Rate My Professor Jia Gao

Gao has authored and edited several influential books that highlight his expertise in these areas. Key publications include Aspirational Chinese in Competitive Social Repositionings: A Re-Analysis of Societal Dynamics from 1964 to 2000 (2025 edition), The Braking Mechanism in Mao-era Politics: Actions by Military Leaders after 1958 (2025), Going to Yan’an: The Making of China’s New Ruling Class (2023), Chinese Immigration and Australian Politics: A Critical Analysis on a Merit-Based Immigration System (Palgrave Macmillan, 2020), Social Mobilisation in Post-Industrial China: The Case of Rural Urbanisation (2019), Chinese Migrant Entrepreneurship in Australia from the 1990s: Case Studies of Success in Sino-Australian Relations (Elsevier, 2015), and Chinese Activism of a Different Kind (Brill, 2013). His works have been published by leading academic presses and address critical aspects of Chinese social transformations, migration patterns since the late 1980s, and historical political mechanisms. Gao's research outputs, totaling over 50 publications, reflect his impact on studies of contemporary China and transnational Chinese communities.