Minxin Pei

Pei Minxin
裴敏欣
Pei in 2017.
Born (1957-12-10) December 10, 1957
Shanghai, China
CitizenshipAmerican
OccupationPolitical scientist
Academic background
EducationShanghai 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]. 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.[3] 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,[4] Foreign Policy, The Diplomat,[5] Project Syndicate, Nikkei Asia, Fortune, and Foreign Affairs,[6] and was an opinion columnist of Bloomberg from 2023 to 2024.

Pei is the editor of China Leadership Monitor, an online publication tracking major political and economic developments in China.

In 2008, he was listed as one of the top 100 public intellectuals by Prospect magazine.[7] In 2019, he was the inaugural Library of Congress Chair on U.S.-China Relations.

Publications

Books

  • 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)
  • 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)[8]
  • The Broken China Dream: How Reform Revived Totalitarianism (Princeton University Press, 2025)[9]

Articles

References

  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". Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Archived from the original on 8 March 2012. Retrieved 8 December 2011.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "Minxin Pei". The Diplomat. Archived from the original on 28 September 2020. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  6. ^ "Minxin Pei". Foreign Affairs. 31 October 2017. Archived from the original on 7 April 2020. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  7. ^ "Intellectuals". Prospect magazine. 2009. Archived from the original on 30 September 2009. Retrieved 19 February 2010.
  8. ^ Pei, Minxin (2024). The Sentinel State: Surveillance and the Survival of Dictatorship in China. Harvard University Press. ISBN 9780674257832.
  9. ^ "Xi Jinping is carrying Deng Xiaoping's authoritarian torch". The Economist. ISSN 0013-0613. Retrieved 21 January 2026.
  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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