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Book Project
Coercive Statecraft In Disguise
My research investigates how a rising power seeks to use economic statecraft for geopolitical goals and how other states understand and respond to such economic pressure. My manuscript examines China’s economic coercion against foreign governments and multinational companies with a focus on its evolvement and effectiveness, along with the implication to great power rivalry.
Peer Reviewed Publications
When an ant becomes a pest:
The autocrat’s dilemma in an age of weaponized interdependence (With Abraham L. Newman), Review of International Political Economy, Volume 33, Issue 5 (2026). DOI: 10.1080/09692290.2026.2651195
Legality, Legitimacy, and Institutionalization:
Chinese Rethinking about Sanctions and Economic Coercion, Journal of Contemporary China, Volume 34, Issue 152 (2025). DOI: 10.1080/10670564.2024.2354788
Policy Writing and Op-Eds
How China Found its Most Potent Weapon:
The Real Story of Beijing’s Rare-Earth Dominance (With Jessica Chen Weiss), Foreign Affairs, Sept/Oct 2026.
Beijing’s sanctions dilemma: Chinese narratives on economic coercion
In “Lost in translation: Decoding Chinese strategic narratives,” The Brookings Institution, October 21, 2024.
Book Reviews
H-Diplo Robert Jervis International Security Studies Forum Roundtable Review of Ketian Zhang, China’s Gambit: The Calculus of Coercion, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 2023.
Book Review of China’s Weaponization of Trade: Resistance Through Collective Resilience by Victor D. Cha, Ellen Kim, and Andy Lim, Columbia University Press, 2026. Asian Studies Review (March 18, 2026). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/10357823.2026.2644647.
Book Review of China’s Gambit: The Calculus of Coercion by Ketian Zhang, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2023. Pacific Affairs, Volume 99, No. 3 (July 20, 2026) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/0030851X.2026.2700135.
Public Engagements
"Not a Master Plan: The Real History of China's Rare Earth Dominance, with Gloria Xiong and Jessica Chen Weiss", Sinica, Sep 17, 2026.
"Critical Minerals, Technology and the Future of U.S.-China,” Asia Society Northern California, Sept 10, 2026.
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