Li Daokui

Commentaries by Li Daokui

Li Daokui

Economist and Professor of economics at Tsinghua University

Li Daokui is a leading Chinese economist, a professor of economics at Tsinghua University, and the author of the forthcoming “China’s World View: Demystifying China to Prevent Global Conflict.”

Kissinger Was Right About China — and He Still Is
Dec 08, 2023
In the cold winter of 1972, a schoolteacher in a poor Chinese village asked his whole class: “The U.S. president Nixon and his adviser Dr. Kissinger will be in China. What should we do?”
Henry Kissinger
What the Olympic Medal Count Says About China and America
Aug 21, 2021
Among educated and internationally savvy Chinese, no current topic is more despised than the bickering over Chinese and American medal counts at the Tokyo Olympics. Narrow-minded nationalism holds scant interest for them, just as it does for most educated Americans – and, generally, for me. But, as an economist, I am not so dismissive toward the medal-count discussion.
Olympics U.S.-China Rivalry
The Next Five Years
Mar 17, 2021
China needs to lay solid groundwork for domestic development, achieve a stable and controllable production regime and master core technologies. At the same time is should unleash Chinese market demand, so it no longer has to depend on foreign markets.
Five-Year Plan China’s Economy China’s Rise