Brian Tsui

Dr. Brian Tsui serves as Associate Professor in the Department of Chinese Culture at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, where he has established himself as an authority on twentieth-century Chinese revolutionary politics. After earning his BA from the University of Hong Kong and PhD from Columbia University, he held a postdoctoral fellowship at the Australian Centre on China in the World at the Australian National University. His groundbreaking book "China's Conservative Revolution: The Quest for a New Order, 1927-1949" examines the Guomindang's attempts at mass mobilization, exploring how the Nationalist Party promoted state-directed capitalist development while suppressing sociopolitical chaos. His research illuminates the complex relationship between revolutionary politics and cultural mobilization in modern China, particularly focusing on the intersection of conservative and radical movements. His current work investigates the regional impact of "New China," examining how Indian nationalists and Asian Christians interpreted the establishment of the People's Republic in the early 1950s. His scholarship has garnered significant attention, with over 140 citations of his published works, including influential articles on Sino-Indian relations and pan-Asianism. Through his research on the Nationalist Party's conservative revolution and its international dimensions, he has contributed significantly to understanding China's political and cultural transformation in the twentieth century.