Education Background:

1993 Peking University Ph.D.  

1988 Peking University M.A.

1985 Peking University B.A.

Research Areas：

International Relations Theory, U.S.-East Asia Relations, Security Environment Surrounding China

East-West Relations

Cold War History

Security Environment Analysis around China

U.S.-East Asia Relations

Theory and History of Great Power Relations

International Relations Theory

International Relations History (Part II)

Monographs:

George F. Kennan’s Containment Thought, Beijing Language and Culture University Press, April 1994.

The Cold War and Its Legacy, Shanghai People's Publishing House, January 1998.

An Analysis of China’s Security Environment, China International Broadcasting Press, June 2003.

The English School of International Relations: History, Theory and China’s Perspective, People's Publishing House, March 2010.

Introduction to U.S.-East Asia Relations, Peking University Press, January 2011.

From “Standard of Civilization” to “New Standard of Civilization”: China and the Evolution of International Norms, Jiuzhou Press, March 2018; reprinted in June 2021.

George F. Kennan’s Containment Thought (Revised Edition), World Affairs Press, November 2021.

The Cold War and Its Legacy (Second Edition), Shanghai People's Publishing House, January 2025.

Translations:

Joseph S. Nye Jr., Understanding International Conflicts: Theory and History (3rd ed., 2002; 5th ed., 2005; 7th ed., 2009), Shanghai Century Publishing Group;
Joseph S. Nye Jr. and David Welch, Understanding Global Conflict and Cooperation: Theory and History (9th ed., 2012; 10th ed., 2018), Shanghai People's Publishing House.

Hedley Bull, The Anarchical Society: A Study of Order in World Politics (2nd ed., World Affairs Press, Nov. 2003; 4th ed., Shanghai Century Publishing Group, Jan. 2015).

Articles:

“George F. Kennan’s Perceptions of China and His Policy Proposals, 1947–1949,” American Studies, No. 1, 1993.

“On Kennan’s ‘Containment’ and Dulles’s ‘Liberation’,” World History, No. 3, 1993.

“A Reappraisal of the Cuban Missile Crisis,” World History, No. 5, 1996.

“What Is Cold War Thinking?” World Economics and Politics, No. 4, 1997.

“Four Strategic Foreign Policy Decisions of New China during the Cold War,” Contemporary China History Studies, No. 5, 1997; also in Liu Shan and Xue Jundu (eds.), New Perspectives on China’s Diplomacy, World Affairs Press, 1998, pp. 1–20.

“The Cold War Through a ‘Plumber’s’ Eyes: A Reading of Trust—but Verify: The Memoirs of Anatoly Dobrynin,” American Studies, No. 3, 1997.

“China and the Korean War: From a Chinese Perspective,” The Journal of Asiatic Studies, Vol. 41, No. 1, 1998, pp. 63–80.

“The Korean Peninsula and China’s National Security: Past, Present, and Future,” Asian Perspective, Vol. 22, No. 3, 1998, pp. 259–272.

“Returning to a Nuclear-Free World: Ideal and Reality,” International Forum, No. 1, 1999.

“U.S. Perception and Response to the Sino-Soviet Alliance,” Historical Research, No. 5, 1999.

“Historical Changes in China’s Peripheral Security Environment,” in Liang Shoude (ed.), Europe and Great Power Relations in the New Century, China International Broadcasting Press, Aug. 1999, pp. 377–402.

“European Multilateralism and Its Significance for Asia-Pacific,” Teaching and Research, No. 1, 2001.

“Revolution, Revision, and Supplementation: A Review of Alexander Wendt’s Social Theory of International Politics and Constructivism,” Europe, No. 3, 2001.

“China and Northeast Asian Regional Cooperation: A Chinese Scholar’s View” (in Chinese and Korean), Dong-A Ilbo Online Edition, April 12, 2001.

“China’s Relations with the Korean Peninsula: A Chinese View,” Korea Observer, Vol. 32, No. 4, Winter 2001, pp. 481–500.

“Reflections on International Relations Theory Research,” Europe, No. 6, 2001.

“China and Inter-Korean Relations,” Asian Perspective, Vol. 26, No. 3, 2002; also in Byung Chul Koh (ed.), The Korean Peninsula in Transition, Kyungnam University Press, 2002, pp. 210–222.

“China and the North Korean Nuclear Issue: A Chinese View,” IFES Online Forum, Kyungnam University, June 4, 2003.

“The United States and East Asia,” in Yuan Ming (ed.), Fifteen Lectures on American Culture and Society, Peking University Press, Dec. 2003.

“Power, Institutions, Society, and Culture: A Review of Global Affairs in 2003,” World Affairs, No. 2, 2004.

“The Importance of Soft Power,” Contemporary International Relations, No. 3, 2004.

