Eric X. Li is a Shanghai-based venture capitalist and political commentator. He earned a B.A. from Berkeley, an MBA from Stanford's Graduate School of Business and a Ph.D. in political science from Fudan University. In 2000, he formed Chengwei Capital, a venture capital firm that has invested in some of China's hottest startups, including HelloBike and Youku which was later acquired by Alibaba. Today, he is even better known for his provocative op-ed articles and essays for Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, The New York Times and the Financial Times about America's failings and "Why China's Political Model is Superior." His TED Talk, "A Tale of Two Political Systems," has been viewed 3 million times on Youtube. See Gideon Rachman's Lunch with the FT profile here.
Eric X. Li.Illustration by Kate Copeland
Q: Are we in a new Cold War, or a Cold War II as the scholar Niall Ferguson calls it?
A: I hope not, for America's sake, because it’s completely unnecessary. And if there was
Subscribe or login to read the rest.
Subscribers get full access to:
- Exclusive longform investigative journalism, Q&As, news and analysis, and data on Chinese business elites and corporations. We publish China scoops you won't find anywhere else.
- A weekly curated reading list on China from David Barboza, Pulitzer Prize-winning former Shanghai correspondent for The New York Times.
- A daily roundup of China finance, business and economics headlines.
We offer discounts for groups, institutions and students. Go to our
Subscriptions page for details.
