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Guoguang Wu / 吴国光 / 吳國光

CAPI China Chair (2004 to 2022)

CAPI China Chair Guoguang Wu
Guoguang Wu, a professor of Political Science and History, was CAPI's China Chair from 2004-2022.

Degrees and diplomas

  • PhD (Political Science), Princeton University, 1995
  • MA (Political Science), Princeton University, 1993
  • Diploma (Journalism), Nieman Program at Harvard University, 1990
  • Diploma (Economics), Economics Institute at University of Colorado, 1989
  • MA (Journalism), Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Social Scienes, 1984
  • BA (Journalism), Peking University, 1982

Previous professional positions

  • Assistant, to President, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (Beijing), 1985
  • Editor, Desk of Editorial and Commentary, the People’s Daily (Beijing), 1985-87
  • Directorial Editor, Desk of Editorial and Commentary, the People’s Daily, 1987-89
  • Research Fellow (concurrently), the Research Institute of Political Reform, the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, 1986-89
  • Nieman Fellow, Harvard University, 1989-1990
  • Luce Fellow, East Asian Institute, Columbia University, 1990-1991
  • Wang An Post-Doctoral Fellow, the John King Fairbank Center for East Asian Research, Harvard University, 1995-96
  • Assistant/Associate Professor, Department of Government and Public Administration, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1996-2004

Books

(Cambridge University Press, 2017); Chinese edition:  (Oxford University Press China, 2020).

(Cambridge University Press, 2015); Chinese edition: (The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press, 2018).

(World Scientific, 2015)

 (In Japanese) [Hegemon without a Moral Compass: Post-Revolutionary China] (Sankei Shimbun Press, 2012).

(Marshall Cavendish Academic, 2005)

Edited volumes

(Routledge, 2019)

(Routledge, 2016)

(Routledge, 2013)

(Routledge, 2009)

[Exploring the essentials of Chinese politics](博大 / Broad Press Hong Kong, 2009)

(Routledge, 2008)

(Routledge, 2008)

Additional books and edited volumes

  • Wu Guoguang, 改革的終結與中國的未來 / The End of Reform and the Future of China, Taipei: Chengpin Press, 2009, iv + 312 pp. [in Chinese].
  • Wu Guoguang, Zhang Weiguo, and Bao Pu eds., 紫陽千古 : 趙紫陽紀念文集 / Zhao Lives: A Collection of Commemorative Essays, Hong Kong: Pacific Century Press, 2005, xii + 604 pp. [in Chinese]. ; ;

