Ho-fung Hung is the Henry M. and Elizabeth P. Wiesenfeld Professor in Political Economy in the Department of Sociology and the Nitze School of Advanced International Studies at the Johns Hopkins University. He is the author of Protest with Chinese Characteristics (Columbia, 2011), The China Boom (Columbia, 2015), City on the Edge: Hong Kong under Chinese Rule (Cambridge, 2022), and Clash of Empires: From “Chimerica” to the “New Cold War” (Cambridge, 2022). His works also appear in American Sociological Review, American Journal of Sociology, Annual Review of Sociology, Review of International Political Economy, Studies in Comparative and International Development, Development and Change, among others. His academic publications have been translated into at least twelve different languages. His analysis of global and Chinese politics and economy has been cited or featured in major media outlets worldwide.