“Characteristics of China's Peripheral Relations During the Cold War,” in Niu Dayong and Shen Zhihua (eds.), The Cold War and China’s Peripheral Relations, World Affairs Press, May 2004.

“Non-State Actors and China’s Peripheral Security,” in Liang Shoude (ed.), New Context and New International Perspectives, Central Compilation & Translation Press, July 2004.

“An Analysis of Joseph Nye’s Concept of Soft Power,” American Studies, No. 1, 2005.

“Regional Identity and Northeast Asian Community Building,” East Asian Review, Vol. 9, March 2005, pp. 117–123.

“International Relations Theory and Cold War History Research,” Historiography Monthly, No. 6, 2005.

“A Geopolitical Analysis of the Korean War,” Journal of Nankai University, No. 3, 2005.

“China and Northeast Asian Community Building,” Northeast Asia Forum, No. 2, 2005.

“World War II and the Transformation of the International System,” World Economics and Politics, No. 9, 2005.

“China’s Perception of and Response to the Korean War,” Military History (published by the Military History Institute of South Korea), Vol. 57, Dec. 2005, pp. 92–124.

“China and the North Korean Nuclear Issue,” in Alfonso Ojeda and Alvaro Hidalgo (eds.), North Korea and Regional Security, Editorial Verbum, 2006, pp. 129–138.

“The Historical Evolution of China’s Relations with Neighboring Countries: Patterns and Processes,” International Politics Studies, No. 1, 2006, pp. 57–71.

“Reflections on Building a Northeast Asian Community” (in Japanese), in Kenji Tatsuta (ed.), Toward a Northeast Asian Community, Chuo University Press, March 2006, pp. 265–272.

“The Rise of China and Community Building in East Asia,” Asian Perspective, Vol. 30, No. 3, 2006, pp. 129–148.

“The Impact of the Korean War on China: Strategy, Defense and Nuclear Bombs,” NIDS International Forum on War History: Proceedings, National Institute for Defense Studies, Japan, March 2007, pp. 53–61.

“An Analysis of Multilateralism in East Asia,” in Wang Zhengyi, Miles Kahler, and Takagi Seiichiro (eds.), The Political Economy of Asian Regional Cooperation, Shanghai People’s Publishing House, 2007, pp. 419–434.

“The U.S. and Changes in the East Asian International System,” International Politics Studies, No. 2, 2007, pp. 113–122.

“China’s Values and Rules in the International Community,” International Politics Studies, No. 3, 2007, pp. 7–8.

“The English School or the England School?” World Economics and Politics, No. 5, 2008, pp. 78–80.

“The Globalization of the Cold War: A Review of Odd Arne Westad’s The Global Cold War,” Cold War International History Studies, No. 5, East China Normal University Cold War Center, World Affairs Press, 2008, pp. 265–272.

“George Kennan and U.S. East Asia Policy During the Cold War,” International Politics Studies, No. 3, 2008, pp. 231–251.

“The Rise of China and the International Community,” China and World Affairs, Nos. 3–4, 2008, pp. 72–75.

“Charles Manning and the English School,” World Economics and Politics, No. 1, 2009, pp. 73–80.

“Is the U.S. a Promoter or Obstacle to East Asian Regional Cooperation?” World Economics and Politics, No. 7, 2010, pp. 4–16.

Zhang Xiaoming and Barry Buzan, “Correspondence: Debating China’s Peaceful Rise,” The Chinese Journal of International Politics, Vol. 3, 2010, pp. 447–460.

“China in the Conception of International Society: The English School’s Engagements with China,” Review of International Studies, Vol. 37, No. 2, 2011, pp. 763–786.

“East Asian Community Building: Historical Patterns and Conceptions of Order,” World Economics and Politics Forum, No. 1, 2011, pp. 37–47.

“China’s Rise and Normative Changes in International Society,” Foreign Affairs Review, No. 1, 2011, pp. 34–47.

“A Rising China and the Normative Changes in International Society,” East Asia, Vol. 28, No. 3, 2011, pp. 235–246.

“A Masterpiece on the Discipline History of International Security Studies,” International Politics Studies, No. 1, 2012, pp. 35–38.

“Multipolarity and Multilateralism as International Norms: The Chinese and European Perspectives,” in Zhongqi Pan (ed.), Conceptual Gaps in China-EU Relations, Palgrave Macmillan, 2012, pp. 173–186.

“China and Its Neighbors: Historical Models and Processes,” Welt Trends, No. 88, Jan–Feb 2013, pp. 48–52.

“Origins of the U.S. Containment Strategy,” in Wang Jisi and Niu Jun (eds.), Forging Hegemony: U.S. Strategy and Decision-Making During the Cold War, Shanghai People’s Publishing House, 2013, pp. 3–37.

“An Analytical Framework for Interpreting China’s Relations with Modern International Society,” World Economics and Politics, No. 7, 2013, pp. 23–47.

