UBC experts are available to comment on the so-called “Umbrella Revolution” as Hong Kong’s pro-democracy protests continue.
Leo Shin
Associate Professor, Departments of History and Asian Studies
Tel: 604.822.5167
Email: leo.shin@ubc.ca
- Chinese and world history
- Hong Kong
Yves Tiberghien
Director, Institute of Asian Research
Executive Director, UBC China Council
Assoc. Professor, Dept. of Political Science
Tel: 604.822.4686
Cell: 604.379.1755
Email: yves.tiberghien@ubc.ca
- Chinese politics and economics
- Asian geopolitics
- U.S.-China relations
- International trade
- Government / democratic institutions
Timothy Cheek
Director, Centre for Chinese Research
Tel: 604.822.6206
Email: t.cheek@ubc.ca
- Modern China, particularly China’s intellectuals and Chinese Communist Party history
- Chinese politics, history, literature, thought and ideology
Alfred Hermida
Assoc. Professor, Graduate School of Journalism
Tel: 604.827.3540
Cell: 604.719.7969
Email: alfred.hermida@ubc.ca
- Social media and protest movements
- Digital communications
- Journalism
Pitman Potter
Professor, Faculty of Law; HSBC Chair in Asian Research, Institute of Asian Research
Tel: 604.822.5653
Email: potter@law.ubc.ca
- Chinese law and politics
- International law
- Human rights
- Globalization
Diana Lary
Professor Emerita, Dept. of History, Institute of Asian Research
Email: lary@mail.ubc.ca
- Modern Chinese history
- Hong Kong
- Asian military
- Asian migrations
- Human rights