Draft:Angela Huyue Zhang

Angela Huyue Zhang
Born	1981 (age 43–44) Guangdong, China
Education	Chicago Law School (JSD, JD, LLM), Peking University (Bachelor of Laws LLB)
Occupation	Professor of Law at USC Gould School of Law
Spouse	S. Alex Yang

Angela Huyue Zhang (born 1981) is a Professor of Law at the USC Gould School of Law. She is widely recognized as a leading authority on Chinese tech regulation and has written extensively on the subject. Zhang is the author of Chinese Antitrust Exceptionalism: How the Rise of China Challenges Global Regulation and High Wire: How China Regulates Big Tech and Governs Its Economy.

Early Life and Education

Zhang was born and raised in Guangdong, China. She completed her Bachelor of Laws (LLB) at Peking University before moving to the United States to further her studies at the University of Chicago Law School. At Chicago, she earned her LL.M., JD, and JSD. degrees, writing her doctoral dissertation under the supervision of former Judge Richard A. Posner. After obtaining her JD and while pursuing her JSD, Zhang worked as a bankruptcy lawyer at Debevoise & Plimpton in New York and as an antitrust attorney at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton in Brussels.

Career

Zhang began her academic career at King’s College London as a Lecturer in 2013. By 2014, Zhang received a British Academy/Leverhulme Small Research Grant.

In 2017, Zhang joined the Faculty of Law at the University of Hong Kong as an Associate Professor of Law with tenure. During her tenure at HKU, she also served as the Director of the Philip K. H. Wong Center for Chinese Law, contributing to research on Chinese regulatory issues. Zhang’s scholarship earned her multiple accolades, including the University of Hong Kong's Outstanding Young Researcher Award in 2022, two Faculty Research Output Prizes, and two Hong Kong General Research Fund grants. She is also a four-time recipient of the Concurrence Antitrust Writing Award, which selects the best articles published globally in the field of antitrust law each year.

Zhang served as a Global Professor of Law at New York University School of Law in the fall of 2023.

In 2024, she joined the USC Gould School of Law as a Professor of Law with tenure. Zhang’s research interests span law and economics, with a particular focus on transnational legal issues impacting businesses. Her work has been widely published in top international law journals, such as Harvard International Law Journal, Yale International Law Journal, Stanford International Law Journal, and leading peer-reviewed journals like Management Science (journal) and China Quarterly.

Zhang is also a highly sought-after commentator on Chinese regulatory issues. She often speaks at prestigious antitrust conferences in the United States, Europe, and Asia. She is also frequently interviewed by major international media outlets and regularly contributes commentaries to the popular press.

Publications

Chinese Antitrust Exceptionalism: How the Rise of China Challenges Global Regulation

In February 2021, Oxford University Press published Zhang’s first book Chinese Antitrust Exceptionalism: How the Rise of China Challenges Global Regulation. Chinese Antitrust Exceptionalism was named one of the Best Political Economy Books of the Year by ProMarket in 2021. Reviewing the book, Anu Bradford, the author of The Brussels Effect, wrote that “[t]he book is astute, engaging, and highly compelling. It is a timely contribution that is a must-read for anyone interested in antitrust law or China’s role in the global economy." Noah Feldman, the Professor at Harvard Law School, commented Chinese Antitrust Exceptionalism as the “[r]equired reading for anyone interested in China-West relations through the lens of law and real-world politics.”

High Wire: How China Regulates Big Tech and Governs Its Economy

Zhang’s second book, High Wire: How China Regulates Big Tech and Governs Its Economy, released in March 2024. High Wire has been covered in The New York Times , Bloomberg, Wire China, MIT Tech Review and many other international news outlets. Joseph H.H. Weiler, Professor at New York University School of Law, described High Wire as "an indispensable study for those—most of us—who work in the field but to whom China, alongside the other two major regulatory players (the EU and the US), is the least accessible." Tim Wu, former Special Assistant to President Biden for Technology and Competition Policy (2021-2023), praised High Wire as the "single best book for those who need to understand China's regulation of its tech markets—both what has happened, and what will happen. An essential and comprehensive resource in an area where overly simplistic understandings have too often led outsiders astray."

Personal Life

Zhang is married to S. Alex Yang, a professor at the London Business School. Together, they have raised two children and collaborated on several academic papers.