  • Wu Guoguang, Zhang Weiguo, and Bao Pu eds., 紫阳千古 –赵紫阳纪念文集·续编 / Zhao Lives: A Continuing Collection of Commemorative Essays and Poems, Hong Kong: Pacific Century Press, 2006, xvi + 568 pp [in Chinese]. ;
  • Wu Guoguang, 新紅樓夢 : 中國政局觀察 / The New Red-Chamber Dream: Chinese Politics in Perspective, Hong Kong: Pacific Century Press, 2003, x + 398 pp. [in Chinese].
  • Wu Guoguang, 自由的民族與民族的自由 / Liberal Nations and Liberty of Nations, Taipei: Datun Press, 2002, ix + 310 pp. [in Chinese].
  • Wu Guoguang,趙紫陽與政治改革 / Zhao Ziyang and Political Reform, Hong Kong: Pacific Century Press, and Taipei: Vista Publishing Company, 1997, xxxvii + 561 pp. [in Chinese].
  • Wu Guoguang ed., 九七效應 : 香港.中國與太平洋 / The 1997 Effect: Hong Kong, China, and the Pacific, Hong Kong: Pacific Century Press, and Taipei: Vista Publishing Company, 1997, ii + 230 pp. [in Chinese].
  • Wu Guoguang, 逐鹿十五大 : 中國權力棋局 / Toward the 15th Party Congress: Power Game in China, Hong Kong: Pacific Century Press, and Taipei: Vista Publishing Company, 1997, xxiii + 266 pp. [in Chinese].
  • Wu Guoguang, 新三國演義 : 中港台政局 / One Country, Three Systems: Political Interactions among China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, Hong Kong: Mirror Books, 1997, 263 pp. [in Chinese]. via bannedbook.org;
  • Wu Guoguang, 自由化, 制度化, 民主化 / Liberalization, Institutionalization, and Democratization, Taipei: Storm Forum Press, 1997, vi + 230 pp. [in Chinese].
  • Wang Shaoguang, He Pin, Wu Guoguang, Gao Xin, and Qi Qin, 江澤民面臨的挑戰 / The Challenges Facing Jiang Zemin, Hong Kong: Mirror Books, 1996, 362 pp. [in Chinese].
  • Wu Guoguang and Zheng Yongnian, 论中央--地方关系 : 中国制度转型中的一个轴心问题 / Of Central-Local Relations: A Pivotal Issue in China’s Transformation, Hong Kong: Oxford University Press, 1995, viii + 209 pp.
  • Wu Guoguang ed., 国家, 市场与社会 : 中国改革的考察研究 / The State, Markets, and Society: Observations and Studies of China’s Reforms, editor, Hong Kong: Oxford University Press, 1994, x + 235 pp. ;
  • Wu Guoguang and Wang Zhaojun, 鄧小平の死と中国 / China after the Death of Deng Xiaoping, Tokyo: The Business Press, 1994, 320 pp. [in Japanese, translated by Yang Wenxin].
  • Wu Guoguang and Wang Zhaojun, 鄧小平之後的中國 / China after Deng Xiaoping, Taipei: World Books, xvi + 380 pp., and Los Angeles: Huayang Press, x + 296 pp. [in Chinese].
  • Wu Guoguang ed., 社会主义初级阶段论纲 / Theoretical Outlines of the Preliminary Stage of Socialism, Beijing: People’s Daily Press, vi + 222 pp. [in Chinese]. ;

Book Chapters

  • "Foreward" to Li Nanyang ed., / The Three Gorges (Keller, Texas: Fellows Press of America, 2020), pp.3-8 [in Chinese].

  • "以暴力型塑政治:中共為什麼要實行暴力土改? / Shaping Politics with Violence: Why Did the CCP Conduct Land Reform with Violence?," in Song Yongyi ed., / Re-examining Mao Zedong's Land Reform: A Historical Review of the 70th Anniversary of the Political Movement in the Early Period of the CCP's Establishment (Part 1) (Hong Kong: Greenfield Books, 2020), pp. 440-468 [in Chinese].

  • “,” in Ino Rossi ed., Challenges of Globalization and Prospects for an Inter-civilizational World Order (New York: Springer, 2020), pp. 241-259.

  • “,” in Victor V. Ramraj ed., (New York: Oxford University Press, 2020), pp. 73-84.

  • Guoguang Wu and Yuan Feng, “,” in Guoguang Wu, Yuan Feng, and Helen Lansdowne eds., (London: Routledge, 2019), pp. 249-273.

  • “,” in Willy Lam ed., (London: Routledge, 2018), pp. 92-107.

  • “Elections during the Cultural Revolution: A Study of the CCP National Congress,” in Song Yongyi ed., The Fiftieth Anniversary of the Cultural Revolution: Mao’s Legacy and Contemporary China  (New York: Mirror Books, 2016) [in Chinese].

  • “Conclusion: ‘Repressive Capitalism’ as the Institutional Crystallization of China’s Transition,” in Guoguang Wu and Helen Lansdowne eds., , London: Routledge, 2016, pp. 188-210.

  • “From Citizens’ Protests to the Regime’s Split: A Possible Path of China’s Political Transformation,” in Teng Biao and Wang Tiancheng eds., Return to Revolution: Debates on the Eve of China’s Great Transformation (Hong Kong: Suoyuan Books, 2015) [in Chinese]. see also Qiao Long:  (Idenpendent Chinese Pen Center, Boxun Blog)

  • "," in Kate Xiao Zhou, Shelley Rigger, and Lynn T. White III eds., Democratization in China, Korea, and Southeast Asia? Local and National Perspectives, London: Routledge, 2014, pp. 200-215.

