Yasheng Huang
Professor of Global Economics and Management, MIT Sloan SchoolYasheng Huang is a Professor of Global Economics and Management at the MIT Sloan School and also holds the Epoch Foundation (时代基金会) Professorship of Global Economics and Management. Huang is the author of 11 books in both English and Chinese and of many academic papers. His book, The Rise and Fall of the EAST: How Exams, Autocracy, Stability, and Technology Brought China Success, and Why They Might Lead to its Decline, was a 2023 Best Book of the Year by Foreign Affairs magazine. He is collaborating with other scholars on a book project, Reframing The Needham Question, based on a comprehensive database on Chinese historical inventions (under contract at Princeton University Press). His book, Statism with Chinese Characteristics (under contract at Cambridge University Press), examines economic reforms and economic performance of China since 1978.
Articles by Yasheng Huang
Society
Women can hold up half of the sky — Chairman Mao Zedong
From football to world championships, Chinese women have consistently outshone men despite fewer resources. Their success offers a revealing lens on merit, competition and power in China, says Professor Yasheng Huang.
Yasheng Huang
20 Jul 2026
Economy
Can Vietnam be another China? No.
Drawing on his travels and research, Professor Yasheng Huang examines the striking parallels between Vietnam’s rise and an earlier phase of China’s development, and explains why their political trajectories may ultimately lead to different outcomes.
Yasheng Huang
03 Jul 2026
