Zhang Weiwei

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Zhang Weiwei (2017)

Zhang Weiwei ( Chinese  張維 為 , Pinyin Zhāng Wéiwèi ) (* 1957 ) is a Chinese political scientist. He is Professor of International Relations at Fudan University .

Zhang worked as an interpreter for Deng Xiaoping and other members of the Chinese leadership in the 1980s . He later spent many years in Europe and was among other things a fellow at the University Institute for International Studies and Development at the University of Geneva and a visiting professor at the Geneva School of Diplomacy and International Relations .

Zhang has published numerous papers in Chinese and English on the economic and political development and importance of China. He sees himself as a proponent of the "Chinese model" (Beijing Consensus) and regards pluralistic multi-party democracy as an unsuitable form of government for China.

His book The China Wave , initially published in Chinese , was number 1 on the list of the most influential new books in China at the Shanghai Book Fair in 2011 and number 9 on the list of the most popular books published by the Chinese leadership in 2013. With the English edition published in 2012, the book also developed into an international bestseller.

Publications

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

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The China Wave: Rise of a Civilizational State . Publisher's Weekly, April 16, 2012
  2. ↑ Isaac Stone Fish, Helen Gao: Most Favored Narrations: The 10 Best Books, According to China's Ruling Elite . Foreign Policy, December 2013 ( online copy & abstract at Questia )
Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Chinese. Zhang is the family name here, Weiwei is the first name.
personal data
SURNAME Zhang, Weiwei
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Chinese  張維 為 , Pinyin Zhāng Wéiwèi
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Chinese political scientist
DATE OF BIRTH 1957