William R. Kenan Professor of Government Cheng Li was referenced in an article that appeared in Foreign Affairs magazines's November/December issue in an article titled "China's Leadership Gap." Written by John L. Thornton, professor at Tsinghua University's School of Economics and Management in Beijing and board chair of the Brookings Institution, the article referenced Li's statistics and observations on the rising levels of education achieved by China's political leaders. Li, who focuses his research on Chinese leadership, is also a senior scholar with the Brookings Institution and is a director of the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations and a member of The Academic Advisory Group of the Congressional U.S.-China Working Group.
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