--- title: Kerry Brown | TIME description: Kerry Brown is a professor of Chinese Studies and director of the Lau China Institute at King​'s College London. His latest book is Why Taiwan Matters. canonical: https://time.com/author/kerry-brown/ 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/kerry-brown/ 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 --- # Kerry Brown ## Kerry Brown Kerry Brown is a professor of Chinese Studies and director of the Lau China Institute at King​'s College London. His latest book is [_Why Taiwan Matters_](https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250362094/whytaiwanmatters/). ## Kerry Brown *  Nov 28, 2025 ### [The Danger of Japan and China’s Escalating Spat](https://time.com/7337204/japan-china-taiwan-takaichi/) PM Sanae Takaichi's stance on Taiwan could cause tensions with China to spiral out of hand. [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Oct 31, 2025 ### [The Trump-Xi Meeting Was a Win for China](https://time.com/7329834/trump-xi-meeting/) The meeting in South Korea showed that Washington must calibrate its time and tempo to Beijing. [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Sep 4, 2025 ### [How China Is Broadcasting Its Might](https://time.com/7314427/china-parade-xi-putin-kim/) A massive military parade and the SCO summit were the latest signs of Beijing's growing global clout... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jul 29, 2025 ### [How China Could Take Taiwan](https://time.com/7304355/china-invasion-taiwan-2027/) A slow reunification now seems possible. And for that, Beijing just needs to win the psychological w... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jan 13, 2024 ### [Lai Ching-te Won Taiwan's Presidency, But Big Challenges Lie Ahead](https://time.com/6555192/william-lai-ching-te-taiwan-president-future-challenges/) Lai Ching-te of the DPP got over 40% of the vote, but he can’t ignore the 60% who placed their vote ... [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/kerry-brown/","name":"Kerry Brown"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/kerry-brown/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/kerry-brown/"},"name":"Kerry Brown","jobTitle":"Contributor","description":"Kerry Brown is a professor of Chinese Studies and director of the Lau China Institute at King​'s College London. His latest book is Why Taiwan Matters.","url":"https://time.com/author/kerry-brown/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```