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Zhou Wenxing

Zhou Wenxing

Associate Professor, School of International Studies; Assistant Dean, Huazhi Institute for Global Governance, Nanjing University
Zhou Wenxing is an Associate Professor at the School of International Studies and Assistant Dean of the Huazhi Institute for Global Governance at Nanjing University. He was a Rajawali Asia Fellow at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, from 2017 to 2018. Dr Zhou received his LL.M. in International Relations from Wuhan University and his DPhil in Public Administration from Shanghai Jiao Tong University. He also studied at the Université libre de Bruxelles as a joint master’s student and at Harvard University as a joint PhD student. His recent research focuses on China-US relations and the Taiwan question. He is the author of Explaining Taiwan’s Chinese Mainland Policy Change: A Punctuated Equilibrium Perspective (Palgrave Macmillan, 2026).

Articles by Zhou Wenxing

Politics

Chinese academic: The US should set out to change itself, not China

Zhou Wenxing observes that the Biden administration needs to turn a new page on US-China relations. One way to do this would be to go with a derivative of the US's engagement policy of the past. Only this time, it should not seek to change China, but change its own view of how cooperation and peaceful coexistence with China can be achieved in the next decade and beyond.

Zhou Wenxing

04 Jan 2021

Politics

Failed 'coercive diplomacy'? Beijing might harden its stance on Taiwan after Czech delegation's visit

Was the recent visit of a Czech delegation led by Senate speaker Miloš Vystrčil penny wise but pound foolish? Zhou Wenxing analyses that the Czech visit may encourage further visits by democratic countries in a show of solidarity, but it is just such visible moves that might make Beijing go on the offensive.

Zhou Wenxing

08 Sep 2020

Politics

Will the US abandon Taiwan?

Academics Zhou Wenxing and Wang Weinan observe the hard truth that Taiwan is often used as a strategic card to be played in the US's relationship with China. While Biden seems to be the safer pair of hands on Taiwan policy, if Trump gets re-elected, Taiwan may be entering a game of high risk but high returns. Either way, Taiwan will have to watch for which way the political vane turns, as the winds moving them are rarely in their control.

Zhou Wenxing, Wang Weinan

06 Aug 2020