Current Duke Appointments & Affiliations
Assistant Professor of Political Economy at Duke Kunshan University
·
2023 - Present
DKU Faculty
Recent Scholarly Works
Wrongful convictions with Chinese characteristics
Journal article Economics of Transition and Institutional Change · January 1, 2024 This study examines the impact of an imbalanced judiciary on the generation and rectification of wrongful convictions in China. Specifically, we investigate the influence of the Political and Legal Affairs Commissions (PLACs), which are tasked by the Commu ... Full text CiteThe sin of words: Censorship and self-censorship in China during the Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
Journal article Asia Pacific Economic History Review · July 1, 2023 This study examines the impact of a large-scale censorship campaign in Qing China (1644–1911) on intellectuals' writings. Using a Difference-in-Difference approach and analysing 23,000 poems, the study reveals a significant decrease in the frequency of cen ... Full text CiteEducation
University of Colorado, Boulder ·
2023
Ph.D.