Wu Guoguang, is a Professor in Department of Political Science and Department of History at the University of Victoria in Canada, and also the Chair in China & Asia-Pacific Relations at the Centre for Asian Pacific Initiatives. He is renowned for being a member of the central policy group on political reform during the tenure of Premier Zhao Ziyang.
Education
Wu holds a B.A. in journalism from Beijing University, an M.A. in law from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, and an M.A. and PhD in political science from Princeton University. He has been a sent-down youth, a factory assistant, secretary to the president of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, chief editor of the department of current affairs at the People's Daily, and a member of the Office for Restructuring Central Politics. From 1986 to 1987, he participated in researching and formulating the Chinese Communist Party's policy on political reform, and, as an assistant to Zhao Ziyang's political secretary, Bao Tong, was one of the drafters of the Chinese Communist Party's '13th General Meeting' report on political reform. He is intimately familiar with Zhao's thought about and efforts on behalf of political reform. Later he resigned in response to the government's handling of the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989. He was interviewed about the protests in the documentary filmThe Gate of Heavenly Peace.
With Helen Lansdowne eds., China's Transition from Communism—New Perspectives, London: Routledge, 2016, xii + 216 pp.
China's Party Congress: Power, Legitimacy, and Institutional Manipulation, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2015, xii + 368 pp.
Paradoxes of China's Prosperity: Domestic Dilemmas and Global Implications, Singapore: World Scientific, 2015, xxii + 622 pp.
Ed., China's Challenges to Human Security: Foreign Relations and Global Implications, London: Routledge, 2013, xiv + 336 pp. .
With Helen Lansdowne eds., Socialist China, Capitalist China: Social Tension and Political Adaptation under Economic Globalization, London: Routledge, 2009, xiv + 215 pp. .
With Helen Lansdowne eds., Zhao Ziyang and China's Political Future, London: Routledge, 2008, xii + 189 pp. .
With Helen Lansdowne eds., China Turns to Multilateralism: Foreign Policy and Regional Security, London: Routledge, 2008, xiv + 303 pp. .
