Perry Link (born 1944) (Chinese: 林培瑞; pinyin: Lín Péiruì) is Chancellorial Chair Professor for Innovative Teaching Comparative Literature & Foreign Languages in College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences at University of California, Riverside and Emeritus Professor of East Asian Studies at Princeton University. He specializes in modern Chinese literature and Chinese language. Professor Link is a Harvard University alumnus who received his B.A. in 1966 and his Ph.D. in 1976.
Read more about Perry Link: Tiananmen Papers, Publications
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