Kerry Brown is professor of Chinese studies and director of the Lau China Institute at King's College, London, associate fellow at Chatham House, and lead member of the Europe China Research and Advice Network. He was formerly director of the China Studies Centre at the University of Sydney. His latest book is China's CEO: The Rise of Xi Jinping (IB Tauris, 2016).
His previous books include Carnival China: China in the Era of Hu Jintao and Xi Jinping (Imperial College Press, 2014); (as editor) EU-China Relationship: European Perspectives (Imperial College Press / World Scientific, 2015); (as editor-in-chief) Berkshire Dictionary of Chinese Biography (Berkshire, 2014-15); Contemporary China (Palgrave, 2nd edition, June 2015); Friends and Enemies: The Past, Present and Future of the Communist Party of China (Anthem Press, 2009); Ballot Box China: Grassroots Democracy in the Final Major One-Party State (Zed Books, 2011); and Hu Jintao: China's Silent Ruler (World Scientific, 2012). Kerry Brown's website is here
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Published in: HomeThe uses of Chinese philosophyThe work of Confucius is a political tool for China's one-party state. But ancient Chinese thought can still jolt the modern world towards fresh awareness.
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Published in: HomeZhou Youguang, the real hero of modern ChinaThe architect of China's literacy revolution maintained an open-minded curiosity well into his second century.
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Published in: HomeLost in time: Hada, an Inner Mongolian dissidentTwenty years ago, a bookseller was turned into a living ghost. Amid the great changes shaking China, America, Britain, and the world, he still matters.
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Published in: HomeWhat will happen when China’s future is today?The bright national vision promoted by China's ruling party has a dramatic twist.
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Published in: HomeChina and Africa: handling 'otherness'An evolving, complex universalism makes western discourse obsolete but also creates new challenges. We are all 'other' now.
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Published in: HomeYang Jiang, farewellThe life of a great writer, translator and intellectual encapsulates the story of modern China.