Minxin Pei

Minxin Pei (Chinese: 裴敏欣; pinyin: Péi Mǐnxīn; born December 10, 1957) is a Chinese-American political scientist and opinion columnist, who is the editor of the China Leadership Monitor.[1] He is a specialist on governance in China, U.S.–East Asia relations, 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 is a non-resident senior fellow with the Asia program at the German Marshall Fund of the United States.[3] He was formerly a senior associate with the Asia Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

Pei Minxin
裴敏欣
Pei Minxin at the Hudson Institute in 2014
Pei at the Hudson Institute, 2014
Born (1957-12-10) December 10, 1957
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.

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 Asian Review, 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

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
  1. "About". China Leadership Monitor. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
  2. "Minxin Pei, PhD". Claremont McKenna College. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  3. "Minxin Pei". German Marshall Fund of the United States. 12 January 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.
  6. "Minxin Pei". The Diplomat. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  7. "Minxin Pei". Foreign Affairs. 31 October 2017. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  8. "Intellectuals". Prospect magazine. 2009. Archived from the original on 30 September 2009. Retrieved 19 February 2010.



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