Jiang Shigong, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Chinese legal and political theorist
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Place of Birth: Yulin, Shaanxi, China
About Jiang Shigong
- Jiang Shigong (born 11 November 1967; Chinese: ???) is a Chinese legal and political theorist, currently a professor at Peking University Law School, and a researcher on Hong Kong affairs.
- He is a "conservative socialist" exponent of Xi Jinping Thought and opposed to liberalism in China.
- Jiang previously worked at the Hong Kong Liaison Office from 2004 to 2008, and has advised the Chinese government on Hong Kong on subsequent occasions.
- Among his major ideas are his theory of the "absolute" or unwritten constitution of China embodied in the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party and his argument for the supremacy of the state as an "ethical entity" and the embodiment of the people's drive towards self-transformation.
- One of the main Chinese translators of Carl Schmitt, Jiang is a notable promoter of Schmitt's political theory in China.
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