Profile:

Dr. Fan Shiming is Professor at the School of International Studies, Peking University, and Associate Dean of Yenching Academy. He teaches International History, Sino-American Relations, and The Politics of International Communication. His research interests focus on image, perception, public opinion, and communication in international relations.

He got his BA (1990), MA (1993), and Ph.D. (1999) in International Politics from Peking University. Dr. Fan was a Visiting Fellow at the Fairbank Center for East Asian Studies at Harvard University (1998), a Visiting Professor at Niigata University, Japan (2002–2003), and a Guest Professor at the University of Oslo (2016).

Education Background:

1999 Peking University Ph.D.  

1993 Peking University M.A.

1990 Peking University B.A.

Research Areas：

Image, perception, public opinion, and communication in international relations；China-US relations; International History

History of International Relations

China-U.S. Relations

News Media and International Relations

Chinese Public Perceptions of the United States

Chinese Public Perceptions of America and Japan during the Post-Cold War Era

Conspiracy Theories in Chinese Public Perceptions of the U.S.

New Media and Political Expression in China

Japan and Sino-Japanese Relations in Chinese Media

Popular, But Not That Positive

Net Opinion and Public Expression in China

Political News: Tibet and the “Tibet Issue” in U.S. Media

Analyzing Clinton’s China Policy

Knowledge as Power and International Relations in the Information Age

Some Chinese Views on U.S.-Japan Economic Friction

International Reporting and Public Opinion Influence of U.S. News Media

American Think Tanks and Foreign Policy

U.S. Media Coverage of the 1999 Fortune Forum

Reasons Behind Hostility Toward China in U.S. Media

A Brief Analysis of NGOs in International Relations

“Humane” Intervention: A New “Clintonism” in U.S. Foreign Policy

U.S. Perceptions of China’s (Security) Image after the Cold War

Anti-Americanism in a Love-Hate Relationship: Chinese Views of the U.S. After the Cold War

The “CNN Phenomenon” and U.S. Diplomacy