  • "Human Security Challenges with China: Why and How the Rise of China Makes the World Vulnerable?" in Guoguang Wu ed., (London: Routledge, 2013), pp.1-27.

  • "導言 / Introduction" to Yao Jianfu, Conversations with Chen Xitong  (also, ; ) [Chen was Beijing Mayor and the CCP Politburo member before 1993 who played a significant role in the 1989 Tiananmen events], Hong Kong: New Century Press, 2012, pp.1-25 [in Chinese].

  • ‘Sister Tang and Mister Election: The 1911 Revolution and Democratic Institution-Building in Modern China,’ in Sheng Xue ed., The Century of Failures: Historical Studies of the 1911 Revolution (Hong Kong: United Press, 2012), pp.21-33 [in Chinese]. see and
  • ‘,’ in Sujian Guo ed., Political Science and Chinese Political Studies: The State of the Field (New York: Springer, 2012), pp.219-240.

  • "中國民族主義的多重悖論─歷史的發展與政治的錯位 / Multiple Dilemmas of Chinese Nationalism: Historical Developments and Political Misplacements," in Chen Yan and Joseph Cheng eds., Globalization and Identification: The Paradox of Contemporary Chinese Nationalism (Hong Kong: City University Press, 2012), pp.69-94 [in Chinese].

  • "Debating Political Reform: Social Pressures and Party-State Responses," in Wang Gungwu and Zheng Yongnian eds., (Singapore: World Scientific, 2012), pp.15-20.

  • "導言 / Introduction" to Cai Wenbin ed., Zhao Ziyang in Sichuan, 1975-1980 (Hong Kong: New Century Press, 2011), pp.3-8 [in Chinese].

  • "Zhao Ziyang and China’s Transition from Communism," in Zhang Boshu ed., 趙紫陽的道路 / Zhao Ziyang’s Road (Hong Kong: Morning Bell Press, 2011), pp.235-264 [in Chinese, translated by He Nanchu and Wu Guoguang]. see ; ;
  • "," in Jean-Philippe Beja ed., (London: Routledge, 2010), pp. 221-236.

  • "導言 / Introduction," to /  [Former Prime Minister of China] (Hong Kong: New Century Press, 2010), pp.5-32 [in Chinese]. see also ; 
  • ‘In the Name of Good Governance: E-Government, Internet Pornography, and Political Censorship in China,’ in Xiaoling Zhang and Yongnian Zheng eds., (London: Routledge), pp.68-85.

  • ‘From Post-Imperial to Late Communist Nationalism: Historical Change in Chinese Nationalism from May Fourth to the 1990s,’ in Radhika Desai ed., (London: Routledge, 2009). (also published in , 2008.)

  • ‘,’ in Guoguang Wu and Helen Lansdowne eds., Zhao Ziyang and China’s Political Future (London: Routledge, 2008), pp.32-57.

  • ‘The CCP’s Eighth Congress and Anti-Rightist Campaign,’ republished in Ding Shu ed., 陽謀 : 反右派運動始末 / Re-examinations of the Anti-Rightist Campaign After Fifty Years: The Fate of Contemporary Chinese Intellectuals (Hong Kong: Tianyuan Press, 2006), pp.78-96. [in Chinese]. see ;
  • ‘From Hu Shi to Li Shenzhi: Development of Chinese Liberalism,’ in Feng Chongyi ed., 李慎之与自由主义在中国的命运 / Li Shenzhi and the Chinese Fate of Liberalism (Hong Kong: Hong Kong Press for Social Sciences), pp.27-38. [in Chinese]. see ; via Independent Chinese Pen Centre blog. 

