Mr Ryan Manuel
Postdoctoral Fellow
D.Phil, University of Oxford
MPhil. (with distinction) (Modern Chinese Studies), University of Oxford
BA (Hons1), BMgmt., University of South Australia
Research Theme: China Urban/Rural
Biography
Ryan Manuel is a political scientist working on China’s domestic and foreign policy. He was formerly a political risk analyst, a management consultant with the Boston Consulting Group and a senior China analyst with the Australian government. Ryan was educated at the University of South Australia, the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Peking University and Oxford University, where he was a Rhodes Scholar.
Other Languages
- Chinese
- Spanish
- Portuguese (intermediate)
Research Interests
- Chinese politics
- Chinese political structure and its impact on domestic and foreign policy
- Chinese public service delivery
- Chinese policy implementation
- Chinese health system reform
Current Projects
- Political incentives and ‘selective implementation’: how can we tell what is implemented and not?
- The Australia-China Story, including the Australia-China Agenda, the New Voices, and the Australia-China Archive
Selected Publications
Contributions to The China Story
‘China Rhodes: Schwarzman at Tsinghua’, The China Story Journal, 2 May 2013, online at: http://www.thechinastory.org/2013/05/china-rhodes-schwarzman-at-tsinghua/
‘The Australia-China Agenda 2013’, The China Story Journal, with Geremie R. Barmé, August-September 2013, online at: http://www.thechinastory.org/2013/09/australia-china-agenda-2013-2/
Others
“China’s Health System and the next 20 years of reform”, in Ross Garnaut, Jane Golley and Ligang Song (eds) “China: The Next Twenty Years of Reform and Development” ANU Press: Canberra, pp 286-308. Also published in the US by the Brookings Institute Press and in China by the Beijing Renmin Daxue Chubanshe
“Lots of elite-watching, little analysis of system in China” Australian Financial Review, 1st October, p.2
“From Mao to Market: Chinese Institutions and Protectionism” Oxonian Review of Books, April, pp 22-28
Manuel, R. (2008) “Some Chinese reactions to the Thai situation”, East Asia Forum, September 10th, available online at: http://www.eastasiaforum.org/author/rmanuel, reprinted in New Mandala
