January 22, 2014,
“A New Model of Great Power Relationship and China-US Competition in Asia-Pacific,”
Analysis, ISPS (ISTTUTO PER GLI STUDI DI POLITICA INTERNAZIONLE),
November 22, 2013, http://www.ispionline.it/it/pubblicazione/new-model-great-power-
relationship-and-china-us-competition-asia-pacific-9353 DI “China’s Ambiguous Soft Power Challenge,” China Security, vol. 4, no. 3, summer 2008 “Chinese Foreign Policy under Hu’s Second Term: Coping with Political Transition abroad,”
Foreign Policy Research Institute E-Note, May 10, 2008
“Status Quo Key to Peaceful China-Taiwan Relations, International Affairs Forum, August 2008.
“Political Reform in China: Toward Democracy or a Rule of Law Regime?” Asian Program Special
Report, no. 131, June 2006, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars,
Washington DC
“Coping with the Chen Shui-bian Administration: Beijing’s Wait-and-see Policy and Two Spronged
Strategy,” Sigur Center Asia Paper Series, no. 14, 2001.
“Taiwan’s Historic 2000 Election and Aftermath,” in Political Change in Taiwan: Implication for
American Policy (Proceedings of the Walter H. Shorenstein Forum), Asia/Pacific Research
Center of Stanford University, October 2000.
"Will China Take Taiwan by Force" CNN Interactive, March 2000 (www.cnn.com/taiwan).
“Deviation from its Low-profile Strategy is not in China's Interest” in The Changing United
Nations, May-June 1999.
"Political Liberalization and the Prospect for Democracy in China," CNN Interactive, September
1999 (www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/1999/china.50/flash.html)
“Engagement with China Best Serves Our Interests,” in "Eye on Washington” column, Maine
Sunday Telegram, April 13, 1997,
"Engagement with China," PacNet (published by Pacific Forum/CSIS), no. 18, May 2, 1997.
"Organizational Forms of Regionalism in Asia-Pacific," World Encyclopedia of Peace, 1998.
"The Future of Political Reform in China," A Changing China: A North American Forum of the
democratic Movement, Vol. 2, No. 3, Summer 1992.
Book in Chinese: The Challenge of South-South Cooperation, Beijing: China Foreign Trade Press, 1987.
Articles in Chinese: I have published more than thirty scholarly journal articles and book chapters in Chinese. A
Sampling of These Titles includes:
"The American Study of Modern Chinese Politics," The Chinese Intellectual: A Quarterly, no. 16,
Summer 1988;
The Failure of Democracy in China," The Chinese Intellectual: A Quarterly, No. 18, Winter 1990;
"Human Rights and Western Human Rights Policy," The Chinese Intellectual: A Quarterly, no. 20,
Summer 1990;
"The Pattern of Power Struggle After Deng," The Chinese Intellectual: A Quarterly, no. 23, Spring
1991;
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"The Politics of Economic Reform in China," The Chinese Intellectual: A Quarterly, no. 30, Winter
1993;
"Study of Chinese Politics in the US: Patterns, Trends, and Paradigm shift," in Joseph Cheng and
Kimyi Low, eds., New Political Science: Western Theory and Chinese Experience, Chinese
University of Hong Kong Press, 1997;
“New Variables in the Relationship across the Taiwan Strait: Power Rotation,” Win Win Across the
Strait, no. 15, April 2000.
"Models and Practice of Contemporary Western Democracies," in Liang Hen, ed., Modern Society
and Intellectuals, Liaoning People's Press (China), 1989;
"Strong State Versus Weak Society: Changing State-Society Relationship in Mainland China," in
Zhou Xueguang, ed., Contemporary China's State and Society Relationship, Guiguan Press
(Taipei), 1992;
"Taiwan's Democratization and Mainland's Political Development," in Li Shaomin, ed., Mainland
China's Development and Taiwan Experience, Mainland China Research Institute (Taipei),
1992;
"Changing Central-local Relations in China," Mainland China Studies (Taipei), vol. 35, no. 8, 1992;
"Authoritarian Polity and Market Economy: A Study of Latin American Cases," The Twenty-First
Century (Hong Kong), no. 1, 1992;
"Political Participation of Asian-Americans In American Democratic System," Theory and Policy
(Taipei), vol. 7, no. 1; 1994.
"From Totalitarian Polity to Bureaucratic Authoritarianism: Political Changes in Contemporary
Communist Countries," China Tribune (Taipei), no. 234, 1990;
"Economic Development and Corruption," Min Pao Monthly (Hong Kong), no. 6, 1989;
"A Comparative Study on the Reform in China and the Soviet Union," Min Pao Monthly, no. 9,
1989;
"The Development of One-Party System and Its Historic Status in China," Mainland China Monthly
(Taipei), vol. 25, no. 8, 1992;
"The Oil Crisis and India's Effort for Energy Self-Sufficiency," South Asian Studies (Beijing), no.
14, 1984;
" Economic Activities of the Non-Allied Movement and the Group 77," World Economy (Beijing),
no. 6, 1984;
"On the Relationship Between Foreign Trade and Economic Development," World Economy, no. 2,
1982;
"The Role of the World Bank: Viewed from Its Development Loans," World Economy, no. 2, 1981.
"A Comparative Study of China and India on Their Use of Foreign Funds," Financial Studies
(Beijing), no. 2, 1983;
Professional Experiences and Services
Member, Board of Governors, the U.S. Committee of the Council for Security Cooperation in the
Asia Pacific (USCSCAP), elected for the 2002-2006 term and re-elected for 2006-2009
term
Chair, Program Committee, Western Conference of Association for Asian Studies, 2005
Member, Board of Directors, Western Conference of Association for Asian Studies, 2005
Member of Chinese Language Committee, the Critical Language Scholarship Program, Council
of American Overseas Research Centers/US State Department, 2008
Member, China-Latin American Task Force, the Center for Hemispheric Policy, University of
Miami, 2006.
Member, U.S. Committee of the Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific, 1996
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Associate-in-Research, John K. Fairbank Center for East Asian Research, Harvard University,
1997
Member, National Committee on US-China Relations, 2004
External Expert to the Grant Program, US Institute of Peace, 2000
Screener, Social Science Research Council/American Council of Learned Society (SSRC/ACLS)
International Dissertation Field Research Fellowship competition (1998-99).
Member, Board of Senior Scholars, The Sino-American Security Dialogue (SASD), (2001)
External Examiner, Graduate School of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, (1997-98)
Outside Manuscript Referee for Stanford University Press, University of Michigan Press,
Cambridge University Press, Princeton University Press, Brookings Institution Press,
Woodrow Wilson Center Press, Lynne Rinner Publishers, Routledge, McGraw-Hill College
Division, International Studies Quarterly, The China Quarterly, Problem of Communism
and Post-Communism, and Pacific Affairs…
Outside Reviewer for promotion and tenure cases at a number of universities and colleges.
