Hak Yin Li

Professor of International Relations

Ph.D. – University of Nottingham

Education
2012 Ph.D. – Politics and International Relations, University of Nottingham
2007 M.Phil. – Government and International Studies, Hong Kong Baptist University
2003 B.A. – Government and International Studies, Hong Kong Baptist University
Teaching & Research Interests

World Order Issues, International Relations of the Asia-Pacific, Chinese Foreign Policy, Hong Kong’s International Status, Chinese Politics

Academic Appointments
2019 – Associate Professor, Tokyo International University
2018-2019 Visiting Research Fellow, East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore
2016-2018 Director and Council Member, Hong Kong Political Science Association
2015-2018 Lecturer, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
2013-2014 Lecturer, HKU SPACE Community College
2011-2013 Teaching Associate, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Fellowships & Grants
2018-2019 East Asian Institute Visiting Research Fellow
Selected Publications/Conference Papers
“Hong Kong’s international status at a crossroads” (with Wai Ting), in Wai Man Lam, Percy L. T. Lui, Wilson Wong (editors), Contemporary Hong Kong Government and Politics (Hong Kong University Press, Forthcoming).
“Neutralizing potential enemies: China’s diplomatic persuasion and economic statecraft in Indo-Pacific realignments”, International Studies Association (ISA) Asia-Pacific Region Conference 2023–Global Role of Asia-Indo Pacific in International Relations: Anthropocene, Peace and Security, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan, Aug 10, 2023.
“A critical analysis on the Maritime Silk Road and Indo-Pacific Strategy: Regional integration and diplomatic shifts in the context of China-US relations”, International Studies Association (ISA) Asia-Pacific Region Conference 2023–Global Role of Asia-Indo Pacific in International Relations: Anthropocene, Peace and Security, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan, Aug 8, 2023.
“Conceptualizing Chinese soft-intervention policy towards the Korean Peninsula: Denuclearization, regional stability and geo-strategic competition”, The World Congress for Korean Politics and Society 2023–Korea and a New World Order: Issues, Strategy, and Sustainability, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea, Jun 29-Jul 1, 2023.
China’s New World Order: Changes in the Non-Intervention Policy (Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2021)
“Between public diplomacy and paradiplomacy: Hong Kong’s changing international status”, International Studies Association (ISA) Annual Convention–Globalization, Regionalism and Nationalism: Contending Forces in World Politics, Virtual Platform, Apr 6-9, 2021.
“Hong Kong’s role as a mediator between China and the West: Changes under C. Y. Leung’s Administration” in Joseph Y. S. Cheng (editor), Evaluation of the C.Y. Leung Administration (City University of Hong Kong Press, 2020).
“Leadership in Hong Kong: The fragile “One Country Two Systems” and the China factor” in Lim Tai Wei and Carol Ma (editors), Leadership: Political-economic, Regional Business and Socio-Community Contexts (World Scientific, 2020).
“The evolution of Chinese public diplomacy and the rise of think tanks” (with Seanon Wong), Place Branding and Public Diplomacy, vol.14, iss.1 (2018): 36-46.
“Re-interpreting China’s non-intervention policy towards Myanmar: Leverage, interests and intervention” (with Yongnian Zheng), Journal of Contemporary China, vol.18, no.61 (2009): 617-637.
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