Profile：

Chen Changwei, a Tenured Associate Professor at Peking University’s School of International Studies, specializes in Chinese foreign policy, Sino-U.S. relations, and Cold War-era politics and diplomacy in the Indo-Pacific. His publications include Australia’s Pursuit of an Independent Foreign Policy under the Whitlam Labor Government: The Achievements and Limitations of a Middle Power (Routledge, 2023), as well as forthcoming works on U.S.–Taiwan relations during the Cold War (in Chinese) and Sino-U.S. relations in the 1960s (co-authored, in Chinese). His research has been featured in prestigious journals, including Historical Research, The Chinese Journal of American Studies, Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History, and Australian Journal of Politics and History. At Peking University, he teaches courses on China’s foreign relations, diplomatic theory and practice, global affairs, and research methodology. His work has received funding from institutions such as the National Office for Philosophy and Social Sciences, China’s Ministry of Education, and Peking University’s Institute of Area Studies. Beyond academia, Professor Chen serves on the council of the Diplomatic History Society of China and has held visiting professorships at the National University of Public Service (Hungary), the University of Pavia (Italy), and the University of Naples “L’Orientale” (Italy).

Research Areas：

Chinese Diplomacy, Diplomatic History, Diplomatic Theory

Undergraduate courses:

1. Social Science Methodology

2. Foreign Relations of the People’s Republic of China

3. Chinese Diplomacy and International Affairs from a Local Perspective

Graduate courses:

1. Chinese Politics and Diplomacy

2. Diplomatic Theory and Practice

3. Cultural Dimensions of Chinese Diplomacy

Books：

Changwei Chen, Australia’s Pursuit of an Independent Foreign Policy under the Whitlam Labor Government: The Achievements and Limitations of a Middle Power (Abingdon, Oxon; New York, N.Y.: Routledge, 2023).

Changwei Chen, Niu Dayong: Walking on the Brink of War: US-Taiwan Differences in the Early Cold War, Beijing: Jiuzhou Press (to be published).

Niu Dayong, Chen Changwei: Across the Ocean: A Case Study of the US Thawing Relations with China from 1961 to 1969, Peking University Press (to be published).

Papers：

Changwei Chen, “Realism in Whitlam’s Foreign Policy,” Journal of Australian Studies, Vol. 46, Issue 4 (2022), pp.465-481.

Changwei Chen, "Rupture or Continuity? The Evolving Australian Approach to the Five Power Defense Arrangements from Gorton to Whitlam," History Australia, Vol. 19, Issue 2 (2022), pp.247-266.

Changwei Chen, “‘To Dust Off the Cobwebs’: The Whitlam Government’s Failure to Completely Abolish Appeals From Australian Courts to the Privy Council,” The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History, Vol. 49, Issue 1 (2021), pp.178-200.

Chen Changwei, Nikola Stojanović, “China’s Choice of Strategic Partners within the 17+1 Initiative,” in Mapping China’s Global Future: Playing Ball or Rocking the Boat? edited by Axel Berkofsky and Giulia Sciorati, 80-99, Milano, Italy: Ledizioni LediPublishing, 2020.

Changwei Chen, “A Diplomatic Tightrope: the Whitlam Government and the Diego Garcia Dilemma”, The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History, Vol. 42, Issue 3 (2014), pp.530-550.

Changwei Chen, “Shifting Interests – Whitlam, Britain and French Nuclear Tests in the South Pacific”, Australian Journal of Politics and History, Vol. 59, No. 2 (2013), pp.196-211.

Chen Changwei: "Communication Mechanism of the US-Taiwan Alliance during the Cold War - Taking the Correspondence between Chiang Kai-shek and the US President as an Example", "International Political Studies" 2025 No. 1 (February 2025), pp. 134-160.

Chen Changwei: "US-Taiwan Communication on Chiang Kai-shek in the Late Period of Johnson’s Presidency