Truman-Reagan Freedom Award
2013 – Truman-Reagan Freedom Award
2013 – Harvard Kennedy School Alumni Achievement Award
2012 – CEPOS Freedom Award (The Danish Centre for Political Studies)
2012 – Top 100 Chinese Public Intellectuals of the Year (Boxun News)
Morris Abram Human Rights Award
2012 – Morris Abram Human Rights Award (UN Watch)
2011 – Top 100 Chinese Public Intellectuals of the Year (Boxun News)
2010 – Top 100 Chinese Public Intellectuals of the Year (Boxun News)
2009 – Top 100 Chinese Public Intellectuals of the Year (Boxun News)
2007 – First Freedom Pioneer Award (Beijing Spring)
2007 – Freedom Spirit Award (Independent Federation of Chinese Scholars and Students in the U.S.)
2006 – Democratic Hero Award (Asian-Pacific Foundation for Human Rights in New Zealand)
2003 – Spirituality and Justice Award (All Saints Parish Episcopal Church of Brookline, MA)
2003 – 17th Chinese Democracy Education Foundation Award
2002 – Outstanding Democracy Fighter Award (Chinese Democracy Education Foundation)
1999 – Sun Yat-Sen News and Cultural Award (Sun Yat-Sen Cultural Foundation in the U.S.)
1999 – First Prize in Essay Competition of “Central Daily” in Taiwan
1995 – Recipient of Doctoral Dissertation Grant from the National Science Foundation
1991 – Outstanding Graduate Instructor Award (University of California at Berkeley)
1992 – Recipient of Pacific Cultural Foundation Research Grant
1990 – Outstanding Chinese student in America Award, AU Education Foundation in San Francisco
1986 – Peer advising funds award, Graduate Division, University of California