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In July 2007, Professor Wang Gungwu retired from the Directorship of the East Asian Institute at the National University of Singapore, as well as Editor-in-Chief of China: An International Journal. From this issue, Professor Yang Dali replaces Professor Wang. We would like to express our gratitude to Professor Wang and to welcome Professor Yang. Since its inception, Professor Wang has provided strong moral and intellectual support to CIJ. Without him, CIJ would not have developed to its high standing today. Professor Wang will continue to lend his wisdom and support to CIJ as University Professor in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at the National University of Singapore, Chairman of the Management Board of the East Asian Institute, and Chairman of the CIJ Editorial Board.

Professor Yang served as Chairman of the Department of Political Science at the University of Chicago from 2004 to 2007. His research interests are political institutions and political economy, with special reference to China.  Professor Yang has served on the editorial boards of various journals, including American Political Science Review, Asian Perspective, Journal of Contemporary China and World Politics.  He is the author of numerous books and articles, including Remaking the Chinese Leviathan: Market Transition and the Politics of Governance in China (Stanford University Press, 2004); Calamity and Reform in China: State, Rural Society and Institutional Change since the Great Leap Famine (Stanford University Press, 1996); and Beyond Beijing: Liberalization and the Regions in China (Routledge, 1997).  He was a team member and contributor to The United States and the Rise of China and India, by the Chicago Council on Global Affairs (2006).

We believe that with Professor Wang's ongoing support and Professor Yang's new energy, insights and experience, CIJ will rise even further in stature among the many China Studies journals published today.