Journal of China in Global and Comparative Perspectives

About the authors

Zhiming Wu (吴志明) is PhD Researcher, Department of Sociology, University of British Columbia, Canada. He worked as Research Assistant at the Department of Sociology, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA. He has studied at the Department of Sociology, Renmin University of China with a Fei Xiaotong Scholarship for Outstanding Students. He was Editor and Journalist on China Social Science Today, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), China, and was a Research Assistant for the China in Comparative Perspective Network at LSE. His research interests are urban sociology and political culture. He has published many journal articles, mainly in Chinese.

Ye Liu (刘烨) is a Lecturer in International Education and Development at Bath Spa University, UK. She also taught at the University College Cork, Ireland, and was a research associate for the China in Comparative Perspective Network, London School of Economics (LSE). Her research interests primarily focused on the role of education in shaping a transitional society with regard to social inequality, life chances, social mobility and social harmony. She has conducted survey studies, extensive interviews and in-depth observations in China.