Education:
Ph.D., Political Science at Université Libre de Bruxelles
Most significant publications in the last 5 years:
- Zhang Xiaotong, Colin Flint, ‘Why and Whither the US-China Trade War?: Not Realist ‘Traps’ but Political Geography ‘Capture’ as Explanation’, (2021), 55, Journal of World Trade, Issue 2, pp. 335-358
- Colin Flint and Zhang Xiaotong, “Historical–Geopolitical Contexts and the Transformation of Chinese Foreign Policy”, The Chinese Journal of International Politics, 2019, 1–38
- “From Wealth to Power: China’s New Economic Statecraft”, The Washington Quarterly, Spring Issue, 2017
Some facts from Dr. Zhang’s employment history
Full Professor, Institute of Belt and Road Initiative & Global Governance, Fudan University, Shanghai, China, 2020-
Full Professor, School of Political Science and Public Administration, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China, 2016-2020
Associate Professor, School of Political Science and Public Administration, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China, 2012-2016
Vice Dean, Institute of International Studies, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China, 2017-2020
Executive Director, Wuhan University Centre for Economic Diplomacy, Wuhan, China, 2013-2020
Executive Director, the Joint Research Centre for Caribbean Studies between Wuhan University and the University of the West Indies – St. Augustine Campus, 2015-2020
Deputy Director, US Desk, Ministry of Commerce, China, 2010-2012