Aug 27 2014
Martin Jacques
Author of ‘When China Rules the World’, Senior Visiting Fellow at the London School of Economics IDEAS
Martin Jacques is a writer, columnist, broadcaster and visiting senior fellow at the London School of Economics, IDEAS, a centre for the study of international affairs, diplomacy and grand strategy, and a visiting research fellow at the LSE’s Asia Research Centre. He is a columnist for the Guardian and the New Statesman.
“Culture is the key for understanding China” Martin Jacques
Martin Jacques was editor of the highly respected journal Marxism Today from 1977 until its closure in 1991. He was founder of the UK think-tank Demos, has been a columnist for The Times and the Sunday Times and was deputy editor of the Independent. He has made many television programmes for the BBC including writing and presenting Italy on Trial (1993), The Incredible Shrinking Politicians (1993), a two-part series on The End of the Western World (1996) and Proud to be Chinese (1998). He was co-presenter of the Knowledge on Channel Four. He has recently been a visiting professor at Remnin University, Beijing, the International Centre for Chinese Studies, Aichi University and at Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, and was a senior visiting Research Fellow at the Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore.
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Having written extensively for many newspapers and magazines in the UK and elsewhere (he has also been a regular contributor on BBC Newsnight, Channel Four News, Week in Politics, Westminster Programme, Any Questions, Today Programme, The World Tonight et al) and having travelled extensively in East Asia over the past fifteen years, Martin Jacques is a leading authority on Asian who offers deeply considered, influential political commentary on numerous Asian and global issues. His presentations are full of historical understanding and realism and are about more than China.
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The author of one of the best and most serious studies of China, Martin Jacques’ highly sought after presentations open our eyes to matters in Asia, from a unique and studied viewpoint.[/expand]
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Topics
When China Rules the World
The Global Crisis
The New Depression
Publications
June 2009
When China Rules the World: the Rise of the Middle Kingdom and the End of the Western World
1989
New Times
1983
The Politics of Thatcherism
1981
The Forward March of Labour Halted?
(co-editor and co-author)
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