Dr. Jin Canrong is a professor and Associate Dean with the School of International Studies at Renmin University of China. He is also a visiting professor at the Gerald Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan, and the “Weilun” Chair Professor at Tsinghua University.
Professor Jin’s studies focus on American politics (US Congress in particular), American foreign policy, Sino-US relations and China’s foreign policy and his main publications include 50 academic papers, 7 books and 5 translated books, including Liberal Tradition in America by Louis Hart; Between Hope and History by President Bill Clinton and Diplomacy by Henry Kissinger. As the first columnist in international politics in the mainland China, Dr. Jin wrote for the column of “Focusing on America” on World Affairs (a half-monthly), from 1995 to 1998.