Founding Editor and Editor, Journal of Contemporary China (1992-)
Editor, Papers of Center for Modern China (in Chinese) (1992-93)
Editor, Political Science and International Studies (a publication of Chinese Scholars of Political
Science and International Studies), (1991-92);
Executive Vice-President, Center for Modern China in Princeton (1993-95)
Member of the Board of Directors, Chinese Scholars of Political Science and International Studies
(1989-92);
Research Assistant, worked for Prof. Steve Erie on the Latino/Asian Political Incorporation in Los
Angeles Project, UCSD (1990);
Research Assistant, worked for Prof. Susan Shirk on China's Industrial Reform Project, UCSD
(1987-88) Research Assistant, worked for Prof. Richard Madsen on US-China Relations
Project, UCSD (1986-87); Member of the Board of Standing Directors and Deputy Director
of Research Department, Beijing Young Economist Society (1985)
Honors, Fellowships, and Grants
Distinguished University Scholar of 2009-2010, University of Denver (the highest academic
honor at the university)
Distinguished Lecturer of 2009, Shanghai Oriental Rostrum, Shanghai Municipal Government,
2009
Honorary Jianzhi Professorship, Shanghai Jiaotong University, 2009Honorary Jianzhi
Professorship, China University of International Relations, 2009Distinguished Honorary Jianzhi
Professorship, Shanghai International Studies University, 2008Honorary Jianzhi Professorship,
Beijing University, 2007Honorary Jianzhi Professorship, Fudan University, 2007Honorary Jianzhi
Professorship, Renmin (People’s) University, China, 2001Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation Grant
(2003), (2004)
Campbell National Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University (1999-2000);
Pacific Cultural Foundation Fellowship (1999-2000)
Salzburg Fellow, Salzburg Seminar, Austria, 1999
Pacific-Rim Fellowship, the University Professors Program of Boston University (1997-98);
UNDP Travel Grant, Serving as an advisor to China Reform Forum in Beijing (2002)
American Political Science Association Travel Grant (summer, 1997);
Social Science Research Grant, Colby College (summer 1994, summer 1995, summer 1996,
1997-98, 1998-99, 1999-2000);
Publication Grant, National Endowment for Democracy (1992-95);
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External Research Grant, US State Department (1992-93);
Fellowship, Universities Service Center, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Fall, 1996);
Ou Jou Yi Scholarship (1991);
East Asian National Resource Center Travel Grant, Stanford University (1990);
American Political Science Association Graduate Student Travel Grant (1989);
Member of the Rho Chapter of the Honor Society for International Scholars, Phi Beta Delta,
UCSD (1989);
International Center Scholarship, UCSD (1988);
Chancellor's Scholarship, University of Missouri-Kansas City (1985-86);
The Third Place Award, International Study Research Paper Competition, sponsored by the
Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (1984).
University and College Service
University of Denver
Director, Center for China-US Cooperation, Joseph Korbel School of International Studies,
University of Denver, 2001
Founder and Moderator, Denver China Forum, 2002-2003
Curator, Jackson/Ho China Forum, funded by William Jackson, Jr. Endowment, 2003
DU Undergraduate Council 2009
Member, Korbel School Tenure and Promotion Committee, 2009-2010, 2012-2013
Member, Foreign Language Department Tenure and Promotion Committee, 2012-2013
DU Bridge to the Future Committee, 2009
Member, JKSI Undergraduate Committee, 2008
Member, JKSI Graduate Assessment Committee, 2007-2008
Member, JKSI M. A. Admission Committee, 2003-2007
Chair, M.A. Admission Committee, GSIS, 2004-05
Member, JKSI GSIS Marketing Committee 2002
Convener, CCUSC Annual International Symposium, 2003
Member, Ph.D Comprehensive Examination Committee (CP), GSIS, 2004-2009
Member, Associate Director for Undergraduate Studies Search Committee, GSIS, 2007
Member, University of Denver SARS Task Force, 2003
Member, GSIS Faculty Search Committee, 2002-03
Member, GSIS Graduate Studies Committee, 2003-04
Severed as chair and member of Ph.D. dissertation committees, 2001Advisor of M.A. theses, 2001
Washington College and Colby College
Member, College Cultural Events Committee, 1998-2000 Member, East Asian Politics
Replacement Search Committee, Spring 1999. Member, Japanese instructor Search Committee,
Spring 1998 Member, East Asian History tenure-track Search Committee, 1997-98 Member,
Comparative/Latin American Politics tenure-track Search Committee, 1997-98 Member, Japanese
instructor Search Committee, Spring 1997 Member, Comparative/Latin American Politics (tenure-
track) Search Committee, 1996-97 Member, East Asian History (replacement) Search Committee,
1994-95 Co-chair, East Asian Festival, 1995 Organizer of the symposium, “Strategic Partners or
Competitors: the US and China in the New Era,” February 8, 2001. Speaker, “Hong Kong: One
Year After the Reversion to China,” Mid-Maine Global Forum, July 19, 1998. Speaker, “China’s
Periphery Policy and Relations with its Asian Neighbors,” Mid-Coast Forum on Foreign Relations
(Rockport, ME), February 8, 1999. Speaker, "China's Reform and Sino-US Relations," to a Colby
Alumni Group in San Francisco, June 22, 1996. Speaker, "Regional Multipolarization in Asia-
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Pacific," Social Sciences and Humanities Colloquium Series, April 4, 1995 Speaker, "Perspectives
on Cross-Taiwan Strait Relations," Asian Culture Society Annual Dinner, May 10, 1996 Board
Member, International Studies Executive Board, 1995Board Member, East Asian Studies Program,
1993Undergraduate advisor, department of Government, Department of East Asian Studies, and
International Studies Program, 1994
Selected Speeches and Conference Presentations
Selected Speeches and Public Lectures
Keynote Speaker, “The US Reflection of the relations with China,” The New US-China-Russia
Triangle: Causes and Consequences, University of Macao and Guangzhou Institute of
International Strategies, Guangzhou, China, April 25, 2015
Keynote Speaker, “China-US Relations in the Changing World,” 2014 Asia Pacific Forum,
China Energy Fund Committee and Harvard University Asia Center, Shanghai, China,
October 16, 2014
Panelist, “China’s Economic and Political Reform,” China Reforms: The Role of the Party, The
Chinese Communist Party and the World Dialogue 2014, Chinese Communist Party
Central Committee International Department, Beijing, China, September 2-8, 2014
Keynote Speaker, “How Can China and US Work Together to Build a New Model of Great
Power Relations,” the 8the International Conference on East Asian Studies, Liaoning
University, Osaka University of Economics and Law, Beijing University, Shenyang,
China, September 13-14, 2014 Public Lecture, “Chinese Nationalism and its Foreign Policy Implications,” iFHC public lecture
series, Fernando Henrque Cardoso Foundation , Sao Paulo, August 20, 2014
Public Lecture, “China-US-Latin American Relations,” iFHC public lecture series, Fernando
Henrque Cardoso Foundation , Sao Paulo, August 19, 2014,
Keynote speaker, “US-China cooperation and Competition in the Asia-Pacific,” Inaugural Tianjian
Forum, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, China, June 28, 2014
Public lecture, “US-China relations,” Guiling Electronic Technology University, July 2, 2014
Public lecture, “US-China relations,” Institute of American studies, Sichuan University, Chengdu,
China, June 27, 2014
Public lecture, “Chinese Foreign policy and relations with the US,” Southwest University of Law
and Politics, Chongqing, China, June 26, 2014
Public lecture, “Chinese foreign policy challenge,” Sichuan Foreign Studies University, Chongqing,
China, June 25, 2014,
Public lecture, “publishing in SSCI English journal of China studies,” School of public
administration, Tsinghua University, Beijing, June 11, 2014
Public lecture, “publishing in SSCI English journal of China studies,” China Economic and Finance
University, June 10, 2014
Public lecture, “US-China cooperation and Competition,” School of international studies, Renmin
University, Beijing, China, June 9, 2014
