About Zhang Xiaoyu

Historian of Technology and Civilization

  • Award-winning author of the "Civilization Trilogy" 
  • Researcher at East China Normal University and Tencent Think Tank member 

Dr. Zhang studied at Renmin University, Peking University, and Freie Universität Berlin. His research spans political philosophy, history, and the relationship between technology and society. He is known for his interdisciplinary "convergence" perspective and the groundbreaking theory of "Production-Side Politics," which reinterprets civilizational evolution through the lens of industrial and technological development.