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Sujian Guo

Professor

Contact Info:
Office: HSS 131
Office Hours: No 2008 Summer Office Hours
Phone:(415) 338-7523
Email: sguo@sfsu.edu
Website: http://bss.sfsu.edu/sguo/

Sujian Guo is Professor in the Department of Political Science, Director of Center for US-China Policy Studies at San Francisco State University, President of Association of Chinese Political Studies, and Editor of the Journal of Chinese Political Science.  Guo is the editor of Rowman & Littlefield Publishers-Lexington's book series "Challenges Facing Chinese Political Development."

His areas of specialization include comparative politics, international relations and methodology. His research interests include Chinese/Asian politics, US-China relations, international relations of East Asia, communist and post-communist studies, democratic transitions, and the political economy of East and Southeast Asia . He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Tennessee in 1999 and M.A. from Peking University in 1987.

His authored and edited books include New Dimensions of Chinese Foreign Policy  (Rowman & Littlefield, 2007); China in the Twenty-First Century: Challenges and Opportunities (Palgrave-Macmillan, 2007); Challenges Facing Chinese Political Development (Rowman & Littlefield, 2007)); The Political Economy of Asian Transition from Communism (Ashgate, 2006); China's "Peaceful Rise" in the 21st Century: Domestic and International Conditions (Ashgate, 2006); Post-Mao China: from Totalitarianism to Authoritarianism? (Praeger, 2000). F
orthcoming in 2008: China in Search of a Harmonious Society (Rowman & Littlefield -Lexington, forthcoming 2008) and Harmonious World and China's New Foreign Policy (Rowman & Littlefield -Lexington, forthcoming 2008). 

He has published more than 30 articles in both English and Chinese. His most recent articles include "The Nature and Direction of Economic Reform in North Korea," Political Studies (2007); "Market Socialism in North Korea: A Comparative Perspective," Journal of Asian Pacific Economy (2007); "North Korea in Transition: What Direction and How Far?" Asian Profile (2007); "Designing Market Socialism," Journal of Policy Reform ( 2005); "Economic Transition in China and Vietnam : A Comparative Perspective," Asian Profile (2004); "Political Economy of FDI and Economic Growth in China: A Longitudinal Test at Provincial Level," Journal of Chinese Political Science  ( 2004); "The Ownership Reform in China : What Direction and How Far?" Journal of Contemporary China (2003).

Guo appears on local and national media programs (WFAA-TV, Public Radio-KERA, Dallas Morning News, Atlantic Monthly, KTSF Channel 26, KTVU Channel 2, ABC Channel 7, NBC Channel 11, KALW 91.7 FM, Sing Tao Daily, World Journal, Sing Tao Chinese Radio, Ming Pao, Qiao Bao, Newsweek Japan, China News Service, etc.) to speak on a variety of current issues in U.S.-China-Taiwan relations, US-China trade, China rising and its implications for the world, Asian security issues, Chinese domestic politics, reforms, foreign policy, U.S. war on Iraq, Middle East Crisis, civil rights and human rights issues, etc.