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Posted 5/28/2008
The media here and abroad have learned that Russell Leigh Moses ’81 is an American scholar who can provide authoritative insight into the politics and culture of China. The recent 7.9-magnitude earthquake in Sichuan province, sent Time magazine and the Associated Press, among others, to Moses to explain the unaccustomed openness of the Chinese government to acknowledging the extent of the crisis and the concern for ordinary citizens.
Said Moses, the media is providing “much more unsanitized stuff than would ordinarily be allowed” by standards of China’s propaganda machine.
Moses, who has lived in China since 2000, is dean of the Beijing Center for Chinese Studies, which provides extensive course work and exposure to the politics, language, economic reform and social questions of the “complex and contradictory” nation that is modern China. “Every day brings new fascinations and frustrations,” he observes.
A graduate of the College of Arts and Sciences with a bachelor’s degree in political science, Moses received his MA and PhD from the University of Pittsburgh. He first went to China in 1992 as a professor of political science at Nanjiing University with the Nitze School of Johns Hopkins where he spent three years. “China captured me,” says Moses.
In recent months, media have also turned to him for insight into China’s preparation for the Olympics and the government‘s response to Tibetan protests. For The Voice of America, he talked of the danger of Chinese nationalism tarnishing the Olympics.
Media that have asked him for Beijing’s response to the quake include the The Wall Street Journal, USA Today and The San Francisco Chronicle.
Moses is now writing a book on political power in China. “I stay here because there is no better place to study this dragon than from inside its mouth,”he explains.
Said Moses, the media is providing “much more unsanitized stuff than would ordinarily be allowed” by standards of China’s propaganda machine.
Moses, who has lived in China since 2000, is dean of the Beijing Center for Chinese Studies, which provides extensive course work and exposure to the politics, language, economic reform and social questions of the “complex and contradictory” nation that is modern China. “Every day brings new fascinations and frustrations,” he observes.
A graduate of the College of Arts and Sciences with a bachelor’s degree in political science, Moses received his MA and PhD from the University of Pittsburgh. He first went to China in 1992 as a professor of political science at Nanjiing University with the Nitze School of Johns Hopkins where he spent three years. “China captured me,” says Moses.
In recent months, media have also turned to him for insight into China’s preparation for the Olympics and the government‘s response to Tibetan protests. For The Voice of America, he talked of the danger of Chinese nationalism tarnishing the Olympics.
Media that have asked him for Beijing’s response to the quake include the The Wall Street Journal, USA Today and The San Francisco Chronicle.
Moses is now writing a book on political power in China. “I stay here because there is no better place to study this dragon than from inside its mouth,”he explains.
