Mark T. Fung
Mark T. Fung was Assistant Director and Research Fellow of Chinese Studies at The Nixon Center from September 2000 until December 2001. He previously served as foreign affairs fellow in the United States Senate as well as graduate intern with the National Security Council in the Transnational Threats directorate. Mr. Fung also worked as a researcher for Dr. Zbigniew Brzezinski on Greater China issues.
As a doctoral candidate at The Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), he received the Loe Fellowship for Excellence in China Studies. As a master’s candidate, he was a recipient of the John Olin Fellowship in National Security Studies and Merrill Fellowship in Strategic Studies at SAIS. For his dissertation, Mr. Fung is researching the young elite of China—the fifth generation of leadership.
Mr. Fung graduated from the politics honors program at New York University with a second major in East Asian studies and a minor in philosophy. He was elected a member of the Journal of Law and Policy at Brooklyn Law School, where he received a J.D. Mr. Fung’s other interests include skiing, jogging, and marine ichthyology.
Recent publications by Mark T. Fung:
Rumblings from Taiwan, The Christian Science Monitor, January 10, 2001.
"The Final Chapter of Mao's Legacy?" SAIS Review, Summer-Fall 2000.
"China and
PNTR: A Vote to Maintain U.S. Primacy"
Nixon Center 'Reality Check' September 19, 2000; reprinted in
ChinaOnline.com and San Diego Union Tribune.
Presentations:
"Silicon Chips and Mass Political Mobilization in Post-Deng China: Classic Modernization Theory versus Latter-day Confucianism," at the Northeast Political Science Association Annual Conference held on November 8-11, 2000 in Albany, NY.
Forthcoming:
"Confucius and Max Weber: A Dialectical on China's Developmental World," for the New York State Political Science Association Annual Conference in May 2001.
"Confucianism, Modernity, and Restoration in Contemporary China," a chapter on political culture of China in Tiger Roars (M.E. Sharpe, June 2001).
Email Mr. Fung at mfung@nixoncenter.org
