Tonatiuh Fierro  is currently a PhD student in Social and Political Sciences at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM). He holds an MA in Asian and African Studies from El Colegio de México and his research focuses on China’s foreign policy, principally towards Latin America. His writing has appeared in Foreign Affairs Latinoamérica, Nexos, and other publications. You can follow Tonatiuh Fierro on twitter @FierroTonatiuh.