Jiang Xueqin
江学勤[ph 1]
Born 1976 (age 49–50)
Guangdong, China[1]
Citizenship Canada[2]
Education Yale University (BA)
Occupations Educator, writer, historian, geopolitical analyst, YouTuber
Years active 2000s–present time
Known for Education reform in China
Predictive History YouTube channel
Geopolitical forecasting lectures
Notable work Creative China (《创新中国教育》) (2014)
Website Predictive History

Jiang Xueqin (Chinese: 江学勤[ph 1]; pinyin: Jiāng Xuéqín; born 1976[ph 2]), also known as Professor Jiang, is a Chinese-Canadian educator and writer based in Beijing, China. Jiang has worked in journalism, documentary filmmaking, international development (including positions with the United Nations), and education reform.[3] He has been a teacher at Moonshot Academy, Beijing, since 2022. Jiang is known for his YouTube channel Predictive History.[4] He attracted international attention after his predictions of the re-election of Donald Trump in 2024 and escalating U.S. involvement toward conflict with Iran in 2026.[4][5][6]

Early life and education

Jiang emigrated from China to Canada with his family when he was young.[2] The family settled in Toronto. His father is a short-order cook, and his mother is a seamstress.[7] Jiang graduated from Yale in 1999 with a degree in English literature.[8] Jiang holds Canadian citizenship.[7][1]

Career

In 1998, while still studying as an undergraduate at Yale, Jiang worked his first teaching job, a six-month stint at the Affiliated High School of Peking University.[7] In 2000, Jiang moved to Beijing where he works as a freelance journalist. Jiang writes for publications such as the American Christian Science Monitor and the Hong Kong-based Far Eastern Economic Review.[1]

In 2002, while contracted to the U.S.-funded Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), Jiang was detained for two days by police in Daqing, Heilongjiang, while reporting on a labor protest. A friend claimed that he was accused of "making illegal video recordings" and suspected of spying. No charges were filed, and Jiang was deported from China on 5 June 2002.[1]

Jiang has also held senior administrative and teaching positions at several prominent Chinese secondary schools, including:

  • Deputy Principal, Shenzhen Middle School (2008–2010)[9]
  • Program Director, Peking University High School International Division (2010–2012)
  • Tsinghua University's Affiliate High School (2014)[7]
  • History and Philosophy Teacher, Moonshot Academy Beijing (2022-present).[ph 1]

He is a researcher with the Global Education Innovation Initiative at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (RSA), and has served on the selection committee for the Global Teacher Prize.[8][10]

His writing has appeared in The New York Times (Chinese edition), China Youth Daily, The Wall Street Journal, and The Chronicle of Higher Education.[3]

YouTube channel

Jiang is the creator and principal lecturer of the YouTube channel Predictive History, which he launched prior to 2024.[ph 3]

His three main series are:

  • "Civilization", a series of lectures tracing the evolution of human societies with particular emphasis on belief systems;
  • "Geo-Strategy", a series of lectures on geopolitics.
  • "Secret History", a series of lectures about the history of secret societies and their influence on global politics.

Jiang also has a course Western Philosophy that has been recorded and uploaded to his YouTube channel.[5]

Jiang's Geo-Strategy episode, The Iran Trap (2024), attracted international attention after several of its major predictions, including the re-election of Donald Trump in 2024 and escalating U.S. involvement toward conflict with Iran in 2026.[5][6] In March 2026, Jiang gained more public attention with his predictions that the US would lose the conflict.[4]

Publications

Xueqin, Jiang (23 November 2017). "China's media enables tyranny and corruption". CNN. Archived from the original on 9 February 2026.

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Canadian journalist expelled for investigating workers' strikes | RSF". Reporters Without Borders. 11 June 2002.
  2. ^ a b "我花四年考入耶鲁，却用了十年才走出它带来的迷茫" [It took me four years to get into Yale, but ten years to emerge from the confusion it brought me.]. Sohu (in Chinese). 21 July 2021. Retrieved 10 January 2026.
  3. ^ a b "Who Is Jiang Xueqin? Professor's viral video from 2024 predicted Trump's return and U.S. role in Israel-Iran war". The Financial Express. 23 June 2025. Retrieved 10 January 2026.
  4. ^ a b c Calso, Angel R. (5 March 2026). "Prof. Jiang Xueqin's startling prediction: Why Iran could triumph in a war against the US and Israel". BusinessMirror (Opinion). Manila, Philippines.
  5. ^ a b c "The Professor Who Predicted Trump's Return and War With Iran". Newsweek. 24 June 2025. Retrieved 10 January 2026.
  6. ^ a b "Chinese History professor's viral prediction of Trump re-election, Iran war stuns netizen". WION. 2025. Retrieved 10 January 2026.
  7. ^ a b c d Johnson, Ian (8 April 2014). "Solving China's Schools: An Interview with Jiang Xueqin". The New York Review.
  8. ^ a b "Research Team: Xueqin Jiang". Global Education Innovation Initiative (Research Team profiles). Harvard Graduate School of Education. Retrieved 10 January 2026.
  9. ^ Wei, Xiaohan (11 June 2022). "Bitter Lessons From a Chinese Education Reformer". Sixth Tone. Archived from the original on 14 January 2026. Retrieved 14 January 2026.
  10. ^ "Jiang Xueqin". Big Think (Profile page). Retrieved 10 January 2026.

Primary sources

  1. ^ a b c "江学勤 Xueqin Jiang 英语老师，哲学老师" [Jiang Xueqin, English teacher, philosophy teacher]. Moonshot Academy (Profile page). 北京市朝阳区林萃路2号国家网球中心莲花球馆 [Lotus Hall, National Tennis Center, No. 2 Lincui Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing]
  2. ^ "Civilization BONUS: Meet Professor Jiang". YouTube. 12 June 2025.
  3. ^ Predictive History. YouTube. Retrieved 10 January 2026.