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Ray Yep

Member-at-large

Institution: University of Bristol
Email: [email protected]

Ray Yep (PhD, Oxford University) is Research Director of Hong Kong History Centre, University of Bristol.

He  specializes in the study of late colonial governance and Cold War politics in pre-1997 Hong Kong and political economy of China’s reforms. He has published in leading journals including China Quarterly, China Information, Development and Change, Modern Asian Studies, and Public Administration Review. In recent years, he has been working on two projects on Hong Kong: MacLehose Governorship and the 1967 Riots. His latest works on Hong Kong studies include three books: May Days in Hong Kong: Riots and Emergency in 1967 (Hong Kong University Press 2009), Negotiating Autonomy in Greater China: Hong Kong and its Sovereigns before and After 1997 (Nordic Institute of Asian Studies Press 2013), and Routledge Handbook on Contemporary Hong Kong (Routledge, 2018). He held visiting positions in Academia Sinica, Peking University, Rikkyo University, University of York, University of Bristol and Brookings Institution.