# Mao Yushi

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Chinese economist

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Mao Yushi Born (1929-01-14) 14 January 1929 (age 97) Nanjing, China Alma mater Shanghai Jiao Tong University Relatives Mao Yisheng (uncle) Awards Milton Friedman Liberty Prize

Movements in contemporary Chinese political thought Cultural conservatism Chen Ming [zh] Daniel A. Bell Gan Yang Jiang Qing Kang Xiaoguang [zh] Liu Xiaofeng Tang Chun-i Tu Weiming Yan Xuetong Yao Zhongqiu Yu Ying-shih Liberalism Ai Weiwei Bao Zunxin Bo Yang Du Daozheng Fang Fang Fang Lizhi Gao Shangquan Gu Su He Weifang Hu Jiwei Hu Shuli Jin Guantao Li Honglin Li Rui Li Shenzhi Li Yinhe Li Zehou Liu Binyan Liu Xiaobo Mao Yushi Qin Benli Qin Hui Wang Ruoshui Wang Ruowang Wang Yuanhua Wu Jinglian Xu Jilin Xu Youyu Yan Jiaqi Zhang Qianfan Zhang Weiying Zhu Houze Zhu Xueqin Neoauthoritarianism Bao Tong Chen Yizi Chen Yuan Dai Qing Li Zehou Liu Zaifu Wang Huning Wu Jiaxiang Xiao Gongqin Yang Baikui Zhao Ziyang Zhang Bingjiu [zh] Zheng Yongnian Debateable: Hu Yaobang, Hu Qili, Rong Yiren, Wang Zhengwei, Wen Jiabao, Zhu Rongji and Zhou Xiaochuan Neo-nationalism He Xin [zh] Hu Xijin Jiang Shigong Jin Canrong Eric X. Li Shen Yi [zh] Wang Xiaodong [zh] Zhang Weiwei Zhang Wenmu New Left Bo Xilai Cui Zhiyuan Dai Jinhua Deng Liqun Gan Yang Gao Mobo Hu Angang Kong Qingdong Larry Hsien Ping Lang Li Minqi Sima Nan Sun Zhengcai Wang Hui Wang Lijun Wang Shaoguang Qiu Zhanxuan Yue Xin Zhou Yongkang Socialism with Chinese characteristics Bagatur Bayanqolu Buhe Cai Qi Chen Derong Chen Huanyou Chen Jinhua Chen Kuiyuan Chen Liangyu Chen Min'er Chen Xi Chen Xitong Chen Yun Chen Zhili Deng Liqun Deng Xiaoping Deng Yingchao Gao Di Geng Biao Gu Hailiang He Lifeng He Yiting Hu Jintao Hu Chunhua Hu Qiaomu Huang Ju Huang Kunming Huang Xingguo Huo Shilian Ji Lin Jia Qinglin Jia Ting'an Jiang Zemin Leng Rong Li Keqiang Li Peng Li Qiang Li Shulei Li Xi Li Xiannian Li Xuai Li Yuanchao Li Zhanshu Liang Lingguang Lin Huiyong Liu He Liu Jinguo Liu Shuiyuan Liu Tianfu Liu Yandong Liu Yazhou Liu Yunshan Luo Wen Lou Yangsheng Ma Xingrui Pan Yue Peng Zhen Qiao Shi Song Ping Shu Guozeng Sun Chunlan Sun Liancheng Wan Li Wang Qishan Wang Weiguang Wang Weizhong Wang Xiaohong Wang Xuezhen Wang Yang (politician) Wang Yang (Liaoning politician) Wang Zuo'an Wu Bangguo Wu Shuqing Xi Jinping Xi Yuanping Xi Zhongxun Xia Baolong Xie Fei Xie Fuzhan Xu Kuangdi Ye Xiaowen Ye Xuanping Yi Gang Ying Yong Yu Guangyuan Yu Qiuli Yu Weiguo Yu Yunyao Zhao Leji Zeng Qinghong Zheng Bijian Zhou Qiang Zhong Shaojun Zhu Mingguo Politics of China v t e

**Mao Yushi** ([Chinese](/source/Chinese_language): 茅于轼; born 14 January 1929) is a Chinese [economist](/source/Economist). Mao graduated from [Shanghai Jiao Tong University](/source/Shanghai_Jiao_Tong_University) in 1950 and was [labeled a 'rightist'](/source/Anti-Rightist_Campaign) in 1958. In 1986, Mao was a visiting scholar at [Harvard University](/source/Harvard_University), and in 1990, Mao was a senior lecturer at [Queensland University](/source/Queensland_University).[1][2]

