Book talk by Willy Lam, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Monday, May 18, 2015
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
4276 Bunche Hall
Chinese Politics in the Era of Xi Jinping: Renaissance, Reform, or Retrogression?
Dr Willy Lam teaches Chinese politics and foreign policy at the Center for China Studies, the History Department, and the Master’s Program on Global Political Economy at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He is a former China writer and editor at the South China Morning Post and CNN. Lam has published seven books including Chinese Politics in the Hu Jintao Era (Routledge, 2006). He is a senior fellow at the Jamestown Foundation, a foreign-policy think tank in Washington DC. Lam’s views on China are regularly cited by global media including the Associated Press, AFP, Bloomberg and Voice of America.
Since early 2005, Dr Lam has been a Professor of China Studies at Akita International University, Japan (www.aiu.ac.jp). He is also an Adjunct Professor at Chinese University of Hong Kong (History Department & Master of Global Political Economy Program); and a Senior Fellow at Jamestown Foundation (www.jamestown.org), a leading foreign-policy think tank in Washington D.C.
Willy’s views on China are frequently sought by global media including CNN, BBC, Al Jazeera, ABC, Bloomberg, Voice of America, and other major publications and electronic media. He has been awarded visiting fellowships by institutions including Columbia University, Washington University at St. Louis (U.S.), Nottingham University (Britain); and Murdoch University (Australia.)
Sponsor(s): Center for Chinese Studies