Calvin and Helen Lang Distinguished Chair in Asian Studies
Director of Asian Studies Program
Professor of Political Science
The University of Louisville
Louisville, KY 40292

Citizenship:
Naturalized U.S. Citizen, since 2001.

Education:
Ph.D., University of Hawaii, 1993
M.L., Chinese Academy of Social Sciences,1986
B.A., Tianjin Foreign Languages Institute, 1982

ACADEMIC JOB EXPERIENCE
Calvin and Helen Lang Distinguished Chair in Asian Studies, from 2011
Professor, University of Louisville, from 2008
Associate Professor with tenure, University of Louisville, 2005-8
Assistant Professor, University of Louisville, 2003-2005
Associate Professor with tenure, Eckerd College, 2002-03
Assistant Professor, Eckerd College, 1996-2002
Adjunct Professor, Hawaii Pacific University, 1994-96

Fellowships:

•East West Center Fellowship, (1990-1994). Tuition waiver with the University of Hawaii Ph.D program, plus $19,000 annually for living expenses for the family.
•Asian Policy Studies Fellow, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars-George Washington University, (2004-2005). Full salary compensation for a year, plus research fund and a research assistant.
•“American IR Scholars at Beida” Visiting Scholar, at Peking University 2010. (Five months, with a stipend of $15,000.)

Professional Service: Current:

•General Editor, a book series with Routledge: “Comparative Asian Politics,” since 2014.
•General Editor, a book series with University Press of Kentucky: “Asia in the New Millennium,” since 2009.
•General Editor, a book series with Renmin University of China Press: “Contemporary World’s Classics: Political Science Series,” (translations), since 2009.
•Council Member, Association of Asian Studies, since 2014-7.  
•Editorial Board Member, Journal of Chinese Political Science, since 2003.
•Editorial Board member, American Review of China Studies, since 2010.
•Editorial Board member, International Journal of China Studies, since 2012.
•Editorial Board Member, University Press of Kentucky, since 2015.

Professional Service: Past
•Panelist, Fulbright National Screening Committee, (2011-2014)
•President, Southeast Conference, Association of Asian Studies (2011-12)
•Council Chairman, United Societies of China Studies (2006-2009):
•President, the Association of Chinese Political Studies (2004-2006).

COURSES  at UofL:
POLS 202: Comparative Political Systems
POLS 365: People’s Republic of China
POLS 366: Politics of East Asia
POLS 495: Japan, China and the United States
POLS 640: Clash of Civilizations
AST 310: Introduction to Asian Studies

Affiliations in China:
•Guest Professor, Shanghai Jiaotong University, since 2012.
•Guest Professor, Jilin University, since 2010.
•Guest Researcher, Central Party School, since 2008.
•Guest Professor, Nankai University since 2009.
•100-Plan Scholar, Xi’an International Studies University, since 2012.
•Guest Professor, Center for Strategic Studies, Peking University since 2006.
•Guest Professor, Renmin University, 2006-2012

Books in English
1)Chinese Utopianism: A Comparative Study of Reformist Thought with Japan and Russia(1898-1997) (Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press/Wilson Center Press, 2009), 208 pages. (Choice ranks this book as four-star “Essential.” )
2)Scientism and Humanism: Two Cultures in Post-Mao China (1978-1989), (Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1995), 224 pages.
3)East Asian Development Model, eds, with R. Hu, Routledge 2015.
4)Routledge Handbook on Politics in Asia, Routledge under contract.
5)Islam and Democratization in Asia, ed. (Amherst, NY:  Cambria Press, 2009)
6)New Dimensions of Chinese Foreign Policy, eds. with Sujian Guo, (Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2007), 252 pages.  
7)China in the New Millennium: Challenges and Opportunities, eds. with Sujian Guo, (New York: Palgrave-Macmillan, 2007), 280 pages.
8)Reflections on the Triangular Relations of Beijing-Taipei-Washington since 1995: Status Quo at the Taiwan Strait? ed. (New York: Palgrave-Macmillan, 2006), 303 pages.
9)Political Civilization and Modernization in China, eds. with Yang Zhong (Singapore: World Scientific Press, 2006), 330 pages.
10)Chinese Political Culture (1989-2000), ed. (Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 2001), 388 pages.

Books in Chinese:
1)The Political Operating Mechanism and the Legislative Issues in China and the United States (Central Party School Press, 2011), co-edited with Liu Dexi. Second editor. 310 pages.
2)Political Science, ed. (Beijing: Renmin University of China Press, 2007), 259 pages.
3)Basics in Practical Journalism, ed. & trans. (Beijing: China Journalism Press, 1987), 250 pages.

