Jin Canrong is a Chinese international relations scholar.
16 Facts About Jin Canrong
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Jin Canrong currently serves as professor and vice dean of the School of International Relations of the Renmin University of China.
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Jin Canrong's family was originally from Zhejiang and moved to Wuhan in the 1950s as the factory his father worked had relocated there.
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When Jin was in third grade at school, he was influenced by the movie Undercover and formed a guerilla group with his classmates with himself as leader.
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Originally Jin Canrong wanted to attend Peking University because Mao Zedong worked at the library there.
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At Fudan University, Jin Canrong spent one third of his time studying for his major and the rest reading books on Chinese history and Western philosophy.
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In 1992, Jin Canrong participated in an international visitor program of the United States Information Agency and went to the United States to observe the 1992 United States presidential election for a month.
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Jin Canrong noted while the country had a brilliant economy, it could not be copied or imitated.
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Jin Canrong's trip was extended to two years and he returned to China in 1994 as he felt he was destined to have more success there.
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Jin Canrong wrote his first professional article shortly afterwards which was on the Political Situation in the United States.
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From 1995 to 1998, Jin Canrong wrote for the column of "Focusing on America" on World Affairs.
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From 1996 to 1999, Jin Canrong studied at the School of International Studies at Peking University and received a doctorate.
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In November 2024, Jin Canrong stated that Kamala Harris would have a better chance of winning the 2024 United States presidential election.
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In November 2023, a viral video on Douyin of Jin Canrong spread where he questioned the existence of Aristotle.
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Jin Canrong stated there is no written record from before the 13th century that can prove Aristotle's existence.
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Jin Canrong was criticized by netizens as he had previously stated he disapproved of sending children to study in the United States.