Xiaonan Wang

Xiaonan Wang was a fellow at the China and the World Program for 2022-23. Most recently he was a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Government and Politics at the University of Maryland. Starting Fall 2022, he will also join CUNY-Baruch as an assistant professor of political science. He studies the domestic and international political economy of China.

In the domestic politics of China, his research focuses on bureaucracy and state-business relations. His dissertation studies the politics of appointing insiders and outsiders, using the case of appointing China’s provincial government agency heads in the reform era. In the international political economy of China, His research focuses on China’s global economic influence. His current work studies how Chinese investment projects affect African citizens’ perceptions of China and African leaders.