Thorsten J. Pattberg is a German writer, scholar, and cultural critic. He received his PhD in Comparative Studies and World Literature from Peking University. Dr. Pattberg is currently a Visiting Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, University of Tokyo; and a former Research Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Humanistic Studies, Peking University. He has published four monographs.

His articles have been published in Asia Times, Global Times, China Daily, China Today, Shanghai Daily, Korea Herald, The Korea Times, Taipei Times, South China Morning Post, Southern Weekly, Japan Times, People’s Daily, Global Research, Asia Pacific World, Diplomacy Post, Corbett Report, Big Think, RT Russia, and the German Times (Die Zeit); he has given public talks at leading universities in eight countries, and is a member of several academic associations such as the International Association of Comparative Mythology (IACM), the International Association for Comparative Study of China and The West (IACSCW), and the German East Asiatic Society (OAG),

He is an alumnus of Edinburgh University, Fudan University, Harvard University, Tokyo University, and Peking University.

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