Victor Shih

Victor C. Shih is director of the 21st Century China Center and the Ho Miu Lam Chair Professor in China and Pacific Relations at the School of Global Policy and Strategy at the University of California San Diego, specializing in China. He is the author of “Factions and Finance in China: Elite Conflict and Inflation,” published by Cambridge University Press, 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.” He is further the author of numerous articles appearing in academic and business journals, including The Proceedings of the Natural Academy of Sciences, The American Political Science Review, and The Wall Street Journal. Shih served as principal in The Carlyle Group’s global market strategy group and continues to advise the financial community on China related issues.