Mingtang Liu
Mingtang Liu specializes in international and comparative political economy (IPE and CPE), with particular interests in the interaction of geopolitics, the macroeconomy, and industrial policy. Substantively, his research focuses on China’s model of political economy and its geoeconomic rivalry with the United States. His work has been published in Development and Change, Politics & Society, Competition and Change, and Studies in Comparative International Development. He received his PhD from Johns Hopkins University.
Research Interests: International Political Economy, International Development, Comparative Political Economy, China, US-China Geoeconomic Rivalry
Liu, Mingtang, “The Japanification of China? A Tale of Two East Asian Developmental States from the Growth Model Perspective.” Competition & Change (2025): 1-22.
Liu, Mingtang, “Amplified State Capitalism in China: Overproduction, Industrial Policy, and Statist Controversies.” Development and Change 55, no. 2 (2024): 191-218. Lead article.
Hung, Ho-fung, and Mingtang Liu. “The Dollar Cycle of International Development, 1973–2017.” Studies in Comparative International Development 57, no. 1 (2022): 1-35. Lead article.
Liu, Mingtang, and Kellee S. Tsai. “Structural Power, Hegemony, and State Capitalism: Limits to China’s Global Economic Power.” Politics & Society 49, no. 2 (2021): 235–267.
Fellowships & Awards (External)
- Young Scholar Award, China Times Cultural Foundation (2022)
- AAS China and Inner Asia Council Small Grants, Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation (2021)
Fellowships & Awards (Internal)
- Dean’s Teaching Fellowship, Johns Hopkins University (2024)
- Peer Co-Teaching Fellowship, Johns Hopkins University (2024)
- East Asian Studies Research Grant, Johns Hopkins University (2021-2023)
- Graduate Fellowship, Department of Sociology, Johns Hopkins University (2018-2024)
- Dean’s Award, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (2018)
“The US-China Geoeconomic Rivalry: The Race to Reintegrate National and Structural Power in the Age of Global Imbalances.” Annual Meeting of International Studies Association (ISA), March 21. 2027.
“China’s ‘New Deal’ in the 1990s: The Historical Roots of China’s Emerging Macroeconomic Imbalances.” Annual Meeting of Social Science History Association (SSHA), November 20, 2026.
“The Japanification of China? A Tale of Two East Asian Miracles.” Political Economy Symposium, Center for Economy and Society, SNF Agora Institute, Johns Hopkins University, April 19, 2024.
“Amplified State Capitalism: Macroeconomic Cycles of China’s Statist Advance.” Regular Session of Political Sociology, Annual Meeting of American Sociological Association (ASA), August 19, 2023.
“Pragmatic Statism: Marketization, Vulnerability, and China’s Growing Economic Statism since the Early 2000s.” Annual Meeting of American Sociological Association (ASA), August 7, 2021.
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Education
2026 Ph.D. Sociology, Johns Hopkins University
2018 M.Sc. Global China Studies, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
2015 M.A. International Studies, City University of Hong Kong
2014 B.A. Japanese, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics -
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