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SUISHENG ZHAO
Josef Korbel School of International Studies
University of Denver
2201 S. Gaylord St.
Denver, CO 80208
Tel: 303/871-2401
Email: [email protected]
Home Address
6179 S. Newark Way
Englewood, CO 80111
Tel: 303-221-2532
Education
Post-doctoral/mid-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), Josef Korbel School of
International Studies, University of Denver, Courses taught: China: Rise and Reform of
Communism; China, US and East Asian Security; Chinese Politics and Political
Development, Chinese Foreign Policy, Chinese Nationalism.
Executive Director, Center for China-US Cooperation and East Asian Institute, Josef Korbel
School of International Studies, University of Denver (2001-),
Director, East Asian Institute, Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver
(2007-)
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, 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,
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).
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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).
Scholarly Publications
Books:
1. China-US Relations Transformed: Perspectives and Strategic Interactions, Routledge, 2008
(http://www.amazon.com/China-US-Relations-Transformed-Perspectives-Interactions/dp/0415438675)
2. 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)
3 A Nation-State by Construction: Dynamics of Modern Chinese Nationalism, Stanford University
Press, 2004 (http://www.amazon.com/Nation-State-Construction-Dynamics-ChineseNationalism/dp/0804750017)
4. Chinese Foreign Policy: Pragmatism and Strategic Behavior, M. E. Sharpe, 2003
(http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0765612844)
5. China and Democracy: Reconsidering the Prospect for a Democratic China, Routledge, 2000
(http://www.amazon.com/China-Democracy-Reconsidering-Prospects-Democratic/dp/0415926939)
6. Across the Taiwan Strait: Mainland China, Taiwan, and the Crisis of 1995-96, Routledge, 1999
(http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0415923328)
7. 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)
8. Decision-Making in Deng's China: Perspectives from Insiders, M. E. Sharpe, 1995
(http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1563245035)
9. China and United States: Cooperation and Competition in Northeast Asia, Pagrave/Macmillan,
2008 (http://www.amazon.com/China-United-States-CooperationCompetition/dp/0230608485)
Monograph:
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:
“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)
“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)
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“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=pa
ge)
“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=00323195(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/art00009?token=00
49190c4cc29a64a266d652f595c5f3b3b476728483f343e702e7b2f426c95507f2fffaa)
"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=03057410(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=00044687(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.
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"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.
"Soft Versus Structured Regionalism: Organizational Forms of Regional Cooperation in AsiaPacific," 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:
“Strategic Dilemma of Beijing’s Taiwan Policy: Chinese Nationalism and the Making of the AntiSecession 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
“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.
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“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 Bih-jaw
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
“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).
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“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 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;
"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.
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"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, 2005Panel Member, the Critical Language Scholarship Program, Council of American Overseas
Research Centers/US State Department, 2008Member, 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, 1996Associate-in-Research, John K. Fairbank Center for East Asian Research, Harvard University,
1997Member, National Committee on US-China Relations, 2004Member, Academic Committee, the Center for China and International Organizations, Fudan
University, 2004Senior Fellow, Mackllan Center (Denver), 2006Honorary Senior Fellow, Zhejiang Institute of Asian-Pacific Studies, China, 1995External 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 Cambridge University Press, Princeton University Press,
Brookings Institution Press, Woodrow Wilson Center Press, Lynne Rinner Publishers,
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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.
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
Honorary Jianzhi Professorhip, Beijing University, 2007Honorary Jianzhi Professorship, Fudan University, 2007Honorary Jianzhi Professor, 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);
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);
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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
Executive Director, Center for China-US Cooperation, Josef Korbel School of International
Studies (GSIS), University of Denver, 2001Founder and Moderator, Denver China Forum, 2002-2003
Curator, Jackson/Ho China Forum, funded by William Jackson, Jr. Endowment, 2003Chair, M.A. Admission Committee, GSIS, 2004-05
Member, Graduate Assessment Committee, 2007-2008
Member, M. A. Admission Committee, 2003-2007
Member, GSIS Marketing Committee 2002
Convener, CCUSC Annual International Symposium, 2003Member, Ph.D Comprehensive Examination Committee (CP), GSIS, 2004Member, Associate Director for Undergraduate Studies Search Committee, 2007
Member, University of Denver SARS Task Force, 2003
Member, JKSIS Faculty Search Committee, 2002-03
Member, JKSIS Graduate Studies Committee, 2003-04
Severed as chair and member of Ph.D. dissertation committees, 2001Advisor of M.A. theses, 2001Washington 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-Pacific," Social Sciences and Humanities
Colloquium Series, April 4, 1995
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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, 1994Selected Speeches and Conference Presentations
Selected Speeches and Public Lectures
“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
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“The Differences of East-West Strategic Cultures and the Use of Force,” Lecture to senior
officers in National Defense University, Taiwan, November 9, 2005.
“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.
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“Beijing’s Carrot-and-Stick Strategy for National Reunification,” the 32 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.
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"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.
"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
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"Political Change After Deng: Their Possible Impact on China's Reforms," Public Lecture
organized by East Asian Consultancy and presided by Singapore former First VicePremier 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 AsiaPacific and Americas, Kobe University, Japan, March 29, 1994.
Selected Conference Presentations
“China's Search for Energy Security and its Relations with Asia-Pacific Countries,” American
Political Science Association Annual Convention, Chicago, August 30, 2007.
Panel Paper Presenter, “Chinese Nationalism and Beijing’s Policy Toward Taiwan,” The 35 th
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.
“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 33 rd SinoAmerican 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.
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“The Politics of Building Regional Cooperation in East Asia,” presented at The Changing Security
and Economic Environment and Community Building in East Asia, co-sponsored 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.
"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 PostCold 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.
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"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
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