Public lecture, “US-China relations, Journal publication….” Beijing Jiaotong University, June 12,
2014
Public lecture, “Is it possible to build a new model of US-China relations,” School of International
Studies, Beijing University, June 12, 2014
Panelist, roundtable of journal editors, the 7th annual China-US Conference of Public Policy,
Rutgers University and Renmin University, Beijing, China, June 8, 2014
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Public lecture, “Chinese foreign policy challenge and US Strategic Rebalance toward the Asia-
Pacific,” Guangdong Institute of International Strategic Studies, Guangdong Foreign Trade
and language university, Goungzhou, China, May 29, 2014
Public Lecture, “Publishing in English SSCI journal of China studies,” School of Sociology,
Nanjing University, May 27, 2014
Public lecture, “the Challenges of US-China Relations,” School of International studies, Nanjing
University, May 26, 2014,
Public lecture, “Chinese Foreign Policy Challenges and US-China Relations,” Nanjing Shengji
University, May 25, 2014
Public lecture, “US-China Relations,” School of English, Shanghai Foreign Studies University,
May 23, 2014
Public Lecture, “SSCI Journal Publications,” Law School, Shanghai Jiaotong University, May 22,
2014
Public lecture, “Building the new model of great power relations and US-China competition in the
Asia-Pacific,” Joint Public Lecture and Elite Seminar Series, University of Hong Kong,
April 24, 2014
Public lecture, “US-China relations,” Public Policy lecture series, School of Public Administration
and Policy, China Renmin University, Beijing, April 4, 2014
Public Lecture, “Publishing in SSCI English Journals of China studies,” Beijing Foreign Studies
University, March 19, 2014
Lecture, “Chinese Foreign Relations,” Colorado Academy of Lifelong Learning, Denver, March 6,
2014,
Public lecture, “Where have the good old days of moderate China gone?” Research Center for
Chinese Politics and Business, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, January 17, 2014
Speaker, “Publications in the Journal of Contemporary China,” Roundtable Forum on Academic
Publishing, Perspectives from Editors, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Nanyang
Technological University, December 3, 2013,
Keynote Speaker, “Foreign Policy Implications of Chinese Nationalism Revisited,” International
Conference, Individuals, Society, and the State in Contemporary China, Nanyang
Technological University, Singapore, December 4-5, 2013
Panelist, Forum on US-China Relations, The Carter Center in Partnership with Emory University,
Atlanta, GA, November 11, 2013
Speaker, “Peaceful Rise? Define China in the World,” The Fourth Annual Columbia China Prospect
Conference, Columbia University, NYC, October 5-6, 2013
Speaker, “Foreign Policy Implications of Chinese Nationalism Revisited: the Strident Turn,”
Distinguished Speaker Lecture, Sydney Ideas and China Studies Center, the University of
Sydney, September 17, 2013
Speaker, “US-China Relationship under the Obama Administration,” School of International
Studies, Liaoning University, August 29, 2013
Speaker, “International Challenges to China’s Peaceful Rise,” Center for China and Globalization,
Beijing, August 27, 2013
Panelist, “East China Sea Peace Initiatives,” 2013 East China Sea Peace Forum, Taipei, Taiwan,
August 5, 2013
Speaker, “Delicate Power Rebalance in the Asia-Pacific,” School of International Affairs, Seoul
National University, July 17, 2013
Speaker, “Chinese Foreign Policy under President Xi Jinping,” Public Lectures organized by Korea
Foundation for Advanced Studies, Seoul, South Korea, July 16, 2013
Speaker, “International Challenges to China’s Peaceful Rise,” Graduate School, Chinese Academy
of Social Sciences, Beijing, July 6, 2013
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Speaker, “International Challenges to China’s Peaceful Rise,” China Philanthropy Research
Institute, Beijing Normal University, July 5, 2013
Speaker, “International Challenges to China’s Peaceful Rise,” School of Law, Taiyuan University
of Technology, China, July 2, 2013
Speaker, “International Challenges to China’s Peaceful Rise,” School of Social Sciences, Zhenzhou
University, July 1, 2013
Speaker, “International Challenges to China’s Peaceful Rise,” School of Social Sciences and
Humanities, Xian University of Technology, China, June 28, 2013
Speaker, “US-China Relationship under the Obama Administration,” School of International
Studies, Xian Foreign Studies University, China, June 27, 2013
Speaker, “US-China Relationship under the Obama Administration,” School of Economic and
Management, China University of Technology and Science, China, June 13, 2013
Speaker, “US-China Relationship under the Obama Administration,” School of Humanities,
Shanghai Dianli University, June 4, 2013
Speaker, “International Challenges to China’s Peaceful Rise,” School of Management, Shanghai
University of Technology, China, June 3, 2013
Speaker, “International Challenges to China’s Peaceful Rise,” School of Social Sciences, Shanghai
University, China, June 3, 2013,
Speaker, “International Challenges to China’s Peaceful Rise,” School of Business, Central China
University of Finance, Politics and Law, China, May 29, 2013
Speaker, “International Challenges to China’s Peaceful Rise,” School of Economics and
Management, Wuhan University, China, May 28, 2013
Speaker, “Chinese Foreign Policy as a Rising Power,” Santa Fee World Affairs Council, April 9,
2013
Speaker, “US-China Relationship under the Obama Administration,” Nanjing Shengji University,
March 21, 2013
Speaker, “US-China Relations in the 21st Century,” School of Law, Yangzhou University, China,
March 19, 2013
Speaker, “US-China Relationship under the Obama Administration,” Shanghai Foreign Studies
University, March 18, 2013
Speaker, “The Obama Administration’s Strategic Rebalance toward the Asia-Pacific and US-China
Relations,” School of International Affairs, Shanghai Jiaotong University, March 16, 2013
Speaker, “The Obama Administration’s Strategic Rebalance toward the Asia-Pacific and US-China
Relations,” School of International and Public Affairs, Fudan University, Shanghai, March
15, 2013
Speaker, “US-China Relations: Challenges and Prospects,” Evans School of Public Affairs,
University of Washington, Seattle, March 5, 2013
Speaker, “Chinese Nationalism and Foreign Policy Implications,” Department of Political Science,
University of Alberta, Canada, February 28, 2013
Speaker, “Chinese Nationalism and Foreign Policy Implications,” School of Social Sciences and
Humanities, University of Seattle, February 13, 2013
Speaker, “US Presidential Election in 2012 and US-China Relations,” Department of Political
Science, University of Chicago, November 3, 2012
Public Lecture, “The Obama Administration’s Strategic Rebalance toward the Asia-Pacific:
Implications for US-China Relations,” Office of Vice-Provost for Internationalization and
Confucius Institute, Emory University, September 11, 2012
Public Lecture, “The Rivalry between the US and China in the Asia-Pacific,” Scholl of Economic
Management, Beijing Normal University, June 15, 2012
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Public Lecture, “US-China Relations: Perspective from a Chinese American scholar,” Jilin
University, China, June 13, 2012
Public Lecture, “US-China Relations: Perspective from a Chinese American scholar,” Liaoning
University, China, June 11, 2012
Panelist, “China Looks at the Sino-American Relationship,” Workshop, Hudson Institute,
Washington DC, May 16, 2012
Public Lecture, “Relations between China and Asia-Pacific Neighbors,” Sheffield University, UK,
May 11, 2012
Public Lecture, “President Obama’s Pivot to Asia-Pacific and US-China Relations,” University of
Hong Kong, April 27, 2012
Public Lecture, “President Obama’s Pivot to Asia-Pacific and US-China Relations,” Graduate
School of International and Pacific Studies, University of California, San Diego, April 3,
2012
Public Lecture, “President Obama’s Pivot to Asia-Pacific and US-China Relations,” University of
San Diego, April 2, 2012
Panelist, “Prospect of the China Model,” Public Seminar, Europe-China, the Silk Road in the New
Millennium, Jointly organized by Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Agenzia Itali,
