Cui Zhiyuan
Encyclopedia
Cui Zhiyuan born in Beijing in 1963, is a professor at Tsinghua University
's School of Public Policy and Management, Beijing
. His father was a nuclear engineer in Sichuan
province.
He is a leading member of the Chinese New Left through his work on alternatives to neo-liberal capitalism
and has called for a 'Second Liberation of Thought'. His views are discussed in the essay-collection One China, Many Paths
. He has also been critical of recent privatisations of state assets, and has called for more democracy within the party.
Tsinghua University
Tsinghua University , colloquially known in Chinese as Qinghua, is a university in Beijing, China. The school is one of the nine universities of the C9 League. It was established in 1911 under the name "Tsinghua Xuetang" or "Tsinghua College" and was renamed the "Tsinghua School" one year later...
's School of Public Policy and Management, Beijing
Beijing
Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's...
. His father was a nuclear engineer in Sichuan
Sichuan
' , known formerly in the West by its postal map spellings of Szechwan or Szechuan is a province in Southwest China with its capital in Chengdu...
province.
He is a leading member of the Chinese New Left through his work on alternatives to neo-liberal capitalism
Capitalism
Capitalism is an economic system that became dominant in the Western world following the demise of feudalism. There is no consensus on the precise definition nor on how the term should be used as a historical category...
and has called for a 'Second Liberation of Thought'. His views are discussed in the essay-collection One China, Many Paths
One China, Many Paths
One China, Many Paths, edited by Chaohua Wang. A collection of essays by Chinese thinkers, reflecting the new thinking that developed in the 1990s...
. He has also been critical of recent privatisations of state assets, and has called for more democracy within the party.
External links
- Sample pages of an essay in The Chinese Model Of Modern Development
- Tsinghua University School of Public Policy and Management: Cui Zhiyuan public profile, English version, retrieved 6 August 2010.
- Tsinghua University School of Public Policy and Management: Cui Zhiyuan public profile, Chinese version, retrieved 6 August 2010.
- Cui Zhiyuan's website