The University of Sheffield
School of East Asian Studies

Dr. Zhong Zhang

Master of Law (CUPL), LLM, PhD (Manchester)

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Profile

Dr. Zhang is an Academic Research Fellow at the White Rose East Asia Centre. He joined the Centre in September 2007 initially as a Post-doctoral Fellow. Dr. Zhang Studied law in China and passed the national bar examination. He came to the UK to continue education in 2002 after practicing law at a city government in China for 7 years.

Research Interests

Dr. Zhang’s research focuses on corporate governance in China from a legal perspective. Related to this, his research interests lie in two broader areas: Chinese (business) law and Chinese business and management.

Publications

Journal articles
‘Improving Corporate Governance in State-Owned Corporations in China: Which Way Forward?’ (With Lilian Miles), [2006] 6(1) Journal of Corporate Law Studies, pp 213-248.
‘Legal Deterrence: The Foundation of Corporate Governance—Evidence from China’, [2007] 15(5) Corporate Governance—An International Review, pp 741-767.
‘Making the Shareholder Derivative Action Happen in China: How should Lawsuits be Funded?’, [2008] 38(2) Hong Kong Law Journal, 523-562.
Book Chapter
‘Legal Deterrence: The Foundation of Corporate Governance-Evidence from China’, in Joseph Stiglitz (ed.) Institutional Design for China’s Evolving Economy (forthcoming).