Rome, Italy, February 8, 2012
Public Lecture, “President Obama’s Policy Adjustment to Shape the Regional Context of China’s
Rise in the Asia-Pacific,” Minde Lecture, School of Public Policy, Tsinghua University,
December 20, 2011
Panelist, “The Theory behind the Conflict: Nationalism across the Taiwan Strait,” The Strait Talk
Symposium at Brown University, Providence, RI, November 15, 2011
Panelist, “PLA’s Role in National Security Policy Making,” jointly organized by Chinese Council
of Advanced Policy Studies, RAND Corporation, The Carnegie Endowment for
International Peace and Institute for National Strategic Studies of US National Defense
University, Taipei, Taiwan, November 3-5, 2011
Panelist, “China-Indian Relations,” Regional Conference on Sino-Regional Relations in the 21st
Century from Multiple Perspectives, Hong Kong Institute of Education, Hong Kong,
October 29
Panelist, “Taiwan/China: Possible Scenarios,” International Press Institute World Congress: The
Asian Media Century? Taipei, Taiwan September 24-27
Panelist, “Publication in International Journals,” The 4th International Forum for Contemporary
Chinese Studies (IFCCS4), the University of Nottingham, UK, September 11-13
Keynote Speaker, “US-China Relations: A Perspective of A Chinese American Scholar,” Chinese
Executive Dedia Management Program Award Ceremony, University of Denver, July 22,
2011
Public Lecture, “US China Policy before the Election Year,” School of International Studies,
Qsinghua University, Beijing, June 8, 2011
Public Lecture, “The China Model of State Capitalism: Appeals and Limitations,” University of
Hong Kong, May 14, 2011
Inaugural Shi Memorial Lecture, “China’s Development and its Implications for the World,” Duke
University, April 8, 2011
Public Lecture, “US-China Relations,” North Park University, Chicago, March 24, 2011
Public Lecture, “Chinese Foreign Policy: The End of Low Profile?” ISPI, Milan, Italy, November 4,
2010
Public Lecture, “The China Model of State Capitalism,” The Sydney Ideas Lecture Series,
University of Sydney, Australia, March 28, 2011
Public Lecture, “Inside the China Model,” University of Rome, Italy, November 3, 2010,
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Speaker, “US-China Relationship,” The 3rd Annual Joint ISDP (Institute for Security &
Development Policy)-AMS (Chinese Academy of Military Science) Conference, Stockholm,
Sweden, October 12, 2010
Key Note Speaker, “US-China Relations under President Obama’s Watch: Challenges and
Prospects,” The 3rd Conference of the International Forum for Contemporary Chinese
Studies, The University of Nottingham and Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xian, September 19,
2010
Public Lectures, (10-12 am) "US-China Relations,” "The Challenges of a Rising China," and "The
China Model of Development," Center for Asian Studies, University of Turku (Turun
yliopisto, Itä-Aasian koulutus), Finland, September 1-2, 2010.
Speaker, “What Holds the Communist Giant Together? Chinese Nationalism,” Teaching East Asia:
Summer Institute 2010, University of Colorado, Boulder, July 20, 2010
Speaker, “US-China Relations: The State of Play,” Lowy Institute for International Policy, Sydney,
Australia, July 2, 2010
Speaker, “What type of Great Power China is Rising to be?” China Research Center Seminar,
University of Technology, Sydney, Australia, July 1, 2010
Speaker, “Between the Head Low and the Head Up: China’s Pursuance of Core Interests during the
2008-2010 Global Financial Crisis,” The 45th University of Otago Foreign Policy School:
China’s Ascent: New Superpower or New Global System? Dunedin, New Zealand, June 25-
27, 2010
Keynote Speaker, “China Effect: Securing Taiwan in the Age of Conflicts and Cooperation,” The
Sixth Annual Conference of North American Taiwan Studies Association, June 18, 2010
Speaker, “US-China Relations under President Obama’s Watch: Challenges and Prospects,” Beijing
Language and Cultural University, June 12
Speaker, “US-China Relations under President Obama’s Watch: Challenges and Prospects,” China
University of International Relations, June 10, 2010
Speaker, “US-China Relations under President Obama’s Watch: Challenges and Prospects,” The
New Think Tank Forum, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, June 8, 2010
Speaker, “Cross Taiwan Strait Relations: Implication for the US,” Forum for American/Chinese
Exchange at Stanford, Stanford University, April 13, 2010
Speaker, "China’s Policy Changes toward Taiwan's Participation in the International Community
Under President Ma,” Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law, Stanford
University March 3, 2010.
Guest speaker, “The Prospect of Korean Unification and China’s Korean Policy,” Korean National
Unification Advisory Council, Denver Office Opening Ceremony, January 16, 2010
Speaker, “US-China Public diplomacy,” Tsinghua Center for US-China Relations Conference:
China-US Relations in the next ten years, Beijing, December 19, 2009
Keynote Speaker, “US-China Relations during the First year of the Obama Administration,”
International Conference: Translating China and Reconstructing Alternative Modernities,
Tsinghua University, Beijing, November 20, 2009
Speaker, “China’s Rise and Sino-US Relations under the Obama Administration,” Rutgers
University, NJ, November 12, 2009
Speaker, “the Rise of China,” Slazburge Global Seminar, Denver, November 8, 2009
Speaker, “China and the World: A Balanced Diplomacy,” Beijing University of International
Relations, November 7, 2009
Keynote Speaker, “Obama’s China Policy,” CICIR Forum, Building a Positive, Cooperative and
Comprehensive Sino-US Relations in the 21st Century, Beijing October 30, 2009
Keynote Speaker, “The China Model of Development,” The Second Conference of the International
Forum for Contemporary Chinese Studies, University of Nottingham, September 9, 2009
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Keynote Speaker, “US-China Relations during the First year of the Obama Administration,”
International Conference: Translating China and Reconstructing Alternative Modernities,
Tsinghua University, Beijing, November 20, 2009
Speaker, “China’s Rise and Sino-US Relations under the Obama Administration,” Rutgers
University, NJ, November 12, 2009
Speaker, “China and East Asian Regionalism,” Council on Foreign Relations Seminar on Northeast
Asian Regionalism, Tokyo, Japan, October 13, 2009.
Speaker, “China and the World: A Balanced Diplomacy,” Beijing University of International
Relations, November 7, 2009
Speaker, “Ed. Friedman’s Scholarship of Chinese Nationalism,” Backward toward Revolution, A
Festshrift to Celebrate the Scholarship of Professor Edward Friedman, University of
Toronto, October 24, 2009
Keynote Speaker, “The China Model of Modernization: Can it Replace the Western Model”
University of Incheon, South Korea, October 10, 2009
Keynote Speaker, “US-China Relations under the Obama Administration,” China Institutes of
Contemporary International Relations, Beijing, October 11, 2009
Paper Presenter, “Relations across the Taiwan Strait and the Future of the Taiwan Relations Act,”
2009 Conference on Taiwan issue: Thirty Years after the Taiwan Relations Act, University
of South Carolina, September 27, 2009
Keynote Speaker, “The China Model of Development,” The Second Conference of the International
Forum for Contemporary Chinese Studies, University of Nottingham, September 9, 2009
Speaker, “China’s rise and Sino-US Relations under the Obama Administration,” Shanghai Foreign
Studies University, June 27, 2009Discussant, Anti-Corruption: Experiences and
Enlightenment International Conference, Shanghai Administrative Institute, June 25-27,
2009
Speaker, “Beijing’s Policy Adjustment and Taiwan’s Security since Ma came to office,” A New Era
in Cross-strait relations—Challenges, opportunities, and Constraints, Center on Democracy,
Development, and the Rule of Law, Stanford University, May 30, 2009.
Paper presenter, “Chinese Foreign Policy under Hu Jintao: the Struggle between Taoguang Paper
presenter, “China and East Asian Regional Cooperation: Strategy and Calculations,”
CCUSC 7th International Symposium: China, US, and Regional Cooperation and
Institution-building in the Asia-Pacific, University of Denver, May 28, 2009.
