Background
Mr. Xiang was born in Nanjing, Jiangsu, China, on April 4, 1956. He is a son of Ti, a government functionary, and Li, a government functionary, (Li) Xiang.
(Despite its achievements in economic growth, the People’s...)
Despite its achievements in economic growth, the People’s Republic of China is facing its most serious legitimacy crisis since its founding in 1949. Its political order is, however, cracking at the seams. But the roots of this crisis are generally misunderstood in the west because the predominant conceptual framework and terminology have lost validity in explaining China.
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Mr. Xiang was born in Nanjing, Jiangsu, China, on April 4, 1956. He is a son of Ti, a government functionary, and Li, a government functionary, (Li) Xiang.
Lanxin Xiang graduated from Fudan University, obtaining Bachelor of Arts in 1982. He completed his studies at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies from which he earned at first Master of Arts and in 1990 Doctor of Philosophy.
Mr. Xiang served as an assistant professor at Clemson University, Clemson, SC, between 1991 and 1994, and associate professor of political science in the years of 1995-1996. In 1996 he was appointed associate professor of international history at Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva, Switzerland.
He held the Kissinger Chair of Foreign Policy and International Relations during 2003-2004 at the Library of Congress, United States. He founded the Trilateral Forum for top-level policy-makers to discuss China. Mr. Xiang was McArthur Foundation Fellow in Germany in 1989, and Olin Fellow at Yale University in 2003. Professor Xiang has held chairs at Fudan University in Shanghai and China Foreign Affairs University in Beijing. He is a contributing editor for the publication Survival at the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), London, and Dushu Magazine in Beijing.
(Despite its achievements in economic growth, the People’s...)
2017Lanxin Xiang is not a religious person.
Mr. Xiang doesn't support any political party.
Quotations: "My primary motivation for writing is to try to understand modern China and myself."
Lanxin Xiang married Ying Chu on December, 1982. She serves as a chemical engineer. The couple has one son, Jeffrey Zhe.