Dr Ray Yep, Kin-man
BSocSc HKU, MPhil HKU,
PhD Oxford
Associate Professor
Biography Ray Yep joined the Department in 1998. Previously he worked as Researcher in Phibro Energy HK Ltd. and Senior Research Manager in CIM (HK) Ltd. He took his bachelor (B.Soc.Sc) and postgraduate degrees (MPhil) at University of Hong Kong, and his doctorate degree in politics at Oxford University. He was a Visiting Fellow at the Brookings Institution (2001-2) and a Visting Professor at Bristol University (2005). He is currently Leader of Bachelor of Social Sciences (Hons) in Policy Studies and Administration.
'The 1967 Riots in Hong Kong: The Diplomatic and Domestic Fronts of the Colonial Governor', China Quarterly, March 2008, no. 193, pp. 122-139.
'Enhancing the Redistributive Capacity of the Chinese State? Impact of Fiscal Reforms on Country Finance', Pacific Review, May 2008, vol. 21, no. 2, pp. 231-255.
'Land Conflicts Rural Finance and Capacity of the Chinese State,' (with Carolin Fong), Public Administration & Development, (February 2009), vol. 29, no. 1, pp. 69-78.
May Day in Hong Kong: Riot and Emergency in 1967, (co-edited with Robert Bickers), Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, (forthcoming)
Research interests
Political economy of the Chinese Reforms
Colonial Governance and the 1967 Riot in Hong Kong
Rural finance in China
Teaching interests
British and American political institutions
Rural China
Economic transformation in China