Steve is the Director of the SOAS China Institute. Before taking on his current position in 2016, he was the Head of the School of Contemporary Chinese Studies at the University of Nottingham, and before that a Professorial Fellow at St Antony’s College, Oxford. He is also an Emeritus Fellow of St Antony’s College.
He is a frequent commentator for the BBC, including for programmes like Newsnight, Ten o’clock News, BBC News Channel, Today, World at One, PM, BBC World Service's various programmes such as Newshour and World Tonight. He has also appeared on Sky News, Channel 4 News, Channel 5 News, Voice of America, France 24, Channel News Asia, CNBC, Al Jazeera and various podcast series.
He has also testified at various select committees of the House of Commons, the House of Lords, and the Canadian House of Commons.
Research interests
Chinese politics; nature of political system in China; the Chinese Communist Party and democracy; human rights in China; Chinese foreign policy; China's soft power; China-UK relations; China-EU relations; China-US relations; China-Taiwan relations; China-Asia relations; China's rising military might; Twentieth-century Chinese history; Taiwan politics; Taiwan's external relations; Taiwan's democratisation; Taiwan's security; US-Taiwan relations; Hong Kong politics; Hong Kong's relations with mainland China; and colonial history of Hong Kong.
Current Research and major publication projects
The Political Thought of Xi Jinping (with Olivia Cheung)
China’s global strategy under Xi Jinping (with Olivia Cheung, supported by the Smith Richardson Foundation)
Ordinary man, extraordinary life: a biography of Chiang Kai-shek
Contextualizing the China Dream: A Reinforced Consultative Leninist Approach to Government
Tsang, Steve (2015). In: Kerr, David, (ed.), China's Many Dreams: Comparative Perspectives on China's Search for National Rejuvenation. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, pp 10-34
China after Deng Xiaoping: the search for a non-democratic development model
Tsang, Steve (2014). In: Hsin-Huang, Michael Hsiao, (ed.), Democracy or Alternative Political Systems in Asia: After the Strongman. Abingdon; New York: Routledge, pp 78-96
Tsang, Steve (2008). In: Huldt, Bo, (eds.), Kerttunen, Mika, (eds.), Wallander, Bo, (eds.), Ikegami, Masako, (eds.) and Huldt, Susanna, (eds.), Strategic Yearbook 2007: China Rising: Reactions, Assessments, and Strategic Consequences. Stockholm: Swedish Defence College and Finnish National Defence University
Tsang, Steve (2008). In: Goldstein, Steven M., (eds.) and Chang, Julian, (eds.), Presidential Politics in Taiwan: The Administration of Chen Shui-bian. Norwalk: EastBridge
Democratization in a Chinese community: Lessons from Taiwan
Tsang, Steve (2007). In: Greene, J. Megan, (eds.) and Ash, Robert, (eds.), Taiwan in the 21st Century: Aspects and limitations of a developmental model. Abingdon; New York: Routledge
Putting Chinese Unity and the Relations between Taiwan and Mainland China into a Historical Context
Tsang, Steve (2005). In: Schucher, Gunter, (eds.) and Schuller, Margot, (eds.), Perspectives on Cross-Strait Relations: Views from Europe. Hamburg: Institut für Asienkunde
Tsang, Steve (2003). In: Fernández-Stembridge, Leila, (eds.) and Fisac, Taciana, (eds.), China Today: Economic Reforms, Social Cohesion and National Identities. Abingdon; New York: Routledge
Tsang, Steve (2000). In: Fisac, Taciana, (eds.) and Tsang, Steve, (eds.), China en transicion: Sociedad, cultura, politica y economia. Barcelona: Edicion Bellaterra
Tsang, Steve and Fisac, Taciana (2000). In: Fisac, Taciana, (eds.) and Tsang, Steve, (eds.), China en transicion: Sociedad, cultura, politica y economia. Barcelona: Edicion Bellaterra
Tsang, Steve (1999). In: Tsang, Steve, (eds.) and Tien, Hung-Mao, (eds.), Democratization in Taiwan: Implications for China. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan
