Zhang Weiwei (professor)

Zhang Weiwei (2017)

Zhang Weiwei (simplified Chinese: 张维为; traditional Chinese: 張維為; pinyin: Zhāng Wéiwèi) is a Chinese professor of international relations at Fudan University, and a senior research fellow at the Chunqiu Institute, a member of Chinese Communist Party. He was a senior fellow at the Centre for Asian Studies, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, and a visiting professor at the Geneva School of Diplomacy and International Relations.

Zhang has written extensively in English and Chinese on People's Republic of China's economic and political reform, China's development model and comparative politics. According to Zhang, he worked as an English interpreter for some Chinese leaders, including Deng Xiaoping, in the mid-1980s. He expanded on the concept of a civilization state with his book The China Wave: Rise of a Civilizational State.

Zhang Weiwei first predicted Arab Winter in his June 2011 debate with Francis Fukuyama, who believed Arab Spring might be spread to China. "My understanding of the Middle East leads me to conclude that the West should not be too happy. It will bring enormous problems to American interest. It is called 'Arab Spring' for now, and I guess it will soon turn to be the winter for the Middle East."

Works

• Zhang Weiwei (1996). Ideology and Economic Reform under Deng Xiaoping. London: Kegan Paul.
• Zhang Weiwei (2000). Transforming China: Economic Reform and its Political Implications. London and St. Martins, New York: Macmillan.
• Zhang Weiwei (2006). Reshaping Cross-Strait Relations: Ideas and Reflections. Geneva: CAS.
• Zhang Weiwei (2008). Zhongguo Chudong Quanqiu [China Touches the World]. Beijing: Xinhua Press.
• Zhang Weiwei (2012). The China Wave: Rise of a Civilizational State. World Century Publishing Corporation.

External links

• Zhang Weiwei (November 12, 2012). "Meritocracy Versus Democracy". New York Times.
• Hasan, Mehdi (23 February 2015). "Head to Head: Is democracy wrong for China?". Al Jazeera English. (interview, video, 47 mins)
• "Chinese thinker Zhang Weiwei". BBC. 22 January 2014. Archived from the original on 9 January 2017. (interview, audio, 14 mins)
• Zhang Weiwei (March 3, 2017). "In China, Unlike Trump's America, Political Legitimacy Is Built On Competence And Experience". Huffington Post.