Profile:

Dr. Liu Haifang got her Ph.D. in African History from Peking University. She is currently Associate Professor at the School of International Studies, Director of the Institute of Asian and African Studies, and Director of the Center for African Studies at Peking University. She previously worked at the Institute of West Asian and African Studies of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. Dr. Liu has also held visiting scholar positions at the Institute of Social Studies (ISS) in The Hague, the University of Oslo, the Institute of African Studies at Carleton University in Canada, and the Center for China Studies in South Africa.

Research Areas：

Dr. Liu's research focuses on African politics and international relations, international development cooperation, China-Africa economic and cultural cooperation (especially in agriculture), race issues in international relations, global migration, and sustainable development in Africa. She has conducted long-term studies on the TAZARA Railway, Angola, and South Africa. Her current research projects include China-Africa sustainable development cooperation, youth development in Africa, and African perceptions of China. She has led or participated in nearly 20 ministerial-level research projects and has published dozens of academic papers and research reports in both Chinese and English.

Individually teaches three courses, namely, African Politics & International Relations (for undergraduates), Comprehensive African Studies (in Chinese for MA students) and Comprehensive African Studies (in English for International MA programs). Also jointly teaches Theories and Methodologies in Afro-Asian Studies for MA students，International Politics &Area Studies for Ph. D students.

Books & Book Chapters:
A translation of A General History of Africa (by J. Fage), Beijing: China’s Youth Publishing House, 2013.
Book chapter: “Drivers of Changes and Developments: a Research on Angolan Civil Society” .
Book chapter: “From Resource curse to Resource bless: a Research on Post-war Angolan Development”, in African Dream (edited by Li Anshan), Nanjing: Jiangsu People’s Publishing House, 2013.l
Book chapter: “The untold China–Angola story: the evolution of Chinese perceptions of Angola and Sino-Angolan relations”, in China-Angola, a Convenient Relationship? (eds. by Marcus Power, Ana Alves), Oxford: Fahamu Publishing house, 2012, pp.162.-178.
Book chapter: “Mapping the New Migrants between China & Africa: Theoretical and methodological challenges”, Internal and International Migration of China (eds. by Laurence Roulleau-Berger & Li Peilin, London: Routledge, 2012.
Book chapter: “Railway Time: Technology Transfer & The Role of Chinese Experts in The History of TAZARA, in African Engagements (eds. by Ton Dietz et. Al.) , Leiden: Brill Publishing，2011.”
Book chapter: “China’s development cooperation with Africa: Historical and cultural perspectives”, in The Rise of China and India in Africa (eds. by Cheru & Obi )，Uppsala, Sweden: Zed Book, 2010.
Guide to the World States: Angola, Beijing：Social sciences academic press, 2006.

Journal Articles:

“Africa and BRICS: Expecting another World”, China's Review of International Strategy 2013, Beijing: World Affairs Publishing House.

“From China Mode of Development Aid towards Public Diplomacy in Globalized Era: How to tell story of Chinese Scholarship towards Africa”, Contemporary World, 2013.3, pp.54-7.

“Africa’s Emerging Endogenous Dynamics and New Ideas on Sino-African Cooperation”, China's Review of International Strategy 2012 (English version), Beijing: World Affairs Publishing House, 2012.

“Africa’s Emerging Endogenous Dynamics and New Ideas on Sino-African Cooperation”, China's Review of International Strategy 2012 (Chinese version), Beijing: World Affairs Publishing House, 2012.

“A reflection of China’s African Diplomacy: Overseas Youth Volunteers as a case”, Contemporary World, 2012.3, pp.54-7.

“Reflections on Angolan Post-Conflict Reconstruction & China-Angola Coope-ration”, Foreign Affairs Review, 2011.2, pp. 38-50.

“New trends of China-African Relations after the Financial Crisis”, China's Review of International Strategy 2011 (Chinese version), Beijing: World Affairs Publishing House, 2011.  

“Continuities, Readjustments and New Explorations：A Deep Reading of the Fourth FOCAC Action Plan”, Pambazuka News.

“Hosting Africans, whether Chinese are ready?” China Monitor（South Africa），March 2009

“China-Africa Relations through the Prism of Culture: The Dynamics of China’s Culture Diplomacy with Africa”, China Aktuelle, Vol.3, 2008, pp.9-44.        

“Crossing the Divide: Studies of Sino-African Relationship from an Open Perspective of Social Sciences”, World Economics and Politics, 2008. 9, pp.45-51.

“China and Africa: Transcending ‘Threat Or Boon’”, China Monitor（South Africa），March 2006.

“Chinese Song of ‘Chimurenga'---The first Chinese Female Minister in African History”, Beijing Review, December-30-2006

Reports:

FOCAC Twelve Years Later-Achievements, challenges and the way forward (co-authored with Li Anshan, et al.), Uppsala: Nordic African Institute, 2012.

The Operating Mechanism of FOCAC and its way forward, African Development Report 2012 (ed. by Zhang Hongming), Beijing：Social sciences academic press, 2012.

(Co-author): Evaluating China’s FOCAC commitments to Africa and mapping the way ahead, Centre for Chinese Studies (CCS), Jan. 2010.

“The Chinese companies’ status quo and trend in Africa”，in 50 Years’ of China-African Relationship: Process, Meanings and Outlook (eds. by Liu Hongwu & Yang Jiemian, English version），Yunan: Yunan University Publishing House, 2009.

A survey to the status quo of China-African cultural Relations, report submitted to the Office of the State Council, 2006.

Awards and Honors：

Bridging Divides: China-Africa Relations from the Perspective of Open Social Sciences, awarded Excellent Paper by the Institute of West Asian and African Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), 2010.

The Current Situation and Policy Recommendations for China-Africa Cultural Exchanges (submitted to the State Council), awarded Third Prize for Excellent Information by CASS, 2006.

Recommendations for Improving China’s Medical Assistance to Africa, policy report, awarded Excellent Information Prize by CASS, 2009.

White Nationalism and Racial Domination in South Africa, awarded Excellent Paper by the Institute of West Asian and African Studies, CASS, 2005.