Speaker, “What Does Beijing Want to achieve in cross-strait relations under Ma,” Roundtable: A
New Paradigm or Restoring the 1992 Consensus:? Cross Strait Relations under Ma
YingJeou’s First year in Office, St. Antony’s College, Oxford University, May 15, 2009
Paper Presenter, “China’s Intertwined Domestic and External Calculations and Approaches toward
East Asian Regional Cooperation,” Prospects for Northeast Asia Security Cooperation
Workshop, Council on Foreign Relations, Washington DC, May 4, 2009
Speaker, “New Development in Cross Strait Relations,” Forum for American/Chinese Exchange at
Stanford University, April 13
Hansen/Hostler lecture, “The Foreign Policy Challenges of China’s Rise to the Obama
Administration,” San Diego State University, April 16, 2009
Speaker, “The Challenge of China’s Rise to the US Foreign Policy,” China Nationality University,
Beijing, China, March 20, 2009
Speaker, “The Obama Administration’s China Policy,” China Youth University of Politics, Beijing,
China, March 19, 2009
Speaker: “The Obama Administration’s China Policy,” Tongji University, Shanghai, China, March
18, 2009
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Speaker, “The US Foreign Policy: the Challenge of Multipolarity and China’s Rise,” Center for
American Studies, Fudan University, Shanghai, China, March 17, 2009.
Paper presenter, “Adaptation and Strategic Calculation, China’s Participation in International
Regimes and Institutions,” International Conference: Taipei and Beijing in the Context of
International/Global Governance, Ming Chuan University, Taipei, March 14-15, 2009
Keynote Speaker, “The Challenges of China’s Rise, Multipolarization to the Obama
Administration,” International Conference: Taipei and Beijing in the Context of
International/Global Governance, Ming Chuan University, Taipei, March 14-15, 2009
Speaker, “China’s Rise and the Incoming Obama’s Administration’s China Policy,” Oriental
Rostrum, Shanghai, December 15, 2008
Speaker, “Chinese Foreign Policy Debate and Sino-Latin American Relations,” China in Latin
American Workshop, December 4, 2008
Paper Presenter, “the China Model of Modernization: Can it Replace the Western Model?”
Conference on the Sixty Years of the People Republic and the China Model, Beijing
University, December 20, 2008.
Paper Presenter, “Chinas Foreign Policy as a Rising Power,” International Forum for Contemporary
Chinese Studies Inaugural Conference, School of Contemporary Chinese Studies,
Nottingham University, November 20, 2008
Speaker, China’s Role in the Six Party Talks and Peace Regime Building in the Korean Peninsula,
The 6th National Unification Advisory Council Conference, Houston, August 22-23, 2008.
Keynote Speaker, “Chinese Nationalism and Beijing’s Policy over Cross-Strait relations,” Overseas
Young Chinese Forum Annual Meeting, Polo Alto, CA, May 23-24.
Speaker, “China-North Korean Relations and the Six Party Talks,” Korean Unification Forum,
Denver, May 9, 2008
Paper presenter, “Ideational Resources of China’s International Behavior,” International Conference,
Foreign-Domestic Linkages in China’s International Behavior, University of Victoria,
Canada, April 24-25, 2008
Paper presenter, “China’s Foreign Policy in Hu’s Second Term: Coping with Political Transition
abroad,” Foreign Policy Research Institute Conference, Elections, Political Transitions and
Foreign Policy in East Asia, Philadelphia, April 14, 2008
Panel Chair and Discussant, “Results and Implications of the Party and People’s Congress,” Ash
Institute, Harvard Kennedy School, April 9, 2008
Panel Chair, “Assessing the Meaning and Implications of the March 22 Presidential Election,”
Taipei International Convention Center, Taiwan, March 23, 2008
Paper presenter, “Organizational Choice of Regionalism and Politics of Institution-Building in the
Asia Pacific,” International Conference, Comparative Regionalism: Europe and East Asia,
People’s University of China, Beijing, February 21-22, 2008
Paper presenter, “Nationalism as Patriotism: Chinese Political Culture and Identity,” Workshop,
Tocqueville on China: The Role of Nationalism in Chinese Society, American Enterprise
Institute, Washington DC, February 8, 2007
Speaker, “Will the Rise of Chinese Nationalism Make China’s Rise Less Peaceful,” Center for
Chinese Studies, University of California, Berkeley, February 1, 2008
Paper presenter, “Political Reform and the Prospects of Democracy in China,” International
Conference, China’s Democracy and Sino-US Relations, Central Party School, Beijing,
December 8-9, 2007
Paper presenter, “What Holds the Communist Giant Together: Chinese Nationalism,” International
Conference, Rule and Reform in the Giants: China and India Compared, the Asian Center,
Harvard University, November 30-December 1, 2007
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Speaker, “China’s Rise and Multilateralism in Asia,” United Nations Seminar, Denver, November 3,
2007
Paper presenter, “Mobilization of China’s Soft Power resources: How Sustainable in the
Competition with the US?” International Conference: The Rise of China and its Soft Power,
S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University,
Singapore, October 18-19, 2007
Paper Presenter, “Challenges to Beijing’s Taiwan Policy under the Hu Jintao Leadership,”
International Conference on CCP’s 17th Congress: Review the Past, Look into the Future,”
National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan, September 27-28, 2007.
Keynote Speaker, “Chinese Nationalism and its Foreign Policy Implication,” British Association for
Chinese Studies 2007 Annual Conference, Manchester, UK, September 6-7, 2007
“Dangerous Nationalism: Implications for China’s Domestic and Foreign Policy,” Luncheon
Speaker, Chicago Council on Global Affairs, Chicago, May 3, 2007
“Regional Security Dynamics in East Asia,” Panel Speaker, Symposium on Northeast Asian
Security in the 21st Century, University of Wyoming, April 5, 2007
“Prospects for Political Reform in China,” Discussant, Inaugural Conference of US-China Institute,
University of Southern California, April 20, 2007
“International/Global Governance in a Globalizing World,” Chair and discussant, Graduate School
of International Affairs, Mingchuan University, Taipei, March 24, 2007
“The Rise of China and Transformation of US-China Relations,” Keynote Speaker, China
Symposium 2007, St Cloud State University, March 27, 2007
“Chinese Nationalism and its Foreign Policy Implications,” Series Speaker, US-China Institute,
University of Southern California, February 1, 2007
“State, Party and People, Can the Center Hold in China?” Panel speaker, Tufts Initiative for
Leadership and International Perspective Symposium: Asia’s Rising Giants: China and
India, Boston, February 25, 2007.
“The Influence of Domestic/Political Factors on China’s Taiwan Policy Making,” Keynote Speaker
at Seminar on Non-military Factors influencing China’s Unification Policy with Taiwan,
Washington DC, June 25-26, 2007
“The Role of Nationalism in Sino-Japanese Relations,” Panel Speaker, A Workshop held by
Uppsala University, Stokholm, Sweden, February 12, 2007 “Political Dynamics of Chinese
Nationalism,” Series Speaker, Asian-Pacific Studies Institute, Duke University, January 19,
2007
“US-China Relations,” Breakfast Speaker, Denver Mortar Board Alumni, January 27, 2007.
“Political Reform under China’s New Generation of Leadership,” Dinner Speaker, Foothills
International Forum, Denver, September 19, 2006.
“Tocqueville on China,” Panel Participant, American Enterprise Institute, Washington DC,
December 15, 2006
“Political Reform and Democratization in China,” Guest Speaker, Minnesota Annual Global
Education Conference, Minneapolis, October 6, 2006
“Implications of Social Change on Cross-Strait Relations,” Panel Speaker at Strait Talk, A
Symposium on the Taiwan Strait Issue, Brown University, November 4, 2006
“Democratization in Greater China: What Can We Learn from Taiwan’s Past for China’s Future,”
Panel Discussant, Center for Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law, Stanford
University, October 20-21, 2006
“The Differences of East-West Strategic Cultures and the Use of Force,” Lecture to senior officers
in National Defense University, Taiwan, November 9, 2005.