## Career

He co-founded the [Unirule Institute of Economics](/source/Unirule_Institute_of_Economics), which educated new and old generations of Chinese on the importance of private property, freedom of choice, voluntary exchange, rule of law, and other aspects of the free market economy, teaching how to transition away from central planning. On 4 May 2012, Mao Yushi was awarded the [Cato Institute](/source/Cato_Institute)'s Milton Friedman Prize for Advancing Liberty for his work in [classical liberalism](/source/Classical_liberalism) and [free-market economics](/source/Free-market_economics).[3][4] In October 2014, Beijing began a "crackdown on dissent" by banning the publication of his works.[5] In January 2017, they also shut down his website.[6]

### Criticism of Mao Zedong

Mao Yushi wrote an online column criticizing the [communist](/source/Communism) and [totalitarian](/source/Totalitarianism) policies of [Mao Zedong](/source/Mao_Zedong) in China. He was attacked by [Maoists](/source/Maoism) in the country, who called for his arrest.[7][8]

### Move to Canada

Mao Yushi had been suppressed for a long time because his speech and ideological views are not compatible with the Chinese authorities. In January 2024, at the age of 95, he left China and settled in [Vancouver](/source/Vancouver), [Canada](/source/Canada), and stated that he would never return to China.[9]

## Family

Mao's uncle was the famous engineer [Mao Yisheng](/source/Mao_Yisheng).[10]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["凤凰网财经-离用户最近的财经媒体-凤凰网"](https://finance.ifeng.com/). *finance.ifeng.com*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["茅于轼"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110616034346/http://www.macrochina.com.cn/prize/brt/maoyushi.shtml). Archived from [the original](http://www.macrochina.com.cn/prize/brt/maoyushi.shtml) on 16 June 2011. Retrieved 25 June 2011.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Economist Mao Yushi Awarded $250,000 Milton Friedman Liberty Prize | the China Times"](http://www.thechinatimes.com/online/2012/05/3350.html). 5 May 2012.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["茅于轼弗里德曼促进自由奖获奖感言 | 中国时报"](https://web.archive.org/web/20120508021316/http://www.thechinatimes.com/chinese/online/2012/05/1437.html). Archived from [the original](http://www.thechinatimes.com/chinese/online/2012/05/1437.html) on 8 May 2012. Retrieved 5 May 2012.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Wee, Sui-Lee; Rajagopalan, Megha (13 October 2014). ["China detains scholar, bans books in crackdown on moderate voices"](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-rights-idUSKCN0I20NU20141013). [Reuters](/source/Reuters). Retrieved 14 October 2014.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["China Shuts Down Website of Mao Yushi, Friedman Prize Winner"](https://www.cato.org/blog/china-shuts-down-website-mao-yushi-friedman-prize-winner). *www.cato.org*. 24 January 2017.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Boundlessly loyal to the great monster"](https://www.economist.com/asia/2011/05/26/boundlessly-loyal-to-the-great-monster?story_id=18744533). *The Economist*. [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [0013-0613](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0013-0613). Retrieved 2 October 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["archive.ph"](http://poettpourri.jimdo.com/2012/07/01/ein-sadist-und-l%25C3%25BCstling-mao-yushi-entbl%25C3%25A4ttert-mao-zedong-und-kocht-chinas-ultralinke/). *archive.ph*. Retrieved 2 October 2022.{{[cite web](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_web)}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_deprecated_archival_service))

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** ICI.Radio-Canada.ca, Zone International- (18 January 2024). ["中国自由派学者茅于轼95岁出走温哥华"](https://ici.radio-canada.ca/rci/zh-hans/%E6%96%B0%E9%97%BB/2042679/%E4%B8%AD%E5%9B%BD-%E5%AD%A6%E8%80%85-%E8%8C%85%E4%BA%8E%E8%BD%BC-%E6%B8%A9%E5%93%A5%E5%8D%8E). *Radio-Canada.ca* (in Canadian French). Retrieved 18 January 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** ["王倩：茅于轼家族见证百年中国_共识网—在大变革时代寻找共识"](https://web.archive.org/web/20120327173817/http://www.21ccom.net/articles/lsjd/article_201001202755.html). Archived from [the original](http://www.21ccom.net/articles/lsjd/article_201001202755.html) on 27 March 2012. Retrieved 16 July 2011.

## External links

- [Texts by Mao Yushi translated in French and English](https://web.archive.org/web/20150730082512/http://marcopoloproject.org/authors/Mao%20Yushi%20-%20%20%E8%8C%85%E4%BA%8E%E8%BD%BC/)

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