Victor Shih is a professor of political science, the Ho Miu Lam Chair in China and Pacific Relations at the School of Global Policy and Strategy, and the director of the 21st Century China Center at the University of California, San Diego. He is an expert on the politics of Chinese banking policies, fiscal policies, and exchange rate, as well as the elite politics of China. He is the author of two books published by the Cambridge University Press, "Factions and Finance in China: Elite Conflict and Inflation" and "Coalitions of the Weak: Elite Politics in China from Mao’s Stratagem to the Rise of Xi." He is also editor of "Economic Shocks and Authoritarian Stability: Duration, Institutions and Financial Conditions," published by the University of Michigan Press.
The lecture is sponsored by the Liu Institute's Chinese Working Group. The event is free and open to the public.