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“Conflict Prevention Across the Taiwan Strait and the Making of the Anti-Secession Law,”
International Symposium, Comparing Different Approaches to Conflict Prevention and
Management: Koran Peninsula and the Taiwan Strait, Stockholm, December 16-17, 2005.
“China’s Energy Security and Relations with Periphery Countries,” Energy and Environmental
Awareness in China: International Workshop Co-sponsored by the James A. Baker III
Institute for Public Policy at Rice University and the UFJ Research Institute of Japan,
Houston, June 29-30, 2004.
“Relations across the Taiwan Strait and the Role of the United States,” Public Lecture, National
Defense University, Taiwan, October 27, 2003.
“The Fourth Generation of Leadership and the Prospect of Political Reform in China,” Democracy
& Human Rights in Greater China, City University of Hong Kong, December 14, 2003.
“China’s Political Transition and Strategic Policy,” International Symposium: China’s Nuclear
Future, USAF Institute for National Security Studies, Colorado Springs, July 31, 2003.
“US-China Relations: National Security and Strategic Implications,” Baylor University President’s
Forum, October 23, 2002.
“The Bush Administration’s China Policy,” Public lecture, Zejiang University of Commerce,
November 12, 2002.
“The Bush Administration’s Foreign Policy and Sino-US Relations,” panelist, International
Symposium on Sino-US Relations in Retrospect and in Prospect: In Commemoration of the
30th Anniversary of the Shanghai Communique, Shanghai, February 21-22, 2002.
“Beijing’s Carrot-and-Stick Strategy for National Reunification,” the 32nd Annual Central Illinois
World Affairs Conference, Peoria, IL, March 1-2, 2002.
“Nationalism and National Reunification with Taiwan: China’s Bottom Line and Incentives for a
Peaceful Solution,” Peace Across the Taiwan Strait, Asian Studies Center, St. Antony’s
College, Oxford University, May 23-25, 2002.
"Chinese Nationalism in Historical Perspective," Center for East Asian Studies seminar, Stanford
University, February 15, 2000.
"Chinese Nationalism and Its International Orientations," US and World Affairs Seminar, Hoover
Institution, Stanford University February 16, 2000.
"Power Competition in the Market for Nationalism in China," UC Berkeley China Seminar, March
21, 2000.
“Mainland China’s approach to Cross-Strait Ties,” a panelist to the briefing on US-China Relations:
Near Term Opportunities and Problems, sponsored by the US State Department and
National Intelligence Council, December 14, 2000.
"The Ways Institutions and Leaders Make Decisions in China," New England China Seminar, John
K. Fairbank Center for East Asian Research, Harvard University, April 19, 1995.
"The Structure of Authority and Decision-making in Deng's China," East Asian Workshop,
University of Chicago, May 21, 1996.
“The Taiwan Relations Act, Durable Agreement of Fraying Framework?” Foreign Policy Research
Institute, Philadelphia, June 17, 1999.
"The Shades of Chinese Nationalism," a panelist to briefing newly appointed US Ambassador to
China, Admiral Joseph Prueher, at US State Department, November 10, 1999.
"Presidential Elections on Taiwan and Cross-Strait Relations," The Center for Chinese Studies and
The Institute of East Asian Shorenstein Seminars on Contemporary China, UC Berkeley,
April 5, 2000.
"Taiwan's Historic 2000 Elections and Aftermath," The Walter H. Shorenstein Forum of
Asia/Pacific Research Center, Stanford University, April 14, 2000.
"Chinese Liberalism and Nationalism," Joined Seminar, Institute for International Studies,
University of Technology, Sydney, April 26, 2000.
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"Chinese Nationalism and Its International Orientations," Pacific-Asian Seminar, Contemporary
China Center, Research School of Pacific-Asian Studies, Australian National University,
Canberra, April 28, 2000.
"State Nationalism and its Rivals in Contemporary China," China Seminar, Graduate School of
International Relations and Pacific Studies, University of California, San Diego, May 24,
2000.
"Beijing's Negotiation on Reunification with Taiwan: Long-term Objectives and Tactical
Compromises," International Conference on Asian Approaches to International
Negotiations: Borders and Territories, sponsored by The Atlantic Council of the United
States and Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies, Honolulu, Hawaii, September 8, 1998.
"Nationalism and Aggression: the China Case," Public lecture, University of Hong Kong, June 1,
1998.
“China and Asian Security in the Twenty-first Century,” Lecture to The Chief of Naval Operations’
Strategic Studies Group, Center for Naval Warfare Studies, US Naval War College,
November 17, 1998.
"The Core Issues on the Relationship Across the Taiwan Strait," Keynote speech, Chinese Canadian
Institute of Arts & Science, Ottawa, September 20, 1997.
"The Upsurge of Chinese Nationalism and China's Foreign Policy behavior in the Post-Cold War
World," Panelist, International Symposium, What If China Does Not Democratize?
Marquetty University, July 11-12, 1997
"Sino-US Relations in the Post-Cold War Era," Zhejiang Institute of Asian-Pacific Studies, China,
December 16, 1996.
"In Search of a Right Place? Chinese Nationalism in the Post-Cold War World," Universities
Service Center Seminar, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, December 10, 1996.
Panelist, Roundtable on US-China-Taipei Triangle Relationship, Asia-Pacific Studies Institute,
Duke University, February 10, 1996.
"From Peaceful Offense to Coercive Diplomacy: Beijing's Perceptual Shift and the 1995-96 Taiwan
Strait Crisis," Panelist, International Conference on Peace and Security in the Western
Pacific, jointly sponsored by the 21st Century Foundation and the Pacific Forum CSIS,
Taipei, August 29-31, 1996.
"Clinton's China Policy and the Renewal of China's MFN Status," speaker at National University of
Singapore Society, and Singapore Institute of International Affairs, July 22, 1994.
"American Scholarship of Chinese Elite Politics," Singapore Institute of East Asian Political
Economy, Singapore, July 25, 1994
"Political Change After Deng: Their Possible Impact on China's Reforms," Public Lecture
organized by East Asian Consultancy and presided by Singapore former First Vice-Premier
Goh Keng Swee, Singapore, July 26, 1994.
"The Generational Change and the Emergence of Institutional Pluralism in Deng's China," Panelist,
The 23rd Sino-American Conference, Institute of International Relations, Taipei, Taiwan,
June 6, 1994.
"Clinton's Human Right Policy and China's MFN Status," World League for Freedom and
Democracy, Taipei, June 4, 1994.
"China's Perception of NAFTA," Panelist, International Symposium on Cooperation in Asia-Pacific
and Americas, Kobe University, Japan, March 29, 1994.
