Hao Wang is a professor at Fudan University’s Center for American Studies and associate director of the Fudan-UC Center on Contemporary China. His research focuses on U.S. political development, the domestic foundations of American foreign policy, and U.S.-China relations. He is the author of “Social Coalition and the Logic of Evolution of U.S. Grand Strategy since World War II” (Shanghai People’s Publishing House, 2016) and “From Cycles to Identity: Paradigm Innovation and Agenda Resetting in American Party Politics” (Fudan University Press, 2024). His work has appeared in leading Chinese journals of American studies, and he has published over 50 peer-reviewed articles and essays on U.S. politics and foreign policy.

Victor Shih is a professor at the UC San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy, where he also serves as the director of the school’s 21st Century China Center. He is an expert on the politics of Chinese banking policies, fiscal policies and exchange rate, as well as the elite politics of China. Shih is the author of two books: “Factions and Finance in China” and “Coalitions of the Weak: Elite Politics in China from Mao’s Stratagem to the Rise of Xi.” An active member of the China Data Lab, he is also constructing a large database on biographical information of elites in China, as well as the activities of the elites. He was previously a principal in the Carlyle Group.