Emilie Frenkiel, is a former student of the Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lettres et Sciences Humaines. She is a PhD candidate in political studies at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales. Her research focuses on the Chinese contemporary intellectual debate on political change. She has taught and studied in Great-Britain and China. She is an editor of laviedesidees.fr and booksandideas.net.