Yu Keping

{{short description|Chinese scholar and political advisor}} thumb|Keping Yu in 2013 '''Yu Keping''' ({{zh|俞可平}}) is the Director of the Center for Chinese Government Innovations at Peking University. He is a noted scholar, having written many books including ''Democracy is a Good Thing''. In addition to his academic work he has also acted as an advisor on political reforms to the Chinese government.<ref>[http://www.brill.nl/democracy-and-rule-law-china Brill: Democracy and the Rule of Law in China (Accessed Nov 2011)]</ref><ref>[http://business.clemson.edu/PoliSci/chinacenter_event_nov16.pdf Clemson University Center for China Studies 2011 Speaker Series (Accessed Nov 2011)]</ref>

Yu is also the New World Senior Fellow in the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation in the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.<ref>[http://www.hks.harvard.edu/about/faculty-staff-directory/keping-yu John F. Kennedy School of Government:Keping Yu (Accessed Nov 2011)]</ref>

==Writings== Books * Yu, K. (2010). ''Democracy and the Rule of Law in China'' Leiden: Brill * Yu, K. (2009). ''Democracy is a good thing: Essays on politics, society, and culture in contemporary China''. Washington, D.C: Brookings Institution Press.<ref>Womack, B. (January 01, 2009). Democracy is a Good Thing: Essays on Politics, Society, and Culture in Contemporary China, by Yu Keping, and Globalization and Changes in China's Governance, by Yu Keping. China Journal Canberra-, 62, 168-169.</ref><ref>Bell, D. A. (January 01, 2010). Yu Keping, Democracy Is a Good Thing: Essays on Politics, Society, and Culture in Contemporary China. ''Perspectives on Politics'', 8, 3, 915.</ref><ref>Taylor, J. R. (January 01, 2010). Yu Keping, Democracy Is a Good Thing: Essays on Politics, Society, and Culture in Contemporary China. ''Journal of Chinese Political Science'', 15, 3, 341-342.</ref><ref>Wright, T. (January 01, 2011). Democracy is a Good Thing: Essays on Politics, Society, and Culture in Contemporary China. By Yu Keping. ''China Quarterly'', London-, 206, 434.</ref>

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