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Minxin Pei

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Pei Minxin
裴敏欣
Pei in 2017.
Born (1957-12-10) December 10, 1957 (age 66)
Shanghai, China
CitizenshipAmerican
OccupationPolitical scientist
Academic background
Alma materShanghai International Studies University (BA)
University of Pittsburgh (MFA)
Harvard University (MA & PhD)
Academic work
InstitutionsClaremont McKenna College
Websitehttps://www.cmc.edu/academic/faculty/profile/minxin-pei

The native form of this personal name is Pei Minxin. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Minxin Pei (Chinese: 裴敏欣; pinyin: Péi Mǐnxīn; born December 10, 1957) is a Chinese-American political scientist. He is the current editor of the China Leadership Monitor.[1] He is a specialist on governance in China, U.S.–East Asia relations, mass surveillance in China, as well as democratization in developing nations. He is currently the Tom and Margot Pritzker '72 Professor of Government and George R. Roberts Fellow at Claremont McKenna College[2] and a non-resident senior fellow in the Asia program at the German Marshall Fund of the United States.[3] He was formerly a senior associate in the Asia Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

Pei earned his bachelor's degree in English from Shanghai International Studies University, and a master's degree and PhD in political science from Harvard University. In addition, he holds an M.F.A. from the University of Pittsburgh.[4] He served as Director of the Keck Center for International and Strategic Studies at Claremont McKenna College from July 2009 to June 2019.

Pei has contributed to a number of newspapers and periodicals, including The New York Times,[5] Foreign Policy, The Diplomat,[6] Project Syndicate, Nikkei Asia, Fortune, and Foreign Affairs,[7] and is an opinion columnist of Bloomberg.

In 2008, he was listed as one of the top 100 public intellectuals by Prospect magazine.[8]

Publications

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Books

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Library resources
By Minxin Pei
  • From Reform to Revolution: The Demise of Communism in China and the Soviet Union (Harvard University Press, 1994)
  • China’s Trapped Transition: The Limits of Developmental Autocracy (Harvard University Press, 2006)
  • The Color of China (The National Interest, March 2009)
  • My Trip to Asia (Claremont Book Review, October 2011)
  • China's Crony Capitalism: The Dynamics of Regime Decay (Harvard University Press, 3 October 2016)
  • The Sentinel State: Surveillance and the Survival of Dictatorship in China (Harvard University Press, February 2024)[9]

Contributed Volumes

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  • "When Illusion Meets Reality: The Evolving Relationship Between China and Europe," in: Robertson-von Trotha, Caroline Y. (ed.): Europe: Insights from the Outside (= Kulturwissenschaft interdisziplinär/Interdisciplinary Studies on Culture and Society, Vol. 5), Nomos, Baden-Baden, 2011

Articles

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References

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  1. ^ "About". China Leadership Monitor. Archived from the original on 21 July 2022. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
  2. ^ "Minxin Pei, PhD". Claremont McKenna College. Archived from the original on 2 October 2023. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  3. ^ "Minxin Pei". German Marshall Fund of the United States. 12 January 2015. Archived from the original on 24 July 2021. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
  4. ^ "Minxin Pei". Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Archived from the original on 8 March 2012. Retrieved 8 December 2011.
  5. ^ Pei, Minxin (17 October 2014). "Crony Communism in China". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 27 October 2014. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
  6. ^ "Minxin Pei". The Diplomat. Archived from the original on 28 September 2020. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  7. ^ "Minxin Pei". Foreign Affairs. 31 October 2017. Archived from the original on 7 April 2020. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  8. ^ "Intellectuals". Prospect magazine. 2009. Archived from the original on 30 September 2009. Retrieved 19 February 2010.
  9. ^ Pei, Minxin (2024). The Sentinel State: Surveillance and the Survival of Dictatorship in China. Harvard University Press. ISBN 9780674257832.
  10. ^ Pei, Minxin (24 June 2024). "The US Is Learning the Wrong Cold War Lessons on China". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
  11. ^ Pei, Minxin (30 May 2024). "To Beat China, US Should Stop Acting Like China". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
  12. ^ "What China Really Needs Is More Bad News". Bloomberg.com. 8 February 2024. Archived from the original on 8 February 2024. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
  13. ^ Pei, Minxin (6 February 2024). "Why China Can't Export Its Model of Surveillance". Foreign Affairs. ISSN 0015-7120. Archived from the original on 30 May 2024. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
  14. ^ "China's Hands Are Tied Against Tangle of US Alliances". Bloomberg News. 16 April 2024. Archived from the original on 18 April 2024. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
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