Dr. Li Mingjiang is a nonresident scholar at Carnegie China, Carnegie’s East Asia-based research center on contemporary China. He is an associate professor and provost’s chair in international relations at S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. He is the coordinator of the PhD programme and deputy head of graduate studies at RSIS. He is also deputy chair of NTU 8th Senate.
He received his Ph.D. in political science from Boston University. His main research interests include Chinese foreign policy, China-ASEAN relations, Sino-U.S. relations, global governance, and Asia-Pacific security. He is the author (including editor and co-editor) of 15 books. His recent books are China’s Economic Statecraft (World Scientific, 2017) and New Dynamics in US-China Relations: Contending for the Asia Pacific (lead editor, Routledge, 2014). He has published papers in various peer-reviewed outlets including Journal of Contemporary Asia, International Relations of the Asia Pacific, World Development, China International Strategy Review, the China Review, International Affairs, Asian Perspective, Asian Politics & Policy, Asian Security, Oxford Bibliographies, Journal of Asian Security and International Affairs, Journal of Strategic Studies, Global Governance, Cold War History, Journal of Contemporary China, the Chinese Journal of International Politics, the Chinese Journal of Political Science, China: An International Journal, China Security, Harvard Asia Quarterly, Security Challenges, etc.
Patriotic and nationalist sentiments have been co-opted by self-media and social media platforms to generate profit. This has given rise to a traffic-driven business of cyber nationalism that relies on extreme xenophobic rhetoric.
In the current conflict with the Philippines, Beijing’s strategy appears to be maximally leveraging gray zone tactics to exhaust the survival of the Filipino vessel on the Second Thomas Shoal.
Beijing’s reaction to Washington’s proposed ban on TikTok could manifest in three distinct scenarios.
Recent reports indicate that Chinese state-owned defense companies are shipping navigation equipment, jamming technology, and jet-fighter parts to sanctioned Russian government-owned defense companies.
Join Carnegie for a conversation featuring Alexander Gabuev, Li Mingjiang, Hoang Thi Ha, and Paul Haenle on the state of China-Russia relations, as well as the implications for Southeast Asia.
