Jung-Nam Lee

2022-23 Visiting Scholar; Professor and the Director of the Center for Chinese Studies, Asiatic Research Institute, Korea University

Bio

Jung-Nam Lee is Professor and the Director of the Center for Chinese Studies in the Asiatic Research Institute at Korea University. Her project, “‘Chinese-Style’ Political System in the Xi Jinping Era: from a Neo-Authoritarian System to a Quasi-Totalism System,” explores the emergence of a “Chinese-style” political system in relation to the Chinese Dream, concentration of political power towards the Party Central Committee, cyber and ideological control, grassroots party organizing, and anti-corruption and poverty-eradication campaigns.

Research Interests: China’s Political System, China’s Political Reform, Democracy in china, China’s Foreign Policy