Daniel Johanson received his PhD from King’s College, London. His research focuses on how Chinese foreign policy has evolved and adapted to address issues of international concern, specifically on China’s interactions with Sudan, Iran, and North Korea.

Jie Li received his PhD in History at the University of Edinburgh. His doctoral project (Sovietology in Post-Mao China, 1980–1999) examined the Chinese official and intellectual evolving perceptions of Soviet socialism in the 1980s and 1990s. He has published a number of commentaries on contemporary Chinese affairs as well as book reviews and papers on a variety of historical scholarship. He is currently teaching Chinese language and culture in Hong Kong.

Tsunghan Wu is a PhD candidate at the Lau China Institute, King’s College London. His research interests focus on international relations, nationalism, ethnic conflicts and the Tibetan issue. His PhD deals with the politics of China’s nation-building in Tibet in the post-1949 era.