Source: Carnegie
For Immeadiate Release: May 12, 2003
Contact: Jayne Brady, 202-939-2372, jbrady@ceip.org
Carnegie Endowment Welcomes Second Kimsey
Scholar
Chinese Central Party Official Conducts Research on Political Parties, Democratic
Politics
The second Kimsey Scholar, Dr. Feng Xie, has begun his three-month term at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Xie serves in the Section for Comparative Study of the World's Political Parties in the Party Construction Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.
The Kimsey exchange program began in February and aims to foster the exchange of ideas between Chinese and U.S. experts, in order to help influence future political reform in China and inform U.S. policymakers about political trends in China. Chinese scholars are from China's Central Party School in Beijing, and each spends three months at the Carnegie Endowment. The initiative is funded by the Kimsey Foundation. The previous scholar, Honghua Men, a research fellow at the Institute of International Strategic Studies, recently concluded his term.
"These scholars are part of the next generation of Chinese policy analysts. We hope this on-the-ground experience will bring new perspectives to their research in Beijing," said Jessica Mathews, president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. "Their contributions also help the Washington policy community gain new insights and information about the critical US-China relationship."
Feng Xie's research interests include the comparative study of political parties, democratic politics, and village autonomy. He is widely published in China and has co-authored several books on political parties throughout the world. Xie earned his Ph.D and M.A. from Peking University.
Yayun Li, associate professor of law and director of the law department at the Women's Studies Center of the Central Party School is scheduled to come to Washington in July.
For more about Carnegie Endowment's China Program, visit www.ceip.org/china.
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