Pao-yu Ching (Chinese: 金寶瑜; born Pao-yu Chou; 10 April 1937) is an American Marxist–Leninist–Maoist economist and professor emerita of the Marygrove College.[1] Her works focuses on the socialist transition in Modern China, regarding its economics but also the changes in society, culture and women's rights. She is noted for her critical analysis of the Chinese economic reforms of Deng Xiaoping.[2]
Pao-yu Ching was born in Beijing. She graduated with a B.A. in economics at the National Taichung University of Education in 1960 and emigrated in 1961 to the United States to study at Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, where she graduated with an M.A. in 1963 and a Ph.D. in 1978.[3]
Between 1979 and 2003, she taught economics as a professor at Marygrove College, Detroit, Michigan. She became a Maoist during the Civil Rights Movement.
She has given lectures in Taiwan, China, Hong Kong, The Philippines, Malaysia, Brazil, Argentina, Canada, the United States, Germany, the Netherlands,[4] and France.[5]
Her books and articles are written in English and Chinese and have been translated to six other languages (French, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Tagalog, Turkish). [citation needed]