Selected Conference Paper Presentations
“China and the Evolving World Order,” International symposium: The Emerging Power and
World Order, Beijing Foreign Affairs University, Beijing, China, September 9-10, 2015
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“The Fragile new Normal in Cross-Taiwan Strait Relations,” Relations across the Taiwan Strait:
Retrospective and Prospects for Future Development, Brookings Institution,
Washington DC, July 13, 2015
“The Rise of China and the Evolving international system,” International Symposium on
Shared Security: World Peace and Global Governance, University of International
Relations, Beijing, China, July 3-6, 2015
“Hedging Strategy of China’s Neighbors,” International Symposium on China and It is
Neighbors: The Evolving Regional Order, Beijing Foreign Affairs University, Beijing,
China, May 31, 2015
“Retrospect and Prospect: Relations across the Taiwan Strait after President Ma came to Office,”
International Conference on Retrospect and Prospect on Cross-Strait Relations, Prospect
Foundation, Taipei, Taiwan, May 13-15, 2015
“What Holds China Together: Chinese Nationalism and Patriotic Education,” International
Symposium: Cultivating Civic Consciousness in China, Harvard University Graduate
School of Education, Shanghai, China, December 12, 2014
“Geostrategic Response of Asian-Pacific countries to the Rise of China,” Beijing Forum,
Beijing University and Korean Foundation for Advanced Studies, Beijing, China,
December 6-7, 2014
“China’s Strategic Calculation for Participation in International Regimes and Institutions,” The
43rd
Taiwan-American Conference on Contemporary China, Institute of International
Relations, National Chengchi University, Taipei, Taiwan, December 4-5, 2014
“Sino-US Cooperation in the Asia Pacific,” ECRAN Annual Conference: China’s Sustainable
Growth and its Relationship with the EU, Brussels, Belgium, June 18, 2014
“The Asia-Pacific: A Test Ground for Building a new model of great power relations between
the US and China,” International conference, Sino-Pacific Relations: New Spatialization
of Order in the Pacific Islands? Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies, the
Chinese University of Hong Kong, March 14, 2014
“Chinese Power from a Chinese Perspective,” Asan China Conference 2014, the Asan Institute
for Policy studies, Seoul, South Korea, April 12, 2014
“Building a Bridge between the West and Contemporary China Studies,” IIAS-ISEAS
Conference, Framing Asian Studies: Geopolitics, Institutions, Networks, Leiden the
Netherlands, November 18-20, 2013
“A realist approach toward building a new model of great power relations: the Obama
administration’s strategic rebalance toward the Asia-Pacific and US-China Competition,”
Beijing Forum, The Harmony of Civilizations and Prosperity for all, Beijing University
and Korean Foundation for Advanced Studies, Beijing, November 1-3, 2013,
“The Journal of Contemporary China: Building Bridges in the Studies of Contemporary China,”
the Second World Forum on Chinese Academic Journals, University of Sydney,
Australia, September 18, 2013,
“New Type of Great Power Relations and US-China Rivalry in the Asia-Pacific,” The
University of Nottingham Joint East Asian Studies Conference, UK, September 5-7,
2013
“Chinese Nationalism and Authoritarianism in the 21st Century,” International Symposium,
Sustaining China’s Development: Challenges and Choices, organized by Lee Kuan Yew
School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore, held in Shenzhen University
Law School, July 18-20, 2013
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“International Challenges to China’s Peaceful Rise,” China Reform Dialogue, China reform and
Development Foundation, Beijing, May 24, 2013
“Foreign Policy Implications of China’s Search for Energy Security,” Resource Competition in
East Asia Symposium, School of International Relations, University of Southern
California, March 27, 2013
“A Neo-Colonialist Predator or Development Partner? China’s Engagements in Africa,”
International Conference, China in Africa, University of Denver, February 1, 2013
“A Soft Approach toward Regional Conflict Resolution: Cultural Limitation of Security
Institution-building in East Asia,” International Conference on Northeast Asian
Cooperation and Integration, Zhejiang University, China, December 14-15, 2012
“Chinese Nationalism and Chinese Foreign Policy,” Workshop, Domestic Sources of Chinese
Foreign Policy, Nanyang Technology University of Singapore, November 17, 2012
“A Neo-Colonialist Predator or a Partner in Development? China’s Engagements with and
Rebalances in relations with Africa,” Public Seminar: Chinese in Africa/Africans in China,
Monash University/Africa, Rhodes University, University of Stellenbosch, Johannesburg,
South Africa, August 23, 2012
“The China Model of State Capitalism: Is it Sustainable?” the 5th International Forum for
Contemporary Chinese Studies, Jointly organized by School of Contemporary Chinese
Studies of Nottingham University and School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Beijing
University of Technology, Beijing, August 7-9, 2012
“Ripe for Rivalry? Regional Security Institution-Building in East Asia,” International Conference
on East Asian Regional Integration and the Role of the US, School of International
Relations, University of International Business and Economics, Beijing, August 4-5, 2012
“The China Model: Is it Sustainable?” International Conference on National Construction and
Democracy in Comparative Perspective, Remin University, Beijing, China, April 13-14,
2012
“China: A Reluctant Rising Power in Search for its Rightful Place,” Association for International
Studies Annul Convention, San Diego, April 4, 2012
“Chinese Nationalism Revisited: A Convergence of State Nationalism and Popular Nationalism as
well as its implications for Chinese Foreign Policy,” International Conference: Domestic
Sources of China’s Foreign Policy, S. Rajaratman School of International Studies, Nanyang
Technological University, Singapore, March 15-16, 2012
“China’s Relations with Asia-Pacific Countries: From the Good Neighboring Policy to
Aggressively Pursuing of the Core Interests,” International Workshop, the China Impact:
Asia Pacific Policy and Response, China Studies Center of University of Sydney and
Pacific Studies Department of University of Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Mexico, December
13-15, 2011
“China and the US: A Showdown in the Asia-Pacific?” Conference on 40 Years after Sino-
American Normalization: A New Dawn or a New Darkness? Hong Kong Institute of
Education, US Consulate General Hong Kong & Macau, December 3, 2011
“China and the Peace in the Korean Peninsula,” The 2011 Global Peace Convention Korea: Peace-
building in East Asia and the Reunification of the Korean Peninsula, Global Peace Festival
Foundation, Seoul, South Korea, November 28-30
“China’s Assertive Behavior during the Global Downturn,” The 4th International Forum for
Contemporary Chinese Studies (IFCCS4), the University of Nottingham, UK, September
11-13
“Republican Revolution in 1911 and the Tragedy of Chinese Search for Democracy and
Constitutionalism in the early twentieth century,” International Symposium: A Hundred
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Years of Quest: The Rise of China, 1911-2011, Co-sponsored by The China Program of the
Carter Center and the Center for China and Globalization of Western Returned Scholars
Society, Beijing, August 26, 2011
“Shoring up US Leadership in the Asia-Pacific: the Obama Administration’s Hedge Strategy
against China,” Fulbright Symposium, Australia-US Relations and the Rise of China: From
Bilateralism to Trilateralism, Deakin University of Australia, Melbourne, August 11-12,
2011
“Preparation for Constitutional Rule in the Nanking Decade,” International Workshop: An Audit of
Democratic Development in the Republic of China, Oxford University, UK, June 24, 2011
“China’s Geo-strategy and Relations with the Major Powers During the Global Downturn in
2008-2010,” International Conference, The EU, the US and China: Toward a New
International Order, College of Europe, Bruges, Belgium, April 22, 2011
“Relations across the Taiwan Strait and the Future of the Taiwan Relations Act,” Workshop on
Civility and Peace Dialogue, London School of Economics, November 6, 2010
“The Rise of China and its Pursuance of Core Interest during the Global Financial Crisis,” The
Workshop on the Rise of China and its Impact on Asia-Pacific, Deakin University, Australia,
July 5, 2010
“What type of Great Power China is Rising to be: Implications for China’s Foreign Policy and
Taiwan Policy,” International Symposium, Trends in the Strategic Triangle: US-China-
Taiwan Relations in the Coming Decade, Freeman Spoti Institute for International Studies,
Stanford University, May 28-19, 2010
“China’s Approach toward Regional Cooperation in the Asia-Pacific,” International Conference:
China and East Asia Strategic Dynamics, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies,
Nanyang Tech University, Singapore, March 11-12, 2010
“China’s Delicate Balance between Engagement with Africa and relations with the Western
Powers,” International Conference: The EU and China: Partners or Competitors in Africa?
