KERRY BROWN este director executiv al Centrului de studii chineze si profesor de politici chineze la Universitatea din Sydney. Conduce si Centrul european de studii chineze si consiliere (ECRAN), finantat de Comisia Europeana, fiind si membru asociat in cadrul Programului pentru Asia al Institutului Regal de Relatii Internationale – Chatham House. A studiat la Cambridge, Londra si la Universitatea din Leeds, a lucrat in Japonia si in Regiunea Mongoliei Interioare din China, dupa care s-a intors la Londra, pentru a lucra in cadrul Ministerului Afacerilor Externe. A publicat articole despre China si Asia in ziare prestigioase, cum ar fi New York Times, The Guardian, Daily Telegraph, Australian Financial Review, South China Morning Post, Financial Times. A publicat articole despre China si Asia in ziare prestigioase, cum ar fi New York Times, The Guardian, Daily Telegraph, Australian Financial Review, South China Morning Post, Financial Times. Este autorul mai multor volume care trateaza istoria Chinei, dintre care mentionam: Struggling Giant: China in the 21st Century (2007), The Rise of the Dragon. Chinese Investment Flows in the Reform Period (2008), Friends and Enemies: The Past, Present and Future of the Communist Party of China (2009), Ballot Box China (2011), Hu Jintao: China’s Silent Ruler (2012), Contemporary China (2013), Shanghai 2020: The City’s Vision for its Future (2014), Carnival China: China in the Era of Hu Jintao and Xi Jinping (2014).