Research

You may find below my publications, including book, chapters and articles.

You may also see my Google Scholar profile and ResearchGate profile.

• Zhaohui Wang, “All politics is local: sociopolitical regime and China’s railway infrastructure projects in Southeast Asia”, The Pacific Review, forthcoming. pdf

• Zhaohui Wang, “Promise and peril of relational governance for Asian regionalism: evidence from China’s BRI infrastructure development in maritime Southeast Asia”, Asia Europe Journal, forthcoming. pdf

• Linhui Zheng and Zhaohui Wang, “Comparative politics of central-local relations in Southeast Asia: historical evolution and contemporary development” [《比较政治视野下的东南亚国家央地关系：历史演进与现实发展》], Journal of Modernization Studies [《国家现代化建设研究》], forthcoming.

• Zhaohui Wang, “Navigating the asymmetricity: Indonesia’s trade relations with China from 2013 to 2022” [“Menavigasi relasi asimetris: hubungan dagang Indonesia dengan Tiongkok pada 2013-2022”], in Hayati Nufus, Lidya C. Sinaga and Xue Song (eds.), Reflection on a Decade of the Belt and Road Initiative: Opportunities and Challenges of Indonesia-China Cooperation [Refleksi Satu Dekade Belt and Road Initiative: Peluang dan Tantangan Kerja Sama Indonesia-Tiongkok], Indonesian Obor Library Foundation [Yayasan Pustaka Obor Indonesia], 2024, 157-176. pdf

• Zhaohui Wang, “Infrastructure and politics: why the Belt and Road Initiative proceeded differently in Malaysia and Indonesia”, Asia Pacific Viewpoint, 2023, 64(2), 144-157. pdf

• Zhaohui Wang, “The development of Area Studies in Britain and its implications: An investigation of SOAS, University of London” [《英国区域研究史及若干思考——基于对伦敦大学亚非学院的考察》], The Journal of International Studies [《国际政治研究》], 2023, (4), 107-130. pdf

• Zhaohui Wang, “The development of Southeast Asian studies in Britain and its implications” [《当代英国东南亚研究历史、现状与启示——以东南亚政治研究为重点》], Southeast Asian Studies: A Quarterly Journal of Translations [《南洋资料译丛》], 2023, (3), 63-77. pdf

• Youwei Shi, Jianfei Yang and Zhaohui Wang, “A poliheuristic analysis of Mahathir government’s decision making on the East Coast Rail Link project” [《马哈迪政府对东海岸铁路项目决策研究——基于多元启发理论视角》], Malaysian Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences [《马来西亚人文与社会科学学报》], 2023, 12(1), 1-20. pdf

• Zhaohui Wang and Yuheng Fu, “Local politics and fluctuating engagement with China: analysing the Belt and Road Initiative in Maritime Southeast Asia”, The Chinese Journal of International Politics, 2022, 15(2), 163-182. pdf

• Zhaohui Wang, “Bringing Max Weber back in: promoting the combination and development of area studies and social sciences” [《重新找回韦伯: 区域研究与社会科学的融合与发展》], Journal of International Relations [《国际关系研究》], 2022, 56(2), 109-128. pdf

• Zhaohui Wang, International Political Economy of China’s Exchange Rate Policy Making (Springer, 2021). pdf

• Zhaohui Wang and Zhiqiang Sun, “From globalization to regionalization: the United States, China, and the post-Covid-19 world economic order”, Journal of Chinese Political Science, 2021, 26(1), 69-87. pdf

• Zhaohui Wang and Hong Zhao, “Relational governance in rhetoric and reality: explanations and problems of China’s Belt and Road Initiative from the relational perspective”, Globalizations, 2021, 18(4), 650-666. pdf

• Zhaohui Wang, “Understanding the Belt and Road Initiative from the Relational Perspective”, Chinese Journal of International Review, 2021, 3(1), 1-26. pdf

• Zhaohui Wang and Zhiqiang Sun, “Government turnover, ethnic politics and Malaysian Pakatan Harapan government’s China policy” [《政党更替、族群政治与马来西亚希盟政府对华政策调整》], Comparative Political Studies [《比较政治学研究》], 2021, 20(1), 217-244. pdf

• Zhiqiang Sun and Zhaohui Wang, “Belt and Road Initiative: China’s program under the global governance in transition” [《“一带一路”倡议：全球治理体系转型下的中国方案》], The Journal of State Governance [《国家治理研究》], 2021, (1), 101-141.

• Zhiqiang Sun and Zhaohui Wang, “The Trump phenomenon and the global trade order in transition: a Neo-Gramscian perspective” [《全球贸易秩序变迁中的“特朗普现象”：一种新葛兰西主义的视角》], Nanjing University Asia-Pacific Review [《南大亚太评论》], 2020, 3(1), 275-329. pdf

• Hong Zhao and Zhaohui Wang, “Political economy analysis of China’s investment in Malaysia” [《中国对马来西亚投资的政治经济学分析》], Southeast Asian Studies [《东南亚研究》], 2020, (4), 125-138. pdf

• Zhaohui Wang and Jinghan Zeng, “From economic cooperation to strategic competition: understanding the US-China trade disputes”, Journal of Chinese Political Science, 2020, 25(1), 49-69. pdf

• Zhaohui Wang, “Understanding Trump’s trade policy with China: international pressures meet domestic politics”, Pacific Focus, 2019, 34(3), 376-407. pdf

• Zhaohui Wang, “Will China Reshape the World Order After the Global Economic Crisis?”, in Cristina Montalvão Sarmento (ed.), Plunging into Turmoil in the Aftermath of Crisis, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2018, 137-162.

• Zhaohui Wang, “The resumption of China’s exchange rate reform and the internationalization of RMB between 2010 and 2013”, Journal of Contemporary China, 2017, 26(108), 852-869. pdf

• Zhaohui Wang, “The economic rise of China: rule-taker, rule-maker or rule-breaker?”, Asian Survey, 2017, 57(4), 595-617. pdf

• Zhaohui Wang, “China’s exchange rate policy making: international pressures meet domestic politics”, Asian Studies Review, 2017, 41(1), 20-39. pdf