David Kelly is a Research Director at China Policy, a Beijing-registered research and advisory company working across major policy fields. He is also a visiting professor in the Institute of Sociology and Anthropology at Peking University. First traveling to China in 1975-1976 for language study, he received a Ph.D. in Chinese Studies from Sydney University. Following a Fulbright fellowship at the University of Chicago, he steered a course between intellectual history and political science, later moving into policy analysis while a research fellow of the East Asia Institute in Singapore. His current focus is the external impact of China’s internal governance.

Last Updated: March 25, 2016