Dr. Tianliang Zhang (章天亮) is Senior Fellow, Consilium Institute and Professor at Fei Tian College. Dr. Zhang is host of YouTube channel “@TianLiangTimes” (天亮時分) and “@TianliangZhang” (天亮論政). Starting from April 2019, his channel has attracted more than 600K subscribers and more than 250 million views as of May 2025, covering a variety of topics, including politics, economy, international relations, public policy, history, religion, and culture.
He co-authored several influential books on Communism, which have been translated into more than 20 languages and distributed worldwide. He is a keynote speaker for Discussions on Chinese Communist Party Culture (《漫談黨文化》), a twenty-seven-episode talk show that potentially reached tens of millions of people in mainland China due to its secret yet widespread distribution. In 2022, he published a two-volume textbook titled Chinese Civilization, followed by a 66-episode lecture series on The Qin and Han Dynasties in 2024. He also authored the full-length novel Transcending the Secular World (《出塵》, 2003), and a collection of commentary articles titled Peaceful Transition Path of China (《中國的和平轉型之路》, 2010). He produced a historical lecture series called A Grand View on Chinese History (《笑談風雲》). With over 100 hours of lectures, Dr. Zhang covers all major figures and events from the prehistoric era to the end of the Ming Dynasty (1644 AD). He also wrote the librettos for two operas, served as executive producer for a documentary, and worked as a film producer and screenwriter. Zhang received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from George Mason University in 2007. He was also a contributor for Voice of America and Radio Free Asia, and a columnist for the Epoch Times. He is the founder and executive director of Tianliang Alliance, a non-profit organization.