Professor Frederick Teiwes
BA Amherst PhD Columbia
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Professor Teiwes is a scholar with an international reputation in his main area of research, Chinese elite politics. He has written extensively on re-evaluations of Chinese Communist Party history, 1935-76, and is currently researching leadership politics in the post-Mao era. His wider areas of interest lie in Chinese politics more broadly, communist and post-communist systems, the international communist movement, and American foreign policy.
His publications in recent years include China’s Road to Disaster, The Tragedy of Lin Biao, The Politics of Agricultural Co-operativisation in China, The Formation of the Maoist Leadership (all with Warren Sun), Politics and Purges in China, and Politics at Mao’s Court. He has also contributed to The Cambridge History of China and written for The China Quarterly, Asian Survey, Problems of Communism, The China Journal, and other journals.
Research Interests
- Asian History
Comparative Government & Politics - International relations
- China
- Chinese communist leadership politics
- Chinese politics
- Deng Xiaoping
- Elite political culture
- Mao Zedong
- Zhou Enlai
Publications
2009
Book Chapter/s
Teiwes F 2009 'Mao and His Followers', in Timothy Cheek, ed., The Cambridge Critical Introduction to Mao, Cambridge University Press (12,400 words) (in press)
Teiwes F 2009 'Mao Zedong in Power (1949-1976)', in William A. Joseph, ed., Politics in China: An Introduction, Oxford University Press (26,200 words) (in press)
Encyclopedia Entries
Teiwes F 2009 Entries for: Mao Zedong, 1893-1976; Hua Guofeng, 1921-2008; Chinese Marxism: Mass Mobilization (Mass Movement); Sino-Soviet Schism; Tian’anmen Incident (1976). In Encyclopedia of Modern China, David Pong, editor in chief, Charles Scribner's Sons (approximately 14,000 words total)
Conference Paper/s
Teiwes F and Sun W 2009 'An Evolving Consensus on Modernization: PRC Economic Policy from the Purge of the 'Gang of Four' to the Third Plenum, 1976-1978', 23 pp. Conference on 'Contemporary China and its Development Road--The second International Senior Forum on Contemporary History of China', Beijing, September 2009
2007
Book/s
Teiwes F and Sun W 2007 The End of the Maoist Era: Chinese Politics during the Twilight of the Cultural Revolution, 1972-1976. Armonk: M.E. Sharpe, 2007, 706 pp.
2006
Book Section/s
Teiwes F and Sun W 2006 'The 1976 Tiananmen Incident Re-evaluated: From the Death of Zhou Enlai to the Anointment of Hua Guofeng as Mao Zedong's Successor' in Contemporary China and the Outside World, ed. Zhu Jiamu, Contemporary China Publishing House, Beijing pp. 97-113.
Monograph
Teiwes F and Sun W 2006 ”The 1976 Tiananmen Crisis Analysis”. Hong Kong: USC Seminar Series, Institute of Asian Pacific Studies, Chinese University of Hong Kong, 41 pp. (in Chinese)
Major Review
Teiwes F 2006 Review of Yu Guangyuan, Deng Xiaoping Shakes the World: An Eyewitness Account of China's Party Work Conference and the Third Plenum (November-December 1978), edited by Ezra F. Vogel and Steven I. Levine (Norwalk: EastBridge, 2004). Pacific Affairs, Vol. 79, No. 2 (Summer 2006), pp. 315-17
2004
Journal Article/s
Teiwes FC and Sun W 2004 'The First Tiananmen Incident Revisited: Elite Politics and Crisis Management at the end of Mao's Era', Pacific Affairs, vol.77:2, pp. 211-235.
Teiwes FC 2004 'From leninist discipline to socialist legalism: Peng Zhen on law and political authority in the PRC', Pacific Affairs, pp. 115-117.
2002
Book Section/s
Teiwes FC 2002 'Normal Politics with Chinese Characteristics' in The Nature of Chinese Politics: From Mao to Jiang, ed. Jonathan Unger, M. E. Sharpe, Inc., Armonk, New York pp. 239-57.
Teiwes FC 2002 'The Paradoxical Post-Mao Transition: From Obeying the Leader to "Normal Politics"' in The Nature of Chinese Politics: From Mao to Jiang, ed. Jonathan Unger, M. E. Sharpe, Inc., Armonk, New York pp. 58-97.
Teiwes FC 2002 'The Politics of Succession: Previous Patterns and a New Process' in China's Post-Jiang Leadership Succession: Problems and Perspectives, ed. John Wong and Zheng Yongnian, Singapore University Press, Singapore pp. 21-58.
2001
Journal Article/s
Teiwes FC 2001 'Normal politics with Chinese characteristics', China Journal, vol.45, pp. 69-82.
Teiwes FC 2001 'Politics at the "core" : the political circumstances of Mao Zedong, Deng Xiaoping and Jiang Zemin', China Information, vol.XV:1, pp. 1-66.
2000
Book Section/s
Teiwes FC 2000 'The Chinese State During the Maoist Era' in The Modern Chinese State, ed. David Shambaugh, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge pp. 105-160.
Teiwes FC 2000 'The Problematic Quest for Stability: Reflections on Succession, Institutionalization, Governability, and Legitimacy in Post-Deng China' in China under Jiang Zemin, ed. Hung-Mao Tien and Yun-Han Chu, Lynne Rienner Publishers, London pp. 71-95.
1999
Book/s
Teiwes FC and Sun W 1999 Chinas Road to Disaster: Mao, Central Politicians and Provincial Leaders in the Unfolding of the, M.E. Sharpe, Armonk, New York.
Conference Paper/s
Teiwes FC and Sun W 1999 'Zhou Enlai yu fanmaojin (Zhou Enlai and Opposing Rash Advance)',Zhongwai xuezhe zailun Zhou Enlai [Chinese and Foreign Scholars again Discuss Zhou Enlai], Tianjin: Zhongyang wenxian chubanshe [Central Documents Press], 389-406.
1997
Book Section/s
Teiwes FC and Sun WW 1997 'The Politics of an Un-Maoist Interlude: The Case of Opposing Rash Advance, 1956-1957' in New Perspectives on State Socialism in China, East Gate, New York.
Teiwes FC 1997 'Interviews on Party History' in New Perspectives on State Socialism in China, East Gate, New York.
Teiwes FC 1997 'The establishment and consolidation of the new regime, 1949-57' in The Politics of China, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
1996
Book/s
Teiwes FC and Sun W 1996 The Tragedy of Lin Biao : Riding the tiger during the Cultural Revolution, 1966-1971, University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu.
Journal Article/s
Teiwes FC 1996 'The private life of Chairman Mao: The inside story of the man who made modern China Li,ZS', China Quarterly:145, pp. 176-188.
1995
Journal Article/s
Teiwes FC 1995 'Mao,Zedong Manuscripts since the Founding of the State Documents Res Off Ccp Ctr', Australian Journal of Chinese Affairs:33, pp. 127-149.
Teiwes FC 1995 'The Paradoxical Post Mao Transition from Obeying the Leader to Normal Politics', China Journal, vol.34, pp. 55-94.
Teiwes FC 1995 'The Writings of Mao,Zedong, 1949 1976, Vol 1, September 1949 December 1955 Kau,Mym, Leung,Jk, Sharpe,Me', Australian Journal of Chinese Affairs:33, pp. 127-149.
1994
Report/s
Teiwes FC 1994 'The formation of the Maoist leadership : from the return of Wang Ming to the Seventh Party Congress', Research notes and studies, Contemporary China Institute School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, Report Number 0728602237 (pbk.).
1993
Book/s
Teiwes FC 1993 Politics and purges in China : rectification and the decline of party norms, 1950-1965, M.E. Sharpe, Armonk, New York.
Edited Book/s
Teiwes FC and Sun W 1993 The Politics of agricultural cooperativization in China : Mao, Deng Zihui, and the "high tide" of 1955, M.E. Sharpe, Armonk, New York.
Journal Article/s
Teiwes F and Sun W 1993 'Mao, Deng,Zihui, and the Politics of Agricultural Cooperativization', Chinese Law and Government, vol.26:3, 4, pp. 5-50.
Teiwes FC 1993 'Bureaucracy, Economy, and Leadership in China the Institutional Origins of the Great Leap Forward Bachman,D', Pacific Affairs, vol.66:2, pp. 244-253.
1991
Book/s
Teiwes FC 1991 Cong Mao Zedong dao Deng Xiaoping, Zhong gong zhong yang dang xiao chu ban she : Xin hua shu dian jing xiao, Peking.
1990
Book/s
Teiwes FC 1990 Politics at Mao's court : Gao Gang and party factionalism in the early 1950s, M.E. Sharpe, Armonk, New York.
1988
Journal Article/s
Teiwes FC 1988 'Mao and His Lieutenants', Australian Journal of Chinese Affairs:19/20, pp. 1-80.
1986
Journal Article/s
Teiwes FC 1986 'Mao Zedong and Peng Dehuai', Australian Journal of Chinese Affairs:no. 16, pp. 81-98.
1984
Book/s
Teiwes FC 1984 Leadership, legitimacy, and conflict in China : from a charismatic Mao to the politics of succession, M.E. Sharpe, Armonk, New York.
1983
Internal Working Paper/s
Teiwes F 1983 'Major dilemmas in Chinese politics since 1949',Occasional publications series / Centre for Asian Studies ; no. 2., Sydney: Centre for Asian Studies, University of Sydney, 20.
1979
Book/s
Teiwes FC 1979 Politics and purges in China : rectification and the decline of party norms, 1950-1965, M. E. Sharpe, Armork, New York.
1978
Report/s
Teiwes FC 1978 'Elite discipline in China : coercive and persuasive approaches to rectification, 1950-1953', Contemporary China papers, Contemporary China Centre Research School of Pacific Studies, ANU, Report Number 12, Political elites. Political socialisation. China, 1950-1953 (ANB/PRECIS SIN 0277347) Includes bibliographical references.
1974
Report/s
Teiwes FC 1974 'Provincial Leadership in China: The Cultural Revolution and its Aftermath', Working Paper, China-Japan Program Cornell University, Report Number 4.
1968
Report/s
Baum R, Teiwes FC, Zhongguo G and Y. C 1968 'Ssu-ch*ing: the socialist education movement of 1962-1966', China research monographs, Center for Chinese Studies, University of California, Report Number no. 2, Appendices A-E (p. 49-126) comprise translations of texts of Chinese Communist Party Central Committee directives.
1967
Report/s
Teiwes FC 1967 'Provincial party personnel in mainland China, 1956-1966', Occassional Paper, East Asian Institute Columbia University.