  • ‘Liberalism as Anti-politics: Reflections on Hu Shi’s Constitutional Ideas and the Failure of Chinese Constitutionalism,’ in Feng Chongyi and Zhu Xueqin eds, 宪政与中国 / Constitutionalism and China (Hong Kong: Hong Kong Press for Social Sciences, 2004), pp.63-81. [in Chinese]. see
  • ‘Information Spread, Public Space, and Collective Actions: Political Impacts of the Internet on Democratization of China,’ in Zhang Maogui and Zheng Yongnian eds.,兩岸社會運動分析 / Analyzing Social Movements on Both Sides of the Taiwan Strait (Taipei: Third Nature Publishing Company), pp.263-280. [in Chinese]. see ;
  • ‘La fin de la reforme et la continuation de l’histoire,’ in Marie Holzman and Chen Yan eds., Ecrits edifiants et curieux sur la Chine du XXIe siecle (Paris: L’aube, 2003), pp.29-42. [in French, translated by Chen Yan and Marie Holzman]. see ;
  • ‘,’ in David M. Finkelstein and Maryanne Kivlehan eds.,  (Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 2003), pp.167-185.

  • ‘Historical Change of Chinese Nationalism: A Comparison between May Fourth and the 1990s,’ in Lin Chia-lung and Zheng Yongnian eds., 民族主義與兩岸關係 : 哈佛大学東西方學者的對話 / Minzu Zhuyi yu Liang' an GuanxiNationalism and Cross-Strait Relations: Dialogue at Harvard University (Taipei: Third Nature Publishing Company, 2001), pp.317-334. [in Chinese].

  • ‘The Return of Ideology? Struggling to Reorganize Politics during Socioeconomic Transitions,’ in John Wong and Yongnian Zheng eds.,  (Singapore: Singapore University Press, 2001), pp.221-246. see also
  • ‘地方主義の発展と政治統制,制度退行 / The Development of Localism under Political Control and Institutional Decay,’ in Satoshi Amako ed., / Structural Change in Contemporary China, Vol.4: Politics: The Structure of Central and Local Power (Tokyo: University of Tokyo Press, 2000), pp.39-59. [in Japanese, translated by Yang Lijun]

  • ‘One Head, Many Mouths: Diversifying Press Structures in Reform China,’ in Chin-Chuan Lee ed.,  (Evanston, IL: Northwestern University Press, 2000), pp.45-67. see also
  • ‘,’ in Lau Chung-ming and Jianfa Shen eds.,  (Hong Kong: Chinese University Press, 2000), pp.27-59.

