Ho-Fung Hung

Ho-fung Hung (, born ) is an American sociologist and political scientist currently serving as the Henry M. and Elizabeth P. Wiesenfeld Professor in Political Economy at Johns Hopkins University.

Education Hung received a BA from the Chinese University of Hong Kong, an MA from SUNY-Binghamton, and a PhD in sociology from Johns Hopkins University.

Publications

Books The China Question: Eight Centuries of Fantasy and Fear (Cambridge University Press, 2026) City on the Edge: Hong Kong Under Chinese Rule (Cambridge University Press, 2022) Clash of Empires: From ‘Chimerica’ to the ‘New Cold War’ (Cambridge University Press, 2022) The China Boom: Why China Will Not Rule the World (Columbia University Press, 2015) Protest with Chinese Characteristics: Demonstrations, Riots, and Petitions in the Mid-Qing Dynasty (Columbia University Press, 2011) China and the Transformation of Global Capitalism (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009) Editor Awards 2024 Joseph Levenson Book Prize (China, post-1900) for City on the Edge: Hong Kong Under Chinese Rule