Ho-fung Hung

Ho-fung Hung is an American sociologist and political scientist currently serving as the Henry M. and Elizabeth P. Wiesenfeld Professor in Political Economy at Johns Hopkins University.

Education
Hung received a BA from the Chinese University of Hong Kong, a MA from SUNY-Binghamton, and a PhD in sociology from Johns Hopkins University.

Books

 * City on the Edge: Hong Kong Under Chinese Rule (Cambridge University Press, 2022)
 * Clash of Empires: From ‘Chimerica’ to the ‘New Cold War’ (Cambridge University Press, 2022)
 * The China Boom: Why China Will Not Rule the World (Columbia University Press, 2015)
 * Protest with Chinese Characteristics: Demonstrations, Riots, and Petitions in the Mid-Qing Dynasty (Columbia University Press, 2011)
 * China and the Transformation of Global Capitalism (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009) Editor

Awards

 * 2024 Joseph Levenson Book Prize (China, post-1900) for City on the Edge: Hong Kong Under Chinese Rule