Editorial - Brazil-China relations: The rise of modern International Order

Authors

  • FRANCISCO JOSÉ LEANDRO https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1443-5828
  • KAIAN LAM https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9050-0804
  • YICHAO LI https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8588-1043

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26619/1647-7251.DT0324.ED

Abstract

Acknowledgement The editors would like to convey our gratitude to the individual authors for their invaluable contributions and to all the reviewers for their patience, insightful comments and suggestions. As this publication is the first of a series of publications on China and the Portuguese-speaking Countries edited by the Department of Governance and Public Administration - Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Macau (China), we would like to thank Professor Brigida Brito (Autonoma University of Lisbon, Portugal), for extending this invitation to edit this especial issue and also the following project facilitators: André Silva, (Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil); Carlos Schonerwald (Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil); Carmen Amado Mendes (Macau Scientific and Cultural Center, Lisbon, Portugal); Daniel Morales Ruvalcaba (Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai, China); Fernanda Ilhéu (Lisbon