Ming Xia is a Professor of Political Science in the Department of Political Science and Global Affairs, the College of Staten Island, the City University of New York, and a doctoral faculty member in political science (International Relations, International Political Economy) at the CUNY Graduate Center.
He received his degrees from Fudan University and Temple University. He once taught at Fudan University and served as a residential fellow at the Sigur Center for Asian Studies at the George Washington University (2003), the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (2004), the East Asian Institute at the National University of Singapore (2004 and 2011), and the Asian Research Institute at NUS (2012).
He is the author of Interpreting the China Dream: Institutional Entropy and Delusional Politics (2026), The People’s Congresses and Governance in China (2008), The Dual Developmental State: Development Strategy and Institutional Arrangements for China’s Transition (2000 and 2018 Routledge Revival), Political Venus (2012 and 2024, in Chinese), Empire of the Red Sun (2015 in Chinese), High Peaks, Flowing Rivers: On Tibet (2019, in Chinese) and Explaining Power with Political Science: Misgovernment by Demagogues from China to US, 2010-2020 (2021, in Chinese), among others.
He is a co-editor of Brainwashing in Mao's China and Beyond (with Yongyi Song, 2023 and 2024, in Chinese); co-editor of The Crown of Thorn: Liu Xiaobo and the Nobel Peace Prize (with Chen Kuide, in Chinese, 2010); and the editor of Chen Ping’s The Age of Plunder: The 2008 Economic Crisis as a Turning Point in Chinese History and World Civilization (2016).
He is a co-producer of the HBO Oscar-nominated documentary “China's Unnatural Disaster” (2009) and the historical advisor/translator for the documentary “Dream against the World: Mu Xin” (2015). He was included consecutively in the "Top 100 Chinese Public Intellectuals” from 2009 to 2013, then in 2015 and 2017.
He has been interviewed and quoted by The New York Times, Reuters, The Washington Post, The Economist, The Financial Times, The Atlantic, The New York Post, NBC News, The Congressional Quarterly, Forbes, Barron’s, Associated Press, Bloomberg News, The Australian Broadcasting Corporation, BBC, WION, RFA, VOA, Radio-Canada, Le Point, Libération, L'Express, Tagesspiegel.de, Weekendavisen, DW, South China Morning Post, NHK, The Straits Times, MediaCorp, New Delhi TV, and many others.
Degrees
Ph.D., Political Science, Temple University
MA, International Politics, Fudan University
BA, International Politics, Fudan University
Most Recent Publications:
Books:
China at the Epicenter: Natural Calamity, Social Protest, and Political Sadism (forthcoming).
Interpreting the China Dream: Institutional Entropy and Delusional Politics (Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2026), pp. 385.
Flames of Tibetan Youth: Young Master, Political Prisoner, and Special Agent, by Chede Dechen Gyatso, translated and edited by Ming Xia (Remembering Publishing, LLC, USA, 2025), pp. 352.
Explaining Power with Political Science: Misgovernment by Demagogues from China to US, 2010-2020 (New York, Bouden House, 2021, in Chinese), pp. 332.
High Peaks, Flowing Rivers: On Tibet (高山流水論西藏) (Taipei, Taiwan: Tibetan Book Shop 雪域出版社, 2019), pp. 334.
Editor
Brainwashing in Mao's China and Beyond (《洗脑：毛泽东和后毛时代的中国与世界》), co-edited with Yongyi Song (Remembering Publishing, LLC, USA, 2023, pp. 513; traditional Chinese version, Taipei: ShowWe Publishing, 2024), pp. 396.
Book Editor for CHEN Ping, The Age of Plunder: The 2008 Economic Crisis as a Turning Point in Chinese History and World Civilization (Hong Kong: iSun Affairs Limited, 2016, pp. 287.
Editor for the Critical Studies on China Series
1. Homare Endo, Mao Zedong: The Man Who Conspired with the Japanese Army (New York: Bouden House, 2024)
2. Inhee Kim, Chinese Patriotic Red Guards: The Angry Young Men (New York: Bouden House, 2025)
Book Chapters and Papers:
“On Reincarnation and the Dalai Lama’s Reincarnation” (论转世和达赖喇嘛转世), in Zhang Jinrui, ed., The Chinese Government Has No Authority to Interfere in the Dalai Lama’s Reincarnation (张津睿主编，《中共当局无权干预达赖喇嘛转世：华人各界论中共干预尊者达赖喇嘛转世传承问题之独立评析文集》), New York: Borden House, 2026, pp. 183-210.
“Research and Theories on Brainwashing: Genesis, Evolution, and New Horizons” (洗脑理论研究：肇始、流变和新视野), in Song Yongyi and Xia Ming, ed., Brainwashing in Mao’s China and Beyond (洗脑：毛泽东和后毛时代的中国与世界), pp. 14-54 in the 2023 Simplified Chinese Edition from Remembering Publishing, USA, and pp. 27-58 in the 2024 Traditional Chinese Edition from ShowWe, Taiwan.
“Analysis: Misperception, False Dilemma, and the U.S.-China Hegemonic Rivalry,” U.S.-China Perception Monitor, November 2, 2023, published by the Carter Center, at: https://uscnpm.org/2023/11/02/misperception-false-dilemma-and-the-u-s-china-hegemonic-rivalry/, pp. 23.
“Asian Americans: Confronting Racial Hierarchy and Creating an Empathic Society,” CUNY Forum, 10:1 (2022), CUNY Asian and Asian-American Research Institute, pp. 44-54.
“Xi Jinping’s Pursuit of Absolute Security,” Asian Perspective, 47 (2023), 331–339.
Review Essay: “Sino-US Competition: Is Liberal Democracy an Asset or Liability?” Journal of Chinese Political Science, December 2022, pp. 13, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11366-022-09840-0; Vol. 28, No. 2, June 2023, pp.331-343.
"Quadruple Fears: In the Perfect Global Storm," CUNY Forum 8, May 2020, CUNY Asian and Asian-American Research Institute, pp. 149-158.
“The Communist Suppression of Religious Cults and the Establishment of Totalitarianism in China” [中共摧毁会道门和极权主义的建立], in Yongyi Song, ed., Reassessing Mao’s Land Reform [宋永毅主编，《重审毛泽东的土地改革：中共建政初期的政治运动70周年的历史回顾》, Vol. 2], Hong Kong: Greenfield Bookstore, 2020, pp. 498-532.
“China’s Financial Crisis in the Making: Soft Budget Constraint, Overdraft, and the Missing Credible Commitment,” Journal of Chinese Political Science, January 2018, 23(1), 9-32, DOI: 10.1007/s11366-018-9527-x.
“Triangulating Human Political Conditions and Reorienting Political Development in China,” Journal of Chinese Governance, Vol. 1, Issue 3, 2016, pp. 405-426.
