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James R. Lilley
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Senior Fellow
Senior Fellow James R. Lilley
Ambassador Lilley researches China, Taiwan, and Korea. He was U.S. ambassador to the People's Republic of China from 1989-1991, and to the Republic of Korea, 1986-1989.
Professional Experience
-Director, Institute for Global Chinese Affairs, University of Maryland, 1996-1997; senior adviser, 1998-1999
-Philip M. McKenna Visiting Scholar, Claremont McKenna College, 1995
-Assistant secretary of defense for international affairs, 1991-1993
-Fellow, Harvard University, Institute of Politics, 1991
-U.S. Ambassador to the People's Republic of China, 1989-1991, and to the Republic of Korea, 1986-1989
-Deputy assistant secretary of state for East Asian Affairs, 1985-1986
-Director, American Institute in Taiwan, 1982-1984
-Professor, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, 1978-1980
-National intelligence officer for China, 1975-1978


Education
M.A., international relations, George Washington University
B.A., Yale University


Articles and Short Publications
Securing the Future
Approve Free Trade with S. Korea
Can We Dodge the Danger?   
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Books
China Hands
China's Military Faces the Future
Crisis in the Taiwan Strait
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Events
The Fallout of the North Korean Nuclear Test
Who Decides Taiwan's Future?
The Great Leap Forward
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Speaking Engagements
Briefing: North Korea
The Rise of China
The Korean Peninsula
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Research Areas
Korea
China
Taiwan
Downloads
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Contact Information
James R. Lilley
American Enterprise Institute
 1150 Seventeenth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC  20036
Fax: 202-337-5980
E-mail: JLilley@aei.org
Latest Book
China Hands
China Hands
This book is a fascinating memoir of America in Asia, Asia itself, and one especially capable American's personal history.  [Read More]