Our Faculty


Mark Wu

Mark Wu
Henry L. Stimson Professor of Law, Harvard Law School; Director, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Harvard University

Nicholas Burns

Nicholas Burns
Goodman Professor of the Practice of Diplomacy and International Relations, Harvard Kennedy School; former U.S. Ambassador to the People’s Republic of China (2021-2025)

Jaya Y. Wen

Jaya Y. Wen
Assistant Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School

Moira Weigel

Moira Weigel
Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature

Jie Bai

Jie Bai
Associate Professor in Public Policy

Feng Zhu

Feng Zhu
MBA Class of 1958 Professor of Business Administration
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Center Associates


Kaiyuan (Bill) Wang

Kaiyuan (Bill) Wang
Center Associate, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies

Ellen Widmer

Ellen Widmer
Center Associate; Mayling Soong Professor Emerita of Chinese Studies and Professor Emerita of East Asian Studies, Wellesley College

Robert Weller

Robert Weller
Center Associate; Professor of Anthropology, Boston University

Robert S. Ross

Robert S. Ross
Center Associate; Professor of Political Science, Boston College

Nancy Hearst

Nancy Hearst
Center Associate; Former Librarian, Fairbank Center Collection at the H.C. Fung Library, Harvard University

Our Staff


Mark Wu

Mark Wu
Henry L. Stimson Professor of Law, Harvard Law School; Director, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Harvard University

Mark Grady

Mark Grady
Events Coordinator, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Harvard University

Harriet Wong

Harriet Wong
Program Administrator, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Harvard University

Sam Maclean

Sam Maclean
Communications Manager, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Harvard University

Rory O’Connor

Rory O’Connor
Program Assistant, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Harvard University

Marian Stacey

Marian Stacey
Student Outreach, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Harvard University
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Our Affiliates


Wesley Chen Tso Chu

Wesley Chen Tso Chu
2025-26 Visiting Fellow of Practice; Research Fellow, Rajawali Foundation for Asia

Bowen Sun

Bowen Sun
2025-26 Visiting Scholar; Lecturer, Department of Environmental Design, Shanghai Business School.

Rui Guo

Rui Guo
2024-25 Visiting Scholar, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Harvard University; Visiting Scholar, East Asian Legal Studies, Harvard Law School

Our Fellows


Wendy Wan-ting Wang

Wendy Wan-ting Wang
2025-26 Hou Family Postdoctoral Fellow in Taiwan Studies

Graduate Student Associates


Yi Zhang

Yi Zhang
2025-26 Graduate Student Associate

Wenfei Wang

Wenfei Wang
2025-26 Graduate Student Associate

Yedong Sh-Chen

Yedong Sh-Chen
2025-26 Graduate Student Associate

Wei-An Tsai

Wei-An Tsai
2025-26 Graduate Student Associate

Francis Newman

Francis Newman
2025-26 Graduate Student Associate

Mei Mingxue Nan

Mei Mingxue Nan
2025-26 Graduate Student Associate
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