After obtaining his BA and MPhil degrees at Hong Kong Baptist University, Hak Yin Li earned his PhD in politics and international relations at the University of Nottingham. He previously taught at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, HKU SPACE Community College, and the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Hak Yin was also a visiting research fellow of East Asian Institute at National University of Singapore. Currently Hak Yin lives in Tokyo and he is an Associate Professor of the Institute for International Strategy at Tokyo International University. Hak Yin specializes in international relations with particular reference to the evolution, formation and pattern of Chinese foreign policy and the implications of the rise of China in Asia-Pacific region. Other interests are mainly in the fields of world order issues, international relations of Asia-Pacific, Hong Kong’s international status, Chinese and Hong Kong politics. His works can be found on Asian Politics and Society, East Asian Policy, Journal of Contemporary China, and Place Branding and Public Diplomacy.