Yu Keping (Chinese: 俞可平) is the Director of the Center for Chinese Government Innovations at Peking University. He is a noted scholar having produced many noted books including the widely noted Democracy is a Good Thing. In addition to his academic work he has also acted as an advisor on political reforms to the Chinese government.[1][2]

Keping Yu in 2013

Yu is also the New World Senior Fellow in the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation in the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.[3]

Writings

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Books

  • Yu, K. (2010). Democracy and the Rule of Law in China Leiden: Brill
  • Yu, K. (2009). Democracy is a good thing: Essays on politics, society, and culture in contemporary China. Washington, D.C: Brookings Institution Press.[4][5][6][7]

References

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  1. ^ Brill: Democracy and the Rule of Law in China (Accessed Nov 2011)
  2. ^ Clemson University Center for China Studies 2011 Speaker Series (Accessed Nov 2011)
  3. ^ John F. Kennedy School of Government:Keping Yu (Accessed Nov 2011)
  4. ^ Womack, B. (January 01, 2009). Democracy is a Good Thing: Essays on Politics, Society, and Culture in Contemporary China, by Yu Keping, and Globalization and Changes in China's Governance, by Yu Keping. China Journal Canberra-, 62, 168-169.
  5. ^ Bell, D. A. (January 01, 2010). Yu Keping, Democracy Is a Good Thing: Essays on Politics, Society, and Culture in Contemporary China. Perspectives on Politics, 8, 3, 915.
  6. ^ Taylor, J. R. (January 01, 2010). Yu Keping, Democracy Is a Good Thing: Essays on Politics, Society, and Culture in Contemporary China. Journal of Chinese Political Science, 15, 3, 341-342.
  7. ^ Wright, T. (January 01, 2011). Democracy is a Good Thing: Essays on Politics, Society, and Culture in Contemporary China. By Yu Keping. China Quarterly, London-, 206, 434.