How ideology shapes American views of China’s rise—and its Belt and Road Initiative Peter Gries is a Professor of Chinese Politics and the Lee Kai Hung Chair and founding Director of the Manchester China Institute. He has since founded and directed its two signature programs, the UK-China International Photography Award, and the UK-China Diplomatic Dialogue. Prof. Gries earned bachelors and masters degrees in Asian Studies at Middlebury and Michigan, and a PhD in politics from Berkeley. After a two year postdoc at Ohio State, he was assistant professor of politics at the University of Colorado, Boulder for five [...]