Refereed Articles,

1)“Rule of Law in Chinese Cultural Tradition,” Journal of Liaoning University, Sept. 2015, Vol. 43, No. 5, pp. 8-12.
2)“The U.S. Impact on China’s Legal System during the Reform Era,” The International Journal of China Studies.  Vol. 5, No. 3, December 2014, pp. 681-703.
3)“Zhang Quanqiao and the Politics of the 1975 PRC Constitution,”  East Asia: An International Quarterly, Vol. 31, No. 3, September 2014  
4)“Japanization of Late Qing Legal Reform,”Research on Financial and Economic Issues, March 2014.
5)“Shen Jiaben and the Late Qing Legal Reform,” East Asia: An International Quarterly March 2013, Vol. 30, No. 1.  
6)Development of Chinese Constitutionalism and the Impact of the West,” Hong Kong Journal of Social Sciences, No. 43 Autumn/Winter 2012, pp. 1-15.
7)“Dynamics of China’s Legislative Reforms in the Last Three Decades,” co-authored with C.Z. Wan, American Review of China Studies, fall 2012.pp. 128-145.
8)“The Deng Reforms and the Gorbachev Reforms Revisited: A Political Discourse Analysis,” Problems of Post Communism, Vol. 53, No. 3, May/June 2006, pp. 3-16.
9)“The Meiji Restoration and the Late Qing Reform Revisited: Strategies and Philosophies,” East Asia: An International Review, Vol. 21, No. 3, fall 2004.
10)“Definition and Methodology in Political Culture Theory: A Case Study of Sinology," Asian Thought and Society, Vol. XXIV, No. 70 (Jan. –April, 1999), pp. 23-41.
11)“The Politics of Gender in the Chinese New Cinema," Hong Kong Journal of Social Sciences, No. 12 Autumn 1998, pp. 53-65.
12)“One Servant, Two Masters: The Dilemma of Chinese Establishment Intellectuals," Modern China, Jan.1994, Vol.20, No.1, pp.92-121.
13)“Chinese Scientism and Political Culture," Asian Thought and Society, Volume XIX, No. 55, Jan.-April, 1994, pp. 3-16.
14) “All Roads Lead to Democracy," Bulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars, (Now Critical Asian Studies) Vol. 24, No. 1, Jan.- Mar., 1992, pp. 43-56.
15) “Democracy as An Anti-Systemic Movement in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and China," (with Alvin So) Sociological Perspectives,Vol.35, No.2,Summer 1992, pp.385- 404.

Book Chapters:
1)“Hundred Year China’s Dream, and Datong Tradition,” pp. 26-31, in Renmin Luntan, ed.,  Large Country Governance,  Chapter 1,  Lianhe Press, Beijing, 2015.
2)“The Key to Improving Political Culture,” pp. 391-395,  in Renmin Luntan, ed.,  Large Country Governance, Chapter 8, Lianhe Press, Beijing, 2015.
3)“The Operating Mechanism of the U.S. Political System, “ pp. 3-10. In Shiping Hua eds.,   The Political Operating Mechanism and the Legislative Issues in China and the United States (Central Party School Press, 2011).
4)“China’s One World View and Its Foreign Policy,” in Dancing with the Dragon:  China’s Emergence in the Developing World, Denise Hicky and Baogang Guo eds. Lexington Books, was  published in 2010.
5)“Methods in the Study of Political Culture,” in Theories and Practices in the Indigenization of Political Science in Chinese Societies, Yunhan Zhu, Shaoguang Wang and Quansheng Zhao eds, (Taipei, Guiguan Tushu, 2002), pp. 111-128.
6)“Literature as Civic Discourse: Utopianism and Cynicism of Chinese Political Consciousness" in John Powers etc. eds. Civic Discourse in China, (Stamford, CT: Ablex Press, 1999), pp. 141-152.

Essays:

1)“American Political Culture: From Tocquiville to Fukuyama,” Journal of Yanshan University, Vol. 15, No. 3, September 2014, pp. 1-4.
2)“The Fifth Modernization in the Eye of an American Scholar,” People’s Tribune, April 2014, No. 437.
3)“Rule of Law Is the Key to Improving Political Culture,” People’s Tribune, September 9, 2014, No. 453.
4)“Cultural Integration of Rule of Law,” People’s Tribune, November, 1, 2014, No. 459.
5)“Xi Jinping Will Emphasize Rule of Law/Rule by Law, People’s Tribune, No. 402, May 2013, pp. 34-35.
6)“TheCentury Old China Dream and the Idea of Datong,” People’s TribuneNo. 408, June 2013, pp. 48-49.
7)“Right Time for China to Adopt Rule of Law,” People’s Tribune, (Special Edition) Nov. 20, 2013, No. 424.
8)“American Professors Enjoy Research and Teaching,” Chinese Social Sciences Today, April 12, 2011.
9)“Three Kinds of American Universities,” Chinese Social Sciences Today on January 20, 2011.
10)“Theory and Ideology in Western Scholarship,” Chinese Social Sciences Today, on February 17, 2011.
11)“Emotion and Morality in China-Japan Relations”, [based on the interview in Chinese], Modern Weekly magazine, A14, October 23, 2010, No. 618.
12)“A Perfect World,” Wilson Quarterly, Autumn 2005, pp. 63-67, excerpts of which were carried in The New York Times, November 6, 2005.
13)“Chinese Relations with Post-Soviet Russia,” Modern Encyclopedia of Russia, Soviet and Eurasian History, Vol. VI. May 2005, in Bruce Adams, ed.  Gulf Breeze, Academic International Press.    
14)“Point of View: China’s New Leadership under Hu: Two Years After,” Center Point, a Newsletter, published by Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, January 2005,
15)“Scientism and Humanism," Encyclopedia of Chinese Philosophy, Anthonio S. Cua, ed., Routledge, London, 2003, pp.663-669.
16)“Political Cultures,” Encyclopedia of Government and Politics, 2nd edition,  Mary Hawkesworth and Maurice Kogan, eds, Routledge, London, 2003, pp. 491-501.
17)“Weiji: Crisis and Opportunity for Asian Studies," with Linda Lucas, The ASIANetwork Exchange,  Feb. 1999, Vol. VI, No. 3, pp. 39-40.
18)“In Search of Chineseness: A Tale of Two TV Shows," East West Center Views, Vol. 1, No. 4, November-December 1991, p. 1.
19)“A review of Making the Political: Founding and Action in the Political Theory of Zhang Shizhao, by Leigh K. Jenco, ”Review of Politics, January, 2012, Vol. 74 Issue 1, p.166
20)A book review on William A. Callahan’s new book, China the Pessoptimist Nation, was published in Journal of Asian Studies, 2010.
21)“A Review on Inklings of Democracy in China,” Pacific Affairs, January 2004, Vol. 76, No. 4, Winter.
22)“A Review on China’s Search for Modernity,” Journal of Chinese Political Science, Vol. 8, Numbers 1&2, Fall, 2003, pp. 123-4.
23)“A Review on The Remaking of the Chinese Character and Identity in the 21st Century,” by Wenshan Jia, China Information, 2003, Vol. 16 No. 2, pp. 128-129.
24)“A Review on Whither China?: Intellectual Politics in Contemporary China, edited by Xudong Zhang, The China Journal, January 2003, Issue 49, pp. 153-155
25)“ A Review on Colonial Modernity in Korea” edited by Gi-Wook Shin and Michael Robinson, Perspectives on Political Science, Spring 2001, Vol.30, No.2, pp.116-117.
26)“A Review on A Triad of Another Kind: The United States, China and Japan, by Ming Zhang and Ronald Montaperto, Journal of Chinese Political Science) Vol.5, No.1, Spring 1999, pp.89-91.
27)“A Review on Ungrounded Empires: The Cultural Politics of Modern Chinese Transnationalism," edited by Aihwa Ong and Donald Nonini, Asian Thought and Society, May-August 2000, Vol. XXV, No. 74,     pp. 176-178.
28)“A Review On Small Business Entrepreneurs in Asia and Europe," edited by Mario Rutten and Carol Upadhya, Perspectives on Political Science, Spring 1999, Vol. 28, No.2, pp. 115-6.
29)“A Review on Transnational Chinese Cinemas," by Sheldon Hsiao-peng Lu,  Education About Asia, Spring 1999, Vol. 4. No. 1, pp. 54-56.
30)“A Review on Comparing Asian Politics," by Sue Ellen Charlton, Perspectives on Political Science, Summer 1998, Vol. 27, No. 3, pp. 185-86.
31)“A Review on Western Perspectives on Chinese Education" by Xiuwu Liu, Perspectives on Political Science, Vol. 26, No. 4, Fall 1997, p. 233.
32)“A Review on New Perspectives on Political Science" eds. By Y.S. Cheng and Law Kam-yee, Asian Thought and Society Vol. XXII, No. 66, September-December 1997, pp.250-251.  The Chinese version of     this essay was published in Ming Pao Monthly in Hong Kong, September 1997, p. 101.
33)“A Review Essay on Asia: Case Studies in the Social Sciences - A Teaching Guide," edited by Myron L. Cohen, China Review International, Vol. 2, No.2, Fall 1995, pp. 42-45.
34)“A Review Essay on The Struggle for Tiananmen, by Nan Lin, China's Students, by Ruth Cherrington and Chinese Democracy and the Crisis of 1989 by Roger V.Des Forges, et al. China Review     International, No. 1, Spring, 1994, pp. 68-73.
35)“A Review Essay on The Transformation of Chinese Society (1840-1956) - the Fate of Its Ultra-stable Structure in Modern Times,"by Jin Guantao and Liu Qingfeng, Hong Kong Journal of Social     Sciences, No. 4, 1994, Autumn, pp. 264-268.
36)“A Review Essay on The Cycle of Growth and Decline," by Jin Guantao et al.,Hong Kong Journal of Social Sciences, No. 2, 1993, Autumn, pp. 204-210.

