American political scientist at UC San Diego — the leading academic expert on Chinese elite politics and Communist Party factionalism — who uses biographical databases of Party officials to analyze Chinese political dynamics.
Creates the quantitative analysis methodology for Chinese elite politics — Shih's approach (building databases of biographical information on CCP officials and analyzing career patterns, factional networks, and promotions) provides more analytical leverage on Chinese elite politics than any qualitative approach.
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