About Yu Keping
Born 1959. Yu Keping is a Chinese philosopher, political philosopher and political scientist.
Yu Keping is the Director of the Center for Chinese Government Innovations at Peking University. He is a noted scholar, having written many books including Democracy is a Good Thing. In addition to his academic work he has also acted as an advisor on political reforms to the Chinese government.
Yu is also the New World Senior Fellow in the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation in the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.
Writings Books
Yu, K. (2010). Democracy and the Rule of Law in China Leiden: Brill Yu, K. (2009). Democracy is a good thing: Essays on politics, society, and culture in contemporary China. Washington, D.C: Brookings Institution Press.
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Who is Yu Keping?
Chinese political philosopher
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Yu Keping was born on 1 July 1959 in Zhuji.
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Yu Keping is a philosopher, political philosopher and political scientist.
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Yu Keping is Chinese.
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