PROFESSOR JIEMIAN YANG
Shanghai Institute for International Studies 

            Professor Yang is the Director & Senior Fellow, Department of American Studies, Shanghai Institute for International Studies (SIIS).  He received a BA from Shanghai Teachers’ University, an MA from Shanghai Institute for International Studies and an MA from The Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy.  He previously served as Research Fellow and Director of Academic Affairs, Shanghai Institute for International Studies.  From 1991 to 1996 Professor Yang served as Senior Fellow, Director of Department of American Studies, Vice President, Institute of Peace and Development.  He has published many papers or books on international relations and American foreign policies.  His most recent publications include: “Sino-US Relations in Tortuous Development”, in Studia Diplomatica (Belgian Royal Institute of International Relations), Vol. XLIX, 1996, No.4-5; “The American Presidential Election and Readjustment of Clinton’s China Policy,” in American Studies (The Chinese Association for American Studies and the Institute of American Studies at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences), Vol. X, No. 4, Winter 1996; “On the Readjustment of China’s Policy toward the United States,” in Fudan Journal (Social Sciences Edition), No. 2, 1997; “Sino-US Relations towards the 21 Century: Changes and Challenges,” in SIIS Journal, Vol. III, No.1, April 1997; Sino-US Relations in Post-Cold War Era: Elaboration and Exploration, The Shanghai People’s Press, Shanghai, 1997; “The Instrumental Role of the U.S. Academic Circles in the Making of U.S. China Policy During the Post-Cold-War Era” in Journal of Foreign Affairs College (Beijing), No.4, 1998; “Summit Diplomacy and Strategic Partnership: Aspiration, Expectations and Realization” in Peter H. Koehn and Joseph Y.S. Cheng (Eds): The Outlook for U.S.-China Relations Following the 1997-1998 Summits: Chinese and American Perspectives on Security, Trade, and Cultural Exchange, The Chinese University Press, Hong Kong, 1999; “Moving Toward a More Secure Asia-Pacific: A Chinese View” in Robert G. Patman (ed.): Security in a Post-Cold War World, London: MacMillian Press Ltd., 1999, pp. 228-246; “Prospects for Sino-U.S. Ties”, Far Eastern Economic Review, March 25, 1999, p.36; and, “Why the Furor in Sino-U.S. Relations?”, Los Angeles Times, April 8, 1999.