Suzanne Pepper Explained

Citizenship:	American
Education:	University of California, Berkeley (PhD)
Occupation:	Political scientist, journalist

Suzanne Pepper (1939 – 29 June 2022) was a Hong Kong-based American political scientist and journalist. She was editor of the Chinese University of Hong Kong's China Review from 1995 to 1996.^[1]

Biography

Pepper left the United States for Hong Kong in the 1960s to begin Chinese language studies. There she met fellow languages student VG Kulkarni, an Indian army officer posted to India's consulate in Hong Kong. After several years in New York where they married in 1970, they returned to Hong Kong in 1973.^[2]

Pepper earned a PhD in political science from University of California at Berkeley in 1972. She authored a number of political science works focusing on China in general, and Hong Kong in particular. She was also a founding contributor to Hong Kong Free Press.^[3]

Pepper kept a blog, Hong Kong Focus, which is now maintained by Hong Kong Free Press.^[4]

Pepper was an honorary fellow of the Chinese University of Hong Kong,^[5] and an honorary lifetime member of the Foreign Correspondents Club of Hong Kong.^[6]

Pepper died on 29 June 2022 in Hong Kong, following a short illness.^[7]

Publications

• Book: Pepper, Suzanne . China's Universities: Post-Mao Enrollment Policies and Their Impact on the Structure of Secondary Education: a Research Report . Centre for Chinese Studies, University of Michigan . 1984 . 9780892640461 .
• China's Special Economic Zones: The Current Rescue Bid for a Faltering Experiment . Pepper . Suzanne . Universities Field Staff International . 1986 . Special Economic Zone.
• Book: Pepper . Suzanne . China's Education Reform in the 1980s: policies, issues, and historical perspectives . 1990 . University of California Press . 1557290202.
• Book: The Nationalist Era in China 1927-1949. Cambridge University Press. 1991. Eastman. Lloyd E. Ch'en. Jerome. Pepper. Suzanne. Slyke. Lyman P. 9780521385916.
• Book: Pepper, Suzanne. Civil War in China: The Political Struggle 1945-1949. registration. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. 9780742573659. 1999. ^{[8] [9] [10]}
• Book: Pepper, Suzanne. Radicalism and Education Reform in 20th-Century China: The Search for an Ideal Development Model. Cambridge University Press. 2000. 9780521778602. ^{[11] [12] [13]}
• Book: Pepper, Suzanne. Keeping Democracy at Bay: Hong Kong and the Challenge of Chinese Political Reform. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. 2008. 9780742508774. ^{[14] [15] [16]}

External links

• Hong Kong Focus – Pepper's blog, now maintained by Hong Kong Free Press

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Chinese University Press. Search.
2. Web site: A Man of his Words. Stargardt. Julian. Asia Asset Management. 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141227083637/https://www.asiaasset.com/aam/2014-12/1214_obituary.aspx&gl=hk&client=firefox-b . 2014-12-27 .
3. News: Hong Kong Free Press. Hong Kong Free Press Crowd-Funding Smashes Record. June 2015.
4. News: Burns . John . Suzanne Pepper: an appreciation . Hong Kong Free Press . 6 July 2022.
5. News: ABS-CBN News. China watches Hong Kong vote as protests threatened. 23 March 2017.
6. News: Hong Kong Free Press. Redefining everything: Press Club row offers a glimpse of freedom of speech with Chinese characteristics. 18 August 2018.
7. Web site: Obituary: Remembering political scientist, author and HKFP columnist Suzanne Pepper – 1939–2022. Tom. Grundy. Hong Kong Free Press. 6 July 2022. 7 July 2022.
8. E.. Gourlay, Walter. October 1979. Suzanne Pepper. Civil War in China: The Political Struggle, 1945–1949. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press. 1978. Pp. xxi, 472. $18.50. The American Historical Review. en. 84. 4. 10.1086/ahr/84.4.1126. 1937-5239.
9. Levine. Steven I.. March 1979. Civil War in China: The Political Struggle 1945–1949. By Suzanne Pepper. [Berkeley, Los Angeles and London: University of California Press, 1978. 472 pp. £13·00.]]. The China Quarterly. en. 77. 134–136. 10.1017/S0305741000038996. 154772491 . 1468-2648.
10. Kyoko. Tanaka. 1982. Review of Civil War in China: The Political Struggle, 1945-1949., ; The Chinese Revolution and Liberation of the Cities. The Australian Journal of Chinese Affairs. 7. 7. 194–198. 10.2307/2158834. 2158834.
11. Barry. Keenan. February 1998. Suzanne Pepper. Radicalism and Education Reform in Twentieth-Century China: The Search for an Ideal Development Model. New York: Cambridge University Press. 1996. Pp. ix, 610. $59.95. The American Historical Review. en. 103. 1. 10.1086/ahr/103.1.255. 1937-5239.
12. Nambissan. Geetha B.. 1 February 1999. III Book Reviews : SUZANNE PEPPER, Radicalism and Education Reform in 20th Century China—The Search for an Ideal Development Model, Cambridge University Press, New York, 1996, x + 610 pp. China Report. en. 35. 1. 106–110. 10.1177/000944559903500108. 144838019 . 0009-4455.
13. Kelly. Donald P.. Liu. Judith. May 1998. Sowing the Seeds: Reproduction and Educational Reform in ChinaPower in Education: The Case of Miao University Students and Its Significance for American Culture. Henry T. Trueba, Yali ZouRadicalism and Education Reform in 20th-Century China: The Search for an Ideal Development Model. Suzanne PepperTeacher Education in the People's Republic of China. Rhea A. Ashmore, Zhen Cao. Comparative Education Review. en. 42. 2. 184–196. 10.1086/447496. 147611978 . 0010-4086.
14. Lim. Adelyn. July 2008. Keeping Democracy at Bay: Hong Kong and the Challenge of Chinese Political Reform. Suzanne Pepper. The China Journal. en. 60. 194–195. 10.1086/tcj.60.20648014. 1324-9347.
15. Ma. Ngok. 1 July 2009. Book Review: Suzanne PEPPER, Keeping Democracy at Bay: Hong Kong and the Challenge of Chinese Political Reform. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 2008. x + 448pp., with index. : 978-0-7425-0877-4 (pbk). Price: US$39.95. China Information. en. 23. 2. 344–345. 10.1177/0920203X090230020514. 144421469 . 0920-203X.
16. Vickers. Edward. 2009. Review of Keeping Democracy at Bay: Hong Kong and the Challenge of Chinese Political Reform. China Review. 9. 1. 184–188. 23462189.