Media
2024
How Hong Kong Became One of the Most Unequal Places in the World, Stanford Center on China’s Economy and Institutions Brief
The CCP's membership card makes its holders wealthy, Table Media
2023
Does it pay to be a communist in China? A hard-headed assessment of party membership, The Economist
The Rise of Wealth, Private Property, and Income Inequality in China, Stanford Center on China’s Economy and Institutions Brief
Unsafe at the Top: China’s Anti-graft Drive Targets Billionaires and Bankers. The Guardian
2021
China’s Urban Rich and the Quest For Common Prosperity. INSEAD Knowledge
The future of Chinese capitalism: How will President Xi balance economic growth and state control? BBC
The party’s over: China clamps down on its tech billionaires. The Guardian
2019
From workers to capitalists in less than two generations: the Chinese urban elite. LSE Business Review
Malaysia’s income growth success story is an unequal one, and here’s why. Malaymail
Income inequality among different ethnic groups: the case of Malaysia. LSE Business Review
2018
As wealth expands in China, so does income inequality. Chicago Booth Review
Why inequality divergence between China and Russia?. AsiaGlobal Online
Inequality in China. Bruegel
2017
‘Apartheid Without the Racism’: How China Keeps Rural Folks Down. The Wall Street Journal
China’s economic miracle has an ugly underbelly. Washington Post
Top incomes, inequality in China ‘massively underestimated,’ new study reveals. Humanosphere