College of Europe, Bruges, Belgium, February 4-5, 2010
“The China Model of Modernization: Can it Replace the Western Model” University of Incheon,
South Korea, October 29, 2009
“Ed. Friedman’s Scholarship of Chinese Nationalism,” Backward toward Revolution, A Festshrift
to Celebrate the Scholarship of Professor Edward Friedman, University of Toronto, October
24, 2009
“China and East Asian Regionalism,” Council on Foreign Relations Seminar on Northeast Asian
Regionalism, Tokyo, Japan, October 13, 2009.
“Relations across the Taiwan Strait and the Future of the Taiwan Relations Act,” 2009 Conference
on Taiwan issue: Thirty Years after the Taiwan Relations Act, University of South Carolina,
September 27, 2009
“China's Search for Energy Security and its Relations with Asia-Pacific Countries,” American
Political Science Association Annual Convention, Chicago, August 30, 2007.
“Chinese Nationalism and Beijing’s Policy Toward Taiwan,” The 35th Taiwan-American
Conference on Contemporary China, August 28, 2006
“China Rising: Implications for US-China Relations,” International Conference on Public
Management in the 21st Century, University of Macao, November 1, 2006
“China’s Geo-Strategic Thrust: Patterns of Engagement,” International Symposium, China and
Africa: Mercantilist Predator or Partner in Development, Institute for Global Dialogue,
South Africa Institute of International Affairs, and Freiderich Elbert Stiftung, Hoeydew,
South Africa, October 17-18. 2005.
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“Globalization and Chinese Political Reform,” The Complex Face of Globalization in China, The
20th Annual Mansfield Conference, University of Montana, April 18-21-2004.
“Political Reform in China: Institutionalization, Accountability and Constitutional Activism,”
International Symposium—Transforming Institutions in Global China: Past Lessons, Future
Challenges, the Institute for Global Chinese Affairs, University of Maryland, April 30-May
1, 2004.
“The Bush Administration’s Policy and Relations across the Taiwan Strait,” the 33rd Sino-
American Conference on Contemporary China—A New International Order in East Asia in
the 21st Century: Implications for Taiwan-US-CHina Relations, Institute of International
Relations, National Chengchi University, Taiwan, May 27-28, 2004.
“The New Generation of Leadership in China,” New Leadership, New China: International
Symposium, Hoover Institution, Stanford University, January 24, 2003.
“Beijing’s Wait-and-see Policy toward Taiwan: An Uncertain Future,” International Symposium on
Sino-US Relations and the Taiwan Issue during the G. W. Bush Administration, University
of Hong Kong, June 19-20, 2002
“US-China Relations under the Bush Administration: An Exploration of the Recent Downturn and
Uncertain Improvement,” International Conference on Dialogue, Competition and
Cooperation in Asia Pacific Region, Zhongshan University, Guangzhou, China, June 2829,
2002
“Coping With the Chen Shui-bian Administration: Beijing’s Wait-and-See Policy,” presented at
Assessing Chen-shui-bian’s First Year: Domestic and International Agenda, Sigur Center
for Asian Studies, George Washington University, Washington DC, May 31, 2001.
“The Politics of Building Regional Cooperation in East Asia,” presented at The Changing Security
and Economic Environment and Community Building in East Asia, cosponsored by
American University and Soka University, Washington DC May 19, 2001.
“China’s Periphery Policy and Changing Security Environment in the Asia-Pacific Region,”
presented at the Workshop on the United States and Asian Security, Cornell University,
March 10-11, 2001.
"China's Changing Security Environment in the Asia-Pacific Region," presented at International
Conference on the PRC and the Asia-Pacific Region: Evolving Interactions and Emerging
Trends," Graduate Institute of Political Science, National Sun Yat-sen University,
Kaohsiung: Taiwan, June 3-4, 2000.
"The Election of Chen Shui-bian as Taiwan's President and the Failure of Beijing's National
Reunification Strategy," presented at International Forum on President Lee Teng-hui's
Legacy, cosponsored by The Sigur Center for Asian Studies of the George Washington
University and Sun Yat-sen Graduate Institute for Social Sciences and Humanities of
National Chengchi University, Taipei, Taiwan, May 12-13, 2000.
"PRC Views and Policies on Cross-Strait Relations," Workshop on Cross-Strait Relations, Institute
of Asian Research, The University of British Columbia, August 21-22, 1998.
"The Organizational Choice of Regional Cooperation in Asia-Pacific," International Conference on
Sub-regionalism in East Asia: Comparative Approaches," City University of Hong Kong,
December 6, 1996.
"Political Reform in China," the Fourth Canadian Symposium on China, University of Toronto,
September 23, 1995. "Soft versus Structured Regionalism: Organization Forms of
Cooperation in Asia-Pacific," American Political Science Association Annual Meeting,
Chicago, September 1, 1995.
"Separation of Politics from Economics: the Emerging Pattern of Cross-Taiwan-Strait Relations,"
APSA Annual Meeting, San Francisco, August 1996.
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"Beijing's Views on the Relations Across the Taiwan Strait," Association for Asian Studies Annual
Meeting, Chicago, March 15, 1996.
"Political Reform and Changing One-Party Rule in Deng's China," New England Political Science
Association Annual Meeting, Portland, ME, May 5, 1995
"A Federalist System without Federal Constitution: Changing Central-local Relationship in China,"
Chinese Constitutional Structure International Symposium, Institute of East Asian Studies,
University of California at Berkeley, April 1, 1995.
"Reform of Political Institutions: Changing One-Party Rule in China," The 16th World Congress of
International Political Science Association, Berlin, Germany, August 22, 1994.
"Asia-Pacific Regional Multipolarity and the Movement from Alliance to Alignment in the Post-
Cold War Era," International Studies Association Annual Convention, San Diego, April 17,
1996.
"Perceptions and Misperceptions in Sino-US Relations," China and the World Round-table,
International Studies Association Annual Convention, San Diego, April 19, 1996.
"Sino-Tibet Relations: A Chinese Perspective," Institute for Multi-Track Diplomacy, Washington,
DC, delivered at 1995 International Development Conference: Achieving Global Human
Security, January 17, 1995.
"A Structural Analysis of the 14th Party Central Leadership," Association for Asian Studies Annual
Meeting, Boston, March 26, 1994.
"Political Economy of Asia-Pacific Regionalism," The 17th World Congress of International
Political Science Association, Seoul, August 17-21, 1997.
"Chinese Nationalism and Foreign Policy Behavior," APSA Annual Meeting, Washington DC,
August 28-31, 1997.
Panelist at Roundtable on How to Engage China, APSA Annual Meeting, Washington DC, August
28-31, 1997.
“Chinese Nationalism and its International Orientations,” AAS Annual Meeting, Boston, March 14,
1999.
"Publishing Trends in China journals," AAS Annual Meeting, San Diego, March 11, 2000.
Faculty Development Seminars
Faculty Fellowship Summer Institute in Israel, June 16-27, 2008.
College and University Faculty Seminar on Conflict and Peacemaking in an Evolving World, the
United States Institute of Peace, Washington DC, July 15-21, 1997.
Summer Faculty Seminar on International Law in a Global Jurisdiction, New York University
School of Law, New York City, July 1996.
Great Power Responsibility in World Affairs, A Faculty Development Seminar, the Carnegie
Council on Ethics and International Affairs and Boston University's Center for International
Relations, Boston, April 30-May 2, 1998.
Salzburg Seminar, China and the Global Community, Schloss Leopoldskron, Austria, December 4-
11, 1999.
Salzburg Seminar, East Asia-the United States: A Search for Common Values, Schloss
Leopoldskron, Austria, June 1-6, 2002