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Kevin Zongzhe Li

Fellow, Center for China Analysis, Asia Society Policy Institute

Kevin Zongzhe Li is a fellow at the Asia Society Policy Institute’s Center for China Analysis. His work covers the political economy of Asia’s energy transition, clean energy supply chains and industrial policy, and the strategies of middle powers under great-power competition, with a particular focus on Indonesia.

Articles by Kevin Zongzhe Li

Economy

Can China burn away Indonesia’s waste crisis?

Indonesia awarded 11 waste-to-energy (WtE) projects in under a year. It should not come at a surprise that Chinese firms won most of them, and are also making inroads in other Southeast Asian capitals. But WtE comes with tradeoffs, say researchers Kevin Zongzhe Li and Genevieve Donnellon-May.

Kevin Zongzhe Li, Genevieve Donnellon-May

15 Sep 2026

Society

Beyond trade: The human ties reshaping Indonesia-China relations

Beyond Chinese infrastructural investment or resources extraction in Indonesia, the web of exchanges formed from building mobility, education and institutional links could help to foster a more holistic approach to building bilateral relations and make them stronger, says analyst Kevin Zongzhe Li.

Kevin Zongzhe Li

28 Apr 2026