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Dingxin Zhao

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Dingxin Zhao (Chinese: 赵鼎新; born 1953) is a Chinese sociologist and the Max Palevsky Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the University of Chicago.[1] His book, The Power of Tiananmen State-Society Relations and the 1989 Beijing Student Movement, is widely considered the definitive work on the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre.[2] He is also a former mathematical ecologist,[3] and has doctorates in both entomology and sociology.[4] His areas of specialization include political sociology and the sociology of social movements.

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  1. ^ "Dingxin Zhao". University of Chicago Division of the Social Sciences. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
  2. ^ "University of Chicago Press Books".
  3. ^ Graeme Wood. "The Next Decade Could Be Even Worse". The Atlantic.
  4. ^ Qin Chen (2000). "Dingxin Zhao's Home Page". University of Chicago.