Daniel A. Bell

Daniel A. Bell is Chair Professor of the Schwarzman Scholar Program at Tsinghua University in Beijing and director of the Berggruen Institute of Philosophy and Culture. His latest book is The China Model: Political Meritocracy and the Limits of Democracy (2015, Princeton University Press).

In Trump’s America, you can’t lecture China any more

We won't be hearing too many lectures from American intellectuals about China being on the “wrong side of history", as former president Bill Clinton put it.

By Daniel A. Bell

/ 9 Nov 2016

Democracy's dying days?

Political meritocracy distinguishes China's political system from other non-democratic political systems and is central to the country's success. Yet it continues to be misunderstood by western intellectuals. A response to Stein Ringen.

By Daniel A. Bell

/ 14 Jul 2015