Guest Edited Special Issues for Academic Journals:

1)“Chinese Legal Culture on the National Level,” Chinese Law and Government, co-edited with Chang Liu, published by M.E. Sharpe, forthcoming.
2)“Chinese Legal Culture at the Local Levels,” Chinese Law and Government, co-edited with Chang Liu, published by M.E. Sharpe, forthcoming.
3)“Peace and Conflicts in China,” Peace and Conflicts Studies, co-guest edited with Patrick Shan, in November 2009.
4)“China in the 21st Century: Challenges and Opportunities,” co-guest edited with Brantly Womack, for Journal of Comparative Asian Development.  Vol. 5, No. 1 (Fall 2006), 210 pages
5)“Utopianism In Chinese Political Culture,” ed. with introduction, in collaboration with Kam-Yee Law, in The Journal of Comparative Asian Development, Vol. 2, No. 2, Fall, 2003, pp. 191-270.
6)“Falun Gong: The Qigong, the Code of Ethics and the Religion,” ed. with introduction, with Ming Xia, Chinese Law and Government, Vol. 33, No. 6, November-December, 1999, 102 pages.
7)“The Battle between the Chinese Government and the Falun Gong,” ed. with introduction, with Ming Xia, Chinese Law and Government, Vol.32, No.5, September-October, 1999, 104 pages.

Book Series:

University Press of Kentucky: The following have been published or are forthcoming:
1)"Challenges to Chinese Foreign Policy: Diplomacy, Globalization, and the Next World Power," edited by George Wei, Yufan Hao, and Lowell Dittmer, published in 2009.
2)"The Future of China-Russia Relations," edited by James A. Bellacqua, published in 2010.
3)"The Mind of Empire: China's History and Modern Foreign Relations,” by Chris Ford, published in 2010.
4)“Inside China’s Grand Strategy: The Perspective from the People's Republic,” Ye Zicheng, trans/eds by Steven Levin and Guoli Liu, published in 2010.
5)“Korean Democracy in Transition: A Rational Blueprint for Developing Societies,” by HeeMin Kim, published in 2011.
6)“Contemporary Chinese Political Thought: Debates and Perspectives,”  Fred Dallmayr and Zhao Tingyang, eds., published in 2012.
7)“State Violence in East Asia,” eds., N. Ganesan and Sung Chull Kim, published in 2013.
8)“China’s Legal Reform,” ed. Xiaobing Li, published in 2013.
9)"Growing Democracy: The Evolution of Japan’s Parliamentary Cabinet System, 1868-2011," by Brian E. Woodall, forthcoming in Spring 2014.
10)“Democracy” for Central Asia? Perspectives and Strategies Promoted From Without and Within, by Mariya Y. Omelicheva, 2015.
11)“Democracy in Central Asia,” Charles Ziegler, 2015.
12)“America Through the Chinese Mirror: Lessons for U.S. Policymakers from Narratives of the United States in the Ideology of China’s “Return,” Chris Ford. 2015.
13)The Socio-Cultural Price of China's Economic Reform," By George Hong, 2015
14)"China's Encounter with Global Hollywood from 1994-2012 - Cultural Policy, Film Industry and Postsocialist Modernity," Wendy Su, 2015
15)North Korea and the World,” Walter Clemens, 2016.
16)Japan after 3/11: Global Perspectives on the Earthquake, Tsunami, and Fukushima Meltdown, edited by Pradyumna P. Karan and Unryu Suganuma, 2016

Renmin University Press in China.  (translations)  The following books have been published:

1)"The Third Wave: Democratization in the Late Twentieth Century," by Samuel P. Huntington.
2)"The Rise of European Liberalism," by Harold Laski.
3)"Containing Nationalism," by Michael Hechter.      
4)“The State of Democratic Theory,” by Ian Shapiro.      
5)“Capitalism and Social Democracy," by Adam Przerworski.
6)“Bound to Lead: The Changing Nature of American Power,” Joseph S. Nye.
7)“Interest Group Society,” by Jeffrey M. Berry.
8)“On Democracy,” by Robert Dahl.
9)“Modern Political Analysis,” by Robert Dahl.
10)“Making Democracy Work,” by Robert Putnam