Steve Tsang (born Tsang Yui-sang in 1959) is a political scientist and historian whose expertise includes politics and governance in China, Taiwan and Hong Kong, the foreign and security policies of China and Taiwan, and peace and security in East Asia. He is the current Director of the SOAS China Institute at the
SOAS University of London
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Early life and education
Born in
Hong Kong
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, Tsang received a B.A. at the
University of Hong Kong
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in 1981 and D.Phil. at
St Antony's College, Oxford in 1986.
Career
In September 2016, Tsang was announced as the new Director of the SOAS China Institute, part of the
School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, a role he began in December 2016. Tsang was previously a professor of contemporary Chinese studies at the
University of Nottingham
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, where he also served as Head of the School of Contemporary Chinese Studies (2014–2016) and Director of the
China Policy Institute (2011–2014). Before joining the University of Nottingham, he spent his career at the University of Oxford, where among other positions, he served as Director of the Pluscarden Programme for the Study of Global Terrorism and Intelligence (2005–2011), Dean of St Antony's College (2002, 1996–98), Director of the Taiwan Studies Programme (2001–2011), Director of the Asian Studies Centre (1997–2003), and Director of the Oxford University Hong Kong Project (1987–1994).
Tsang's most recent books are "Taiwan's Impact on China" (2017) and "China in the Xi Jinping Era" (2016). Tsang is also the author of ''A Modern History of Hong Kong'' (2004), which the last British Hong Kong governor
Chris Patten described as "authoritative and well-researched". He is also the author of ''Governing Hong Kong: Administrative Officers from the 19th Century to the Hand-over of China, 1862–1997'' (London: I.B. Tauris, 2007); ''The Cold War's Odd Couple: The Unintended Partnership between the Republic of China and the United Kingdom, 1950–1958'' (London: I.B. Tauris, 2006); ''Hong Kong: An Appointment with China'' (London: I.B. Tauris, 1997); ''Democracy Shelved: Great Britain, China and Attempts at Constitutional Reform in Hong Kong'' (Oxford University Press, 1998). He is the author of numerous articles in refereed journals, including most recently "Chiang Kai-shek's 'secret deal' at Xian and the start of the Sino-Japanese War"; "The U.S. Military and American Commitment to Taiwan's Security"; "Ma Ying-jeou's re-election: implications for Taiwan and East Asia", and "Consultative Leninism: China's new political framework".
Tsang is an associate fellow at
Chatham House
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, Associate Editor of Palgrave Communication (2014–), serves on the Editorial Advisory Board for several academic journals and was Editor of the Nottingham China Policy Institute Series for Palgrave Macmillan (2011–2017).
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, where he has appeared on ''Newsnight'', ''BBC News at Ten'', ''World News'', ''BBC News'', ''News 24'', ''The Talk Show'', ''Today'', ''PM'', ''Newshour'', ''What If'', and various World Service programmes in English, Mandarin, and Cantonese. His op-ed contributions have appeared in ''
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