I am an Assistant Professor (Presidential Early Career Scholar 校長卓越青年學者) in the Department of Government and International Affairs, Lingnan University, Hong Kong. I attained my Ph.D. degree in Political Science and MPhil in Chinese Studies from the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and a BoSS degree in Asian and International Studies from City University of Hong Kong. 

My research covers state-veteran relations, conflict resolution, political attitudes and behaviors. My research has appeared in peer-reviewed journals such as Comparative Politics, Critical Asian Studies, The China Quarterly, The China Journal, Journal of Contemporary China, The China Review, and Modern China.   

My doctoral dissertation, entitled “sustaining contention: concession and mobilization in China,” investigates the effects of state concessions on popular contention in authoritarian regimes, and draws on a wide variety of data sources, including petition letters, policy documents, fieldwork, and archives, and a self-compiled protest event dataset.

Visiting Fellowships 

• Xiamen University, December 9-14, 2025; Host: Ruoting Zheng; Scheme: Mainland-Hong Kong-Macau Academic Collaboration Scheme, The Ministry of Education, China

• University of California, Berkeley, October 1, 2021-May 31, 2022; Host supervisor: Kevin J. O’Brien; Funding: China-U.S. Scholars Program (CUSP), U.S.A (*12 awardees in Greater China)

• The University of Vienna, Austria, January 1- September 30, 2021; Host supervisor: H. Christoph Steinhardt; Funding: Eurasia-Pacific Uninet Ernst Mach Grant, Austria (*8 awardees in Greater China)

• Soochow University, January 2018; Host: Congmei Shi; Scheme: Mainland-Hong Kong-Macau Academic Collaboration Scheme, The Ministry of Education, China      

Additional Professional Training   

• 2025. ICPSR Summer Program in Quantitative Methods, July 7-August 1, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, U.S.

• 2023. NYU Shanghai Summer School in Applied Social Science Research Methods, July 15-25, New York University Shanghai, Shanghai, China 

• 2022. Social Sciences Methods Hub Postgraduate Summer Workshops (online), The University of Hong Kong, August 1-18, Hong Kong   

• 2021. 2nd RECSM Winter Methods School (online), February 17-26, Barcelona, Spain 

• 2020. Deep Learning Specialization (5 courses), deeplearning.ai (online), U.S.

• 2020. Computational Social Science Specialization (5 courses), UC Davis (online), U.S.

• 2017. LSE-PKU Summer School, Peking University, August 7-18, Beijing, China 

• 2016. IPSA-NUS Methods School, National University of Singapore, July 4-15, Singapore