Dragan Pavlićević Editor

Dragan Pavlićević is Associate Professor in the Department of China Studies at Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, and researches China-Europe relations, China‘s infrastructure projects abroad, China‘s multilateral initiatives, and issues related to local-level and participatory governance in China. He is the author of Public Participation and State Building (Routledge, 2020) and numerous academic studies and policy analysis on China’s foreign relations. 

Nicole Talmacs is Associate Professor in the Department of International Studies at Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, and researches Chinese soft power and cultural exchange in areas of strategic interest to China. She is the author of China’s Cinema of Class (Routledge, 2017).