“Multipolarity and Multilateralism Conceptual Differences Between China and Europe: A Chinese Perspective,” in Pan Zhongqi (ed.), Conceptual Gaps and China-EU Relations, Shanghai People’s Publishing House, 2013, pp. 215–227.

“China’s Relations with Its Neighboring Countries: Historical Patterns and the Formation of a Regional Community,” in Yong Wook Lee and Key-young Son (eds.), China’s Rise and Regional Integration in East Asia, Routledge, 2014, pp. 141–158.

“An Interpretation of the New Type of Great Power Relations,” International Politics Studies, No. 1, 2014, pp. 49–58.

“Trends in the Development of the English School of International Relations,” Journal of Renmin University of China, No. 6, 2014, pp. 21–28.

“China Dream: A New Chinese Way in International Society?” in David Kerr (ed.), China’s Many Dreams, Palgrave Macmillan, 2015, pp. 226–245.

“New Model of Great Power Relations: An Interpretation,” in Jia Qingguo and Yan Jun (eds.), New Type of Great Power Relations: Opportunities and Challenges, Peking University Press, 2015, pp. 151–163.

“The Rise of Non-Western Countries and Changes in International Society,” International Relations Studies, No. 2, 2015, pp. 5–7.

“China’s Perceptions of and Responses to Abe’s Foreign Policy,” Asian Perspective, Vol. 39, No. 3, 2015, pp. 423–439.

“Historical Memory Issues in China’s Relations with Its Neighbors,” in Mikyoung Kim (ed.), Routledge Handbook of Memory and Reconciliation in East Asia, 2016, pp. 416–429.

Book review: Beijing’s Economic Statecraft During the Cold War, Pacific Affairs, Vol. 89, No. 2, June 2016, pp. 411–413.

“Research on the English School’s International Society Theory in China: An Interview with Professor Zhang Xiaoming,” International Politics Studies, No. 3, 2016, pp. 127–147.

“China’s Changing Relationship with International Society Through the Lens of the G20 Hangzhou Summit,” Zhejiang Social Sciences, No. 10, 2016, pp. 4–7.

“Historical Memory and Northeast Asian Regional Politics: From a Chinese Perspective,” in Kevin P. Clements (ed.), Identity, Trust, and Reconciliation in East Asia, Palgrave Macmillan, 2018, pp. 163–177.

“Locus of Chinese Regional Diplomacy: The Shanghai Cooperation Organization,” Global Asia, Vol. 13, No. 4, Dec. 2018, pp. 48–52.

“Understanding the Differences in the Development of IR Studies in China and Japan,” International Politics Studies, No. 5, 2018, pp. 22–34.

“China’s Rise, International Order, and World Order,” Chinese Journal of International Relations, No. 2, 2018, pp. 13–23.

“George Kennan, ‘Father of Containment’, and China,” World Affairs, No. 17, 2019, pp. 61–63.

“Geopolitics, Historical Memory, and the Imagination of the Korean Peninsula,” World Economics and Politics, No. 12, 2019, pp. 4–20.

“Preface to the Chinese Edition: Why George Kennan Again?” in Paul Heer, trans. Xiaoxiaogui, George Kennan and U.S. East Asia Policy, Beijing: Gold Wall Press, 2020, pp. i–vi.

“The Concept of Containment and Paradigms in Cold War Historiography,” Historical Journal, No. 4, 2020, pp. 9–13.

“A Perspective on Understanding the Global Transformation of the 19th Century,” International Relations Studies, No. 4, 2020, pp. 21–27.

“George Kennan’s View of Japan and the Reversal of U.S. Postwar Policy Toward Japan,” East Asia Review, No. 2, 2020, pp. 9–26.

“Rereading George Kennan’s ‘Long Telegram’,” American Studies, No. 2, 2021, pp. 117–128.

“Global History and the Mutual Learning of International Relations Research,” Chinese Social Sciences Today, Nov. 10, 2022, p. 5.

“Globalization and International Society,” in Wang Zhengyi (ed.), Rethinking Globalization: Theories, History, and Trends, Social Sciences Academic Press, 2023, pp. 76–92.

“A ‘Cross-Boundary’ Approach to the Study of China’s Foreign Relations History,” CPC History Studies, No. 3, 2024, pp. 50–54.

Research Projects：

National Social Science Foundation Youth Project: “China’s Peripheral Security Environment at the Turn of the Century” (launched in 1996, Principal Investigator, completed).

Ministry of Education Humanities and Social Sciences Project: “The Historical Evolution of U.S.–East Asia Relations” (launched in 2003, Principal Investigator, completed).

Ministry of Education Humanities and Social Sciences Project: “From Civilizational Standards to New Civilizational Standards: China and the Transformation of International Norms” (launched in 2009, Principal Investigator, completed).

Major Project of the National Social Science Foundation: (launched in 2019, Principal Investigator, completed).