Willy Wo-Lap Lam

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Willy Wo-Lap Lam (born 1952;[1] Chinese: 林和立; Cantonese Yale: Làhm Wòh-lahp) is a Hong Kong columnist, newspaper editor, political commentator, political scientist, public policy analyst, sinologist, and writer. He is a frequent commentator on many major media networks regarding the current state of Chinese politics. He is currently a Jamestown Foundation fellow and an adjunct professor at the Centre for China Studies, Chinese University of Hong Kong.[2]

Biography

Lam holds a BA from the University of Hong Kong in 1974, an MA from the University of Minnesota in 1978, and subsequently earned a PhD in Political Economy from Wuhan University in 2002.[3][4]

Lam worked as a columnist for the

1989 Tiananmen Square protests, and was China editor during the 1997 handover of Hong Kong.[5] In 1995, he was described as the "quintessential China watcher";[6] CNN called him "one of the most plugged-in observers of Chinese politics in the world" in 1999.[7] He left the paper in December 2000 complaining of editorial censorship.[8]

Views

Lam was critical of the late CCP general secretary Jiang Zemin, saying that Jiang had "successfully consolidated his power" but "hasn't used that power to accomplish anything significant".[7]

Lam has described the direction of Chinese society under CCP general secretary Xi Jinping as "the closing of the Chinese mind".[9]

Bibliography

Library resources
By Willy Wo-Lap Lam
  • Lam, Willy Wo-Lap (1989). The Era of Zhao Ziyang: Power Struggle in China, 1986–88. Hong Kong: A.B. Books & Stationery.
    ISBN 9627374016
    .
  • ———— (1995). China After Deng Xiaoping. New York: John Wiley and Sons.
    ISBN 0471131148
    .
  • ———— (1999). The Era of Jiang Zemin. Singapore: Prentice Hall.
    ISBN 0130837016
    .
  • ———— (2006). Chinese Politics in the Hu Jintao Era: New Leaders, New Challenges. Armonk and London: M.E. Sharpe.
    ISBN 0765617730
    .
  • ———— (2015). Chinese Politics in the Era of Xi Jinping: Renaissance, Reform, or Retrogression?. Abingdon: Routledge.
    ISBN 978-0765642097
    .
  • ———— (2019). The Fight for China's Future: Civil Society vs. the Chinese Communist Party. Abingdon: Routledge.
    ISBN 978-0367188665
    .

References

  1. ^ Date information sourced from Library of Congress Authorities data, via corresponding WorldCat Identities linked authority file (LAF).
  2. ^ "Willy Wo-Lap Lam". Jamestown Foundation. Archived from the original on 7 May 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  3. ^ "Willy Lam". Speakers Connect | Asia's Leading Speakers Bureau for Virtual and Live Events. Archived from the original on 2020-10-27. Retrieved 2020-08-31.
  4. ^ "Willy LAM Wo Lap". www.ccs.cuhk.edu.hk. Archived from the original on 2020-08-30. Retrieved 2020-08-31.
  5. ^ "Willy Lam". Geostrategy-Direct. 3 November 2016. Archived from the original on 17 June 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  6. S2CID 155059547
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  7. ^ a b Healy, Tom (1999). "Rise of the nowhere man: Profiling a risk-allergic Jiang presidency". CNN. Archived from the original on 16 March 2015.
  8. ^ Pan, Philip P. (1 May 2002). "Hong Kong Paper Fires Critical Journalist". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 2 August 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2019. Willy Wo-Lap Lam, a columnist known for his insider tales of Communist Party intrigue, complained he was being muzzled and quit in December 2000.
  9. ^ Johnson, Ian (1 June 2015). "Q. and A.: Willy Wo-Lap Lam on 'Chinese Politics in the Era of Xi Jinping'". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 6 August 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2019.

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