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Kerry Brown

Kerry Brown is Professor of Chinese Studies and Director of the Lau China Institute at King's College, London and Associate Fellow at the Asia Pacific Programme at Chatham House, He is the author of more than 15 books on contemporary China, the most recent of which is Xi: A Study in Power (Icon, 2022).

Articles by Kerry Brown (16)

Kerry Brown 31 Mar 2022

War represents a failure of diplomacy. It pays to read past page one.

I hope Ukraine’s ambassador enjoyed reading my book in the Security Council. Here’s the message I wanted to send.
Kerry Brown 3 May 2019

Huawei reaches into Britain

A British minister’s harsh career lesson might also expose the Western mindset of perpetual technological superiority.
Kerry Brown 11 Dec 2018

Xi Jinping in 2018: Any closer to the truth?

Are we misinterpreting this figure and seeing a mirage of great power rather than the real thing?
Kerry Brown 13 Nov 2017

Trump in China: Game, set, and possibly match to Beijing

The Chinese delivered a masterful display of pure spectacle, ego flattery, and diplomatic theatre.
Kerry Brown 21 Aug 2017

Big job ahead for China’s new envoy to North Korea

Kong Xuanyou will have to have a thick skin because he is dealing with some of the world’s most prodigiously talented producers of invective.
Kerry Brown 27 Jun 2017

Hong Kong 20 years after the handover: Locked in stasis

Never has the hand of the Beijing state apparatus been more visible in the city.
Kerry Brown 10 Apr 2017

The Xi-Trump Summit: Rearranging the furniture

Any progress in terms of trade and investment flows will be incremental, and probably unaffected by politicians posturing.
Kerry Brown 20 Mar 2017

China’s National People’s Congress needs to demonstrate vision
Kerry Brown 7 Sep 2016

Xi drives a grand bargain in China's summit season