--- title: Frank Dikötter | TIME description: Frank Dikötter is Chair Professor of Humanities at the University of Hong Kong and Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution. His books have changed the way historians view China. His newest work, China After Mao: The Rise of a Superpower, is out in paperback now. canonical: https://time.com/author/frank-dikotter/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/author/frank-dikotter/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: profile twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Frank Dikötter ## Frank Dikötter Frank Dikötter is Chair Professor of Humanities at the University of Hong Kong and Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution. His books have changed the way historians view China. His newest work, [_China After Mao: The Rise of a Superpower_](https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/china-after-mao-9781639732852/), is out in paperback now. ## Frank Dikötter *  Feb 26, 2024 ### [Red China Never Went Away](https://time.com/6758445/red-china-xi-jinping/) The CCP has never been interested in democracy. Just read the country's constitution, listen to its ... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/frank-dikotter/","name":"Frank Dikötter"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/frank-dikotter/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/frank-dikotter/"},"name":"Frank Dikötter","jobTitle":null,"description":"Frank Dikötter is Chair Professor of Humanities at the University of Hong Kong and Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution. His books have changed the way historians view China. His newest work, China After Mao: The Rise of a Superpower, is out in paperback now.","url":"https://time.com/author/frank-dikotter/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```