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Angela Huyue Zhang is Professor of Law at the University of Southern California, where she writes and teaches at the intersection of law, technology, and geopolitics. More specifically, she studies the institutional dynamics of regulation and governance, with a current focus on U.S.–China technological rivalry and the global regulation of artificial intelligence. Angela is the author of two critically acclaimed books: Chinese Antitrust Exceptionalism: How the Rise of China Challenges Global Regulation (Oxford University Press, 2021) and High Wire: How China Regulates Big Tech and Governs Its Economy (Oxford University Press, 2024).
Before joining the University of Southern California, Angela taught at the University of Hong Kong, New York University School of Law, and King’s College London. Earlier in her career, Angela practiced law for six years in Asia, United States and Europe. She earned her LLB from Peking University and her LLM, JD, and JSD from the University of Chicago Law School.
Books

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Analyses Chinese antitrust law in the broader context of China's developing global economic presence
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Explores the ways in which bureaucratic missions, cultures, and structures of administrative agencies can play a crucial role in shaping the enforcement agenda, investigative approach, and final regulatory outcomes in China
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Describes how Chinese antitrust law can be transformed into a powerful economic weapon to counter aggressive U.S. sanctions
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Examines the new difficulties that Chinese firms will encounter as the U.S. and E.U. regulators tighten scrutiny over investment and trade from China
A Best Political Economy Book of the Year by Promarket
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Provides an in-depth analysis of the three key areas of platform regulation in China including antitrust, data and labor enforcement
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Examines the shrewd self-regulatory schemes employed by Chinese tech titans and their co-regulation with the State
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Compares Chinese tech regulation with the rapidly evolving regulatory landscape in the United States and the European Union
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Offers a prediction of China's future tech governance, with a special focus on artificial intelligence
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Introduces a new analytical framework to study the dynamic complexity in Chinese regulatory governance
Latest Articles
The Sixth Layer: The Legal Infrastructure for Physical Artificial Intelligence in China
Berkeley Journal of International Law, Vol. 45 (2027, forthcoming)
Strategic Restraint in China's Extraterritorial Legal Statecraft
American Journal of International Law Unbound, Vol. 120 (2026)
Latest Public Engagements
Op-Eds
Democracy vs. Data Centers , Project Syndicate, Jun 1, 2026
The Global AI Threat Has Arrived, Project Syndicate, Apr 21, 2026
The Rise of the Chinese Platform State, Project Syndicate, Mar 27, 2026
Interviews
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Can China Dominate AI exports, too?, The Economist, July 23, 2026
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Interview of the Week: Angela Zhang On How China Emulates Platform Companies, The Innovator, July 20 2026
Podcast
The Platform State: Angela Zhang and Alex Yang on How China Really Governs Its Economy, Sinica Podcast, July 8, 2026