  • ‘China’s Taiwan Policy and Cross-Strait Political Negotiations,’ in Wang Jiaying and Zheng Chiyan eds., 香港回歸與兩岸關係之展望  / The Return of Hong Kong and the Prospect of Cross-Strait Relations (Hong Kong: Centre for Studies of Cross-Strait Relations, 1999), pp.297-316. [in Chinese].
  • ‘The Hong Kong Model, the Taiwan Experience, and the Chinese Reality: The CCP’s 15th National Congress and Political Reform,’ in Cheng Xiaonong ed., 世紀之交中國大陸的政經走向 / Political and Economic Trends of China at the Centuries’ Turn (Princeton: Modern China Press), pp.87-105. [in Chinese].
  • ‘From Factional Struggle to Institutional Competition: The Dynamics of the NPC’s Role Change in Reform China,’ in Lin Chia-lung and Qiu Zeqi eds., Liang'an dangguo tizhi yu minzhu fazhan / 兩岸黨國體制與民主發展 : 哈佛大學東西方學者的對話 / Party-State Institutions and Development of Democracy on Both Sides of the Taiwan Strait: Dialogue at Harvard University (Taipei: Yuedan chubanshe, 1999), pp.327-340. [in Chinese]. ;
  • ‘Legitimacy Crisis, Political Economy, and the Fifteenth Party Congress,’ in Andrew J. Nathan, Zhaohui Hong, and Steven Smith eds.,  (Boulder: Lynne Rienner, 1999), pp.13. see also
  • ‘Conducting Dialogue under Strategic Conflict: Sino-American Relations in Flux,’ in Luo Jinyi ed., (Hong Kong: Chinese University Press, 1998), pp.51-78. [in Chinese, translated by Luo Jinyi]
  • ‘Conducting Dialogue under Strategic Conflict: Sino-American Relations in Flux,’ in Maurice Brosseau, Hsin-chi Kuan, Y. Y. Kuen eds., (Hong Kong: Chinese University Press, 1997), pp.57-85. see also ; Google Books
  • ‘Why Villages? Why Peasants? Explaining an Exception in the Failure of Chinese Democratization,’ in Chen Mingtong and Zheng Yongnian eds., Liang an ji ceng xuan ju yu zheng zhi she hui bian qian : ha fo da xue dong xi fang xue zhe de dui hua / 兩岸基層選舉與政治社會變遷 : 哈佛大學東西方學者的對話 / Grassroots Elections and Political Change on Both Sides of the Taiwan Strait: Dialogue at Harvard University (Taipei: Yuedan chubanshe, 1998), pp.423-436. [in Chinese]. ;
  • ‘以理性民族主義抗衡「圍堵中國」/ Rational Nationalism vs. Containment of China,’ in Wang Hui and Yu Guoliang eds.,  (Hong Kong: Chinese University Press, 1998), pp.115-128. [in Chinese]. see also
  • 再論「理性民族主義」/ Rational Nationalism Revisited,’ in Wang Hui and Yu Guoliang eds.,  (Hong Kong: Chinese University Press, 1998), pp.141-152. [in Chinese]. see also 
  • ‘Crossing 1997, Crossing the Strait: China’s Taiwan Policy after the Hong Kong Reversion,’ in Wu Guoguang ed., Jiu qi xiao ying: Xianggang, Zhongguo yu Taiping yang / 九七效應 : 香港.中國與太平洋 / The 1997 Effects: Hong Kong, China, and the Pacific (Hong Kong: Pacific Century Press, 1997), pp.85-101. [in Chinese].
  • ‘Sino-American Relations in the Post-Cold War Era,’ in Chen Yizi ed., Zhongguo qian tu yu liang an guan xi / 中國前途與兩岸關係 / The Future of China and Cross-Strait Relations (Taipei: Fengyun luntan chubanshe, 1997), pp.259-282. [in Chinese].
  • ‘ ,’ in Carol Lee Hamrin and Suisheng Zhao eds., (Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 1995), pp.24-38.

  • ‘China in the Second Wave of Reform: Changes of the Relationships among the State, the Markets, and Society,’ in Wu Guoguang ed.,國家, 市場與社會 : 中國改革的考察研究1993至今 / The State, the Markets, and Society: Studies of China’s Reform (Hong Kong: Oxford University Press, 1994), pp.1-16. [in Chinese]. ;

  • ‘State Capacities in Change: Patterns and Dilemmas,’ in Wu Guoguang ed.,國家, 市場與社會 : 中國改革的考察研究1993至今 / The State, the Markets, and Society: Studies of China’s Reform (Hong Kong: Oxford University Press, 1994), pp. 89-101. [in Chinese]. ;

