Yuen Yuen Ang

Yuen Yuen Ang is a political scientist and an expert on China and emerging economies. She is named an Andrew Carnegie Fellow for “high-caliber scholarship that applies fresh perspectives to the most pressing issues of our times.” Ang's award-winning book, How China Escaped the Poverty Trap (2016), is acclaimed as “game changing” and “field shifting.” Her second book, China’s Gilded Age: the Paradox of Economic Boom & Vast Corruption, is released in 2020 by Cambridge University Press.

Professor Ang's aims to bridge relevance and rigor by delivering balanced, evidence-based insights to a broad audience. Drawing on her research, she has advised international agencies and governments on innovation, inclusive development, and the global impact of China’s rise. She was featured in CGTN's Visionaries, Jiemian (界面), Pengpai (澎湃), The Diplomat, The New York Times, The Wire China.

She holds a PhD from Stanford University.