Kang Siqin is an Honorary Lecturer at the Department of Politics and Public Administration, the University of Hong Kong. He received his Ph.D. in Politics at the University of Hong Kong. Before joining HKU, he obtained a Master of Philosophy degree in Social Science from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. His research interests include state capacity, authoritarianism, and public opinion, with a special focus on China. His work has been published in Political Research Quarterly, and Journal of Contemporary China.