Education Background：

Peking University  Ph.D. in Law

The Chinese University of Hong Kong  Ph.D. in Philosophy

Research Areas：

Comparative Politics, Chinese Politics, Social Science Research Methods

History and Reality of Democracy (Undergraduate)

Foreign Relations of the People’s Republic of China (Undergraduate)

Political Economy and International Relations along the Belt and Road (Undergraduate)

Comparative Historical Analysis (Master’s/PhD)

Political Development (Master’s/PhD)

Chinese Politics and Diplomacy (Doctoral)

Frontiers of Comparative Politics (Master’s/PhD)

Books:

Passion, Skill, and Method: Interviews in Comparative Politics (Translated), edited by Gerardo L. Munck and Richard Snyder, translated by Wang Weihua, Beijing: Contemporary World Publishing House, 2022.

Issues and Methods in Comparative Politics (4th Edition) (Translated), by Todd Landman and Edzia Carvalho, translated by Wang Weihua, Shanghai: Gezhi Publishing House and Shanghai People’s Publishing House, 2021.

Process Tracing: Basic Principles and Guidelines (Translated), by Derek Beach and Rasmus Brun Pedersen, translated by Wang Weihua, Shanghai: Gezhi Publishing House and Shanghai People’s Publishing House, 2020.

Autonomy, Understanding, Cooperation: 60 Years of Foreign Relations of the People’s Republic of China (Edited by Xu Zhenzhou and Wang Weihua), Beijing: Contemporary World Publishing House, 2012.

Articles:

“The Approach and Purpose of Comparative Political Studies,” International Political Studies, 2023, No. 4.

“Disenchantment and Reflection in Comparative Political Studies,” Eastern Studies Journal, Summer 2022.

“Dissecting Process Tracing,” International Political Science, 2022, No. 2.

“Accurately Grasping the Theme of the Times and Updating Discourse,” Economic Guide Journal, 2022, No. 2.

“The New Era of People’s Democracy,” Journal of the Central Socialist Academy, 2022, No. 1. (Reprinted in People’s University Reprint Materials - Chinese Politics, 2022, No. 4)

“Decoupling or De-linking? —The Relationship between Comparative Politics and Area Studies,” International Political Studies, 2021, No. 6. (Reprinted in People’s University Reprint Materials - International Politics, 2022, No. 4)

“Comparative Politics ‘Science’? —A Reflection on Academic History and Discipline,” Political Science Research, 2021, No. 5. (Reprinted in Social Science Digest, 2021, No. 12; People’s University Reprint Materials - Political Science, 2022, No. 3)

“Changes in China’s International Perspective and the Building of a Community of Shared Future for Mankind,” Foreign Affairs Review, 2021, No. 5. (Reprinted in People’s University Reprint Materials - Chinese Diplomacy, 2021, No. 11)

“Building a Community of Shared Future for Mankind is a New Type of International Perspective,” Economic Guide Journal, 2021, No. 8.

“The National Governance System in Pandemic Control,” Journal of the Central Socialist Academy, 2020, No. 3.

“Re-examining National Governance and Global Governance Under the Pandemic,” International Political Studies, 2020, No. 3. (Reprinted in Chinese Social Science Digest, 2020, No. 12)

“Great Power Relations and the Reconstruction of the International Order” (Chapter 11), in New Perspectives on National Governance and Institutional Security, edited by Fan Peng, et al., Beijing: China Social Sciences Press, July 2019.

“The Historical Experience and Current Situation of Politics of Difference,” Journal of the Central Socialist Academy, 2019, No. 2. (Reprinted in Chinese Social Science Digest, 2019, No. 8)

“Changes in China’s Political Practice and Discourse over Forty Years of Reform and Opening Up,” Journal of the Central Socialist Academy, 2018, No. 3.

“Building a Rule-of-Law Government Requires Attention to Three Relationships,” Economic Guide Journal, 2017, No. 3.

“Democracy in Balance,” International Political Studies, 2016, No. 2.

“Mass Mobilization and Mobilization Governance—A New Perspective on Understanding China’s National Governance Style,” Journal of Shanghai Jiao Tong University (Philosophy and Social Sciences Edition), 2014, No. 5.

“Decentralization and Centralization of Public Security in the Reform Era” (co-authored with Fan Peng and Wang Shaoguang), Chinese Social Sciences Internal Manuscripts, 2009, No. 2.

Other Translations and Works:

Wang Weihua translated | Charles Tilly’s Three Views of History and Theory

Li Zhuo translated, Wang Weihua edited | Katherine Sillen and James Mahoney’s Comparative Historical Analysis in Contemporary Political Science