About David Goodman

David Goodman is professor of Chinese politics at the University of Sydney, and a fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences of Australia. His books include (as editor) China’s Campaign to ‘Open Up the West’: National, provincial and local perspectives (Cambridge University Press, 2004); (as editor) The New Rich in China: Future rulers, present lives (Routledge, 2008); (with Bryna Goodman) Twentieth Century Colonialism and China (Routledge, 2012); and (with Beatriz Carrillo) Peasants and Workers in the Transformation of Urban China (Edward Elgar, 2012)

Articles by David Goodman

China's party, Bo Xilai's legacy

The efforts of China's ruling elite to cope with the scandal that consumed a leading comrade mark a political watershed for the country, say Kerry Brown & David Goodman.

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Heather McRobie


Niki Seth-Smith is a freelance journalist and co-editor of OurKingdom.

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