Minxin Pei

Pei Minxin
裴敏欣
Pei at the Hudson Institute, 2014
Born	1957 Shanghai
Citizenship	Chinese, American
Occupation	Political scientist
Academic background
Education	Shanghai International Studies University, Harvard University
Academic work
Institutions	Claremont McKenna College
Website	https://www.cmc.edu/academic/faculty/profile/minxin-pei

Minxin Pei (Chinese: 裴敏欣; pinyin: Péi Mǐnxīn; born 1957 in Shanghai) is a Chinese-American political scientist and expert on governance in China, U.S.-Asia relations, and 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^[1] and is a non-resident senior fellow with the Asia program at the German Marshall Fund of the United States.^[2] He was formerly a senior associate with the Asia Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

Pei earned his bachelor's degree in English from the 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.^[3] He is a George R. Roberts Fellow and Director of the Keck Center for International and Strategic Studies.

Pei has contributed to a number of newspapers, including The China Quarterly, The New York Times,^[4] Foreign Policy, China Today, The Diplomat,^[5] and Foreign Affairs,^[6] and is a frequent guest commentator on CNN and National Public Radio, among others.

In 2008, he was listed as one of the top 100 public intellectuals by Prospect magazine.^[7]

Publications[]

Following is a partial list of publications:

• 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)

Articles in edited books:

• 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

References[]

External links[]

• China’s Trapped Transition Reconsidered
• Appearances on C-SPAN

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