  • ‘The Dilemmas of Participation in the Political Reform of China, 1986-1988,’ in Roger V. Des Forges, Luo Ning, and Wu Yen-bo eds., (Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1993), pp.135-148. see also
  • ‘Political Ideals of Reformers: The Case of Zhao Ziyang,’ in Su Xiaokang ed., 從五四到河殤 / From May Fourth to the River Elegy (Taipei: Fengyun shidai chubanshe, 1992), pp.261-272. [in Chinese]. ;
  • ‘Dilemmas in the Debate about Neo-Authoritarianism,’ in Su Shaozhi ed., 論制度選擇 : 未來中國學社學術討論會文集 / Institutional Choices of China (Boston: Society for Future China, 1992), pp.74-80. [in Chinese].
  • ‘Liberty: The Fundamental Drive in China’s Transition to Modernization,’ in Li Shaomin ed., 中國大陸的社會, 政治, 經濟 / The Political Economy of Contemporary China (Taipei: Guiguan Books), pp.41-72. [in Chinese].
  • ‘Neo-Authoritarianism and Pan-Democratism in Debate,’ in Qi Mo ed., 新權威主義 : 對中國大陸未來命運的論争 / Neo-Authoritarianism: Debates on the Fate of Mainland China (Taipei: Tangshan Press, 1991), pp.188-197. [in Chinese].
  • ‘Social Progresses and Their Forms at the Preliminary Stage of Socialism,’ in Wu Guoguang ed., 社会主义初级阶段论纲 / A Theoretical Outline of the Preliminary Stage of Socialism (Beijing: People’s Daily Press), pp.82-106. [in Chinese].
  • ‘Political Reform as a Guarantee of Economic Reform,’ in Chi Fulin and Huang Hai eds., 邓 小平 政治 体制 改革 思想 研究 / Studies of Deng Xiaoping’s Thought on Political Reform (Beijing: Chunqiu chubanshe, 1987), pp.279-298. [in Chinese].
  • ‘Historical Materialism and Marx’s Thought of Journalism,’ in Journalism Institute of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences ed., 马克思新闻思想研究论文集 / Studies on Marx’s Thought of Journalism (Beijing: People’s Daily Press, 1983), pp.53-76. [in Chinese].
  • ‘Reportage between Journalism and Literature,’ in Department of Journalism ed., Collections of Journalism Studies (Beijing: Remin University Press, 1983), pp.216-237. [in Chinese]

Journal articles

  • / “Value Concerns in Humanities and Social Sciences: Max Weber, Global Capitalism, and China Studies,” 現代中国研究 / Modern and Contemporary China Studies (Tokyo, Japan), 44 (March 2020), pp. 7-19 [in Japanese, translated by Wang Ke]. ; 
  • “,” Contemporary Chinese Political Economy and Strategic Relations, 5, 2 (June-August 2019): 619-653.

  • Xi’s Anti-Corruption Campaign and Increasing Uncertainty of Chinese Politics: A Framework of Analysis,” 当代中国研究 / Modern China Studies, 24, 2 (March 2017): 83-99 [in Chinese].

  • “,” Modern China Studies, Vol.22, No.2 (March 2015): 47-72.

  • ‘,’ East Asian Policy, vol.4, no.1 (March 2012), pp.87-95.

  • ‘,’ Journal of Chinese Political Science, vol.16, no.3 (2011), pp.279-297.

  • ‘,’ Asian Survey, vol.51, n.o1 (January-February 2011), pp.18-32.

  • ‘,’ Asian Survey, vol.50, no.1 (January-February 2010), pp.25-39.

  • ‘,’ 当代中国研究 / Modern China Studies, no.106 (September 2009). [in Chinese]

  • ‘,’ Perspectives Chinoises, no.2 (2009), pp.88-98 [translated by Jerome Bonnin].

  • ‘,’ China Perspectives, no.2 (2009), pp.80-89.

  • ‘,’ 当代中国研究 / Modern China Studies, no.103 (Dec 2008), pp.35-51. [in Chinese]

  • ‘,’ The Pacific Review, vol.21, no.3 (Jul 2008), pp.279-302.

  • ‘,’ Perspectives Chinoises, no.2 (2008), pp.72-80. [translated by Raphael Jacquet].

  • ‘,’ China Perspectives, no.2 (Jul 2008), pp.70-78.

  • ‘’, Third World Quarterly, vol.29, no.3 (Mar 2008), pp.467-482.

  • ‘,’ 当代中国研究 / Modern China Studies, no.98 (Sep 2007), pp.4-22. [in Chinese]

  • ‘,’ Journal of Contemporary China, vol.16, no.51 (May 2007), pp.295-313.

