Ziang Liu 

About Me: 

I work on Chinese and global socioeconomic history. My research covers state-building, labour history, and long-run living standards between the 15th and the 20th centuries.

Fields:  Chinese Economy in the Long Run; Global Economic History

  Labour Market, Wages, and Long Run Living Standard

  Institution, Public Finance, and State Governance

  Calculative Practices & Social Studies of Quantification

Associate Fellow, Royal Historical Society

2024/25   - Lecturer in Modern Economic History

     (King's College London)

2023/24   - Postdoctoral Research Fellow

     (University of Hong Kong)

2022/23  - UK Economic and Social Research Council Early Career Fellow

               (London School of Economics)

Contact: ziang.liu@kcl.ac.uk

• "Wages, labour markets, and living standards in China, 1530-1840"

 Explorations in Economic History 92 (2024): 101569.

• "与人口赛跑：重视前现代中国与英国人口与生产力的长期趋势"

(Racing with population: Revisiting the long run population and productivity in early modern China and England)

胡思捷, 刘紫昂. 清史研究 1 (2025): 35-46.

• Measuring The Early Modern and Modern Chinese Economy: Data, Method, and Limit

Peng, Kaixiang, and Ziang Liu ed.

(Palgrave Macmillan, upcoming)

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• China must avoid Europe’s mistakes and stand up against rising extremism

South China Morning Post (香港南華早報)

• China’s plan to unify its domestic market will create cohesion, but at the expense of local needs

South China Morning Post (香港南華早報)

• Amid transatlantic tension, the EU has reason to reshape its relationship with China

South China Morning Post (香港南華早報)

• 英国可以脱欧但难以离开欧洲

新加坡联合早报 (Lianhe Zaobao)

• 中澳贸易冲突难解

新加坡联合早报 (Lianhe Zaobao)