Rate My Professor Chen Jian

Chen Jian's research specializations encompass modern Chinese history, the history of Chinese-American relations, Cold War international history, Chinese foreign policy, and security strategies. His major publications include China's Road to the Korean War (1994), The China Challenge in the 21st Century: Implications for U.S. Foreign Policy (1997), Mao's China and the Cold War (2001), and Zhou Enlai: A Life (2024). He has received the Jeffrey Sean Lehman Grant for Scholarly Exchange with China from Cornell University (2007), served as Chief Faculty Speaker for the National Endowment for the Humanities’ Summer Institute on New Sources and Findings on Cold War International History at George Washington University (summer 1999), Jennings Randolph Senior Fellowship for International Peace from the United States Institute of Peace (1996-1997), Norwegian Nobel Institute Fellowship (1993), and shared honors for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement in News and Documentary Research for Declassified: Nixon in China (2005).