  • ‘,’ 当代中国研究 / Modern China Studies , no.96 (Mar 2007), pp.4-28. [in Chinese]

  • ‘,’ 当代中国研究 / Modern China Studies, no.95 (Dec 2006), pp.55-66. [in Chinese]

  • ‘’ Social Research, vol.73, no.1 (Spring 2006), pp.317-344.

  • ‘’ (co-authored with Yongnian Zheng), Comparative Political Studies, vol.38, no.5 (Jun 2005), pp.507-536.

  • ‘,’ 当代中国研究 / Modern China Studies, no.84 (Apr 2004), pp.34-42. [in Chinese]

  • ‘,’ The Pacific Review, vol.17, no.2, (2004) pp.179-198.

  • ‘,’ 当代中国研究 / Modern China Studies, no.83 (Dec 2003), pp.59-72. [in Chinese]

  • ‘,’ Contemporary Chinese Thought, vol.34, no.4 (Summer 2003), pp.57-74.

  • ‘,’ Politicque Internationale, no.97 (Automne 2002), pp.385-391. [in French, translated by Marie Holzman]

  • ‘,’ 当代中国研究 / Modern China Studies, no.68 (Apr 2000), pp.21-38. [in Chinese]

  • ‘,’ China Information, vol.14, no.1, (2000) pp.43-57.

  • ‘,’ 当代中国研究 / Modern China Studies, no.67 (Dec 1999), pp.8-19. [in Chinese]

  • ‘’, American Asian Review, vol.16, no.2 (Summer 1998), pp.85-107.

  • ‘,’ The China Quarterly, no.138 (Jun 1994), pp.194-211.

Media commentary and citations


  • Commentary on 100th Anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party [Japanese] | The Yomiuri Shimbun, Japan | 24 July 2021

  •  [Chinese] | BBC Chinese | 28 June 2021

  • | Martlet (UVic student newspaper) | 15 November 2019

  • | EJ Insight, Hong Kong | 15 July 2019

  • | The Jamestown Foundation, Washington DC | 4 June 2019

  • | BBC Chinese | 15 August 2018

  • | NPR | 14 March 2018

  • | South China Morning Post | 6 October 2017

  • | New York Times | 4 December 2012

  • | New York Times | 4 June 2010

Policy articles

  • | China Leadership Monitor | 1 March 2020

  • | China Leadership Monitor | 1 December 2020

  • | China Leadership Monitor | 1 June 2019

  • | China Leadership Monitor | 1 December 2018

Videos

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[in Chinese] "德先生”不懂民主: 五四政治遗产的初步重估 [“Did ‘Mr. De’ Understand Democracy? A Preliminary Reassessment of the Political Legacies of the May Fourth Movements] as part of a conference on the 100th anniversary of the May Fourth Movement (Sapiens Institute, California, 6 August 2019).
Guoguang presents a lecture titled "The Coming of the Economic Warring States? China-USA Rivalry and Asian (Dis)order in the Age of De-Globalization" at the Institute of East Asian Studies, UC Berkeley (15 March 2019).
Guoguang discusses his 2017 book (ChinaFile, 2017).
直播:全球化 - 西方敵不過中國?(中國研究院第38次會議)[Guoguang as part of a panel discussion on whether the West can rival China in the new era of globalization, at the 38th meeting of the in New York] (明镜电视 / Ming Jing News, 15 June 2017).
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[in Chinese] 专访:吴国光教授 [Guoguang talks CCP internal politics ahead of the 6th plenary session of the 18th CPC Central Committee] (美国之音中文网 / Voice of America, August 2016).
(Chinese with English subtitles) 【透视中国】吴国光:精致化的宣传与控制(上)/ [[Perspective China] Wu Guoguang: Delicate Propaganda and Control (Part 1)] (ntdchinainsight, 2011)
香港淪陷當晚 香港中文大學 政治系教授 吳國光 討論一國兩制 [Guoguang interviewed on the eve of the eve of the handover of Hong Kong] (KSCI 18 via third-party account, 2003).
Guoguang interviewed in The Gate of Heavenly Peace, a documentary film about the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre (1995).

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