Frederick Carl Teiwes (born 1939) is an American-born Australian sinologist. He held a personal chair as

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in Government and International Relations at

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until his retirement in 2006. He is especially known for his detailed studies, together with Warren Sun, on the history of

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(CCP) elite politics.

Biography

Teiwes was born in Mt. Vernon, New York on 3 March 1939, and graduated in 1957 from Hastings High School. He graduated from

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in 1961 with a bachelor's degree in European history.

Career

After graduation, Teiwes worked as a journalist at

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in Westerly,

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. He then enrolled in graduate school at

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, where he adopted a focus on the

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. He worked for a year at Columbia’s Research Institute on Communist Affairs and then lived in

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, conducting research at the Universities Service Centre for China Studies for his thesis "Rectification campaigns and purges in Communist China, 1950-61". Teiwes received his doctorate in 1971. Teiwes taught at

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for three years beginning in 1969. In 1972, he accepted a research appointment at the

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. In 1976, he accepted a position at Sydney University, where he remained. At his retirement dinner,

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said Teiwes was considered a giant in his field, stating "His published contributions have been seminal and personal presence considerable…I do not think I know of another researcher in our field with higher evidentiary standards. This professional trait has lodged Fred's studies in the prized 'definitive' category."Remarks by David Shambaugh
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/ref> In 2013 he shifted the focus of his research to the era of

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Publications

*Teiwes, Frederick C. ''Leadership, Legitimacy, and Conflict in China: From a Charismatic Mao to the Politics of Succession.'' Armonk, N.Y.: M.E. Sharpe, 1984. *Teiwes, F, ''Politics at Mao’s Court'' (Armonk, New York:

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, 1990) *Teiwes, F, ''Politics and Purges in China'' (Armonk, New York: M.E. Sharpe, 1993). *Teiwes, F, Warren Sun ''The Tragedy of Lin Biao, Riding the Tiger During the Cultural Revolution ''(Honolulu:

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, 1996) *Teiwes, F, Sun, W.'' China’s Road to Disaster'' (Armonk, New York: M.E. Sharpe, 1999) *Teiwes, F., Sun, W. ''The End of the Maoist Era: Chinese Politics during the Twilight of the Cultural Revolution, 1972-1976. ''(Armonk, New York: M.E. Sharpe, 2007).

References

External links

Emeritus Professor Frederick Teiwes
The University of Sydney
Professor Frederick Teiwes - China Studies Centre
The University of Sydney

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