Dr. Willy Wo-Lap Lam is a senior fellow at The Jamestown Foundation, where he serves as a regular contributor to China Brief. He is also an adjunct professor at the Center for China Studies, the History Department, and the Master’s Program in Global Political Economy at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He is the author of six books on China, including Chinese Politics in the Era of Xi Jinping (2015). His latest book, Xi Jinping: The Hidden Agendas of China’s Ruler for Life, was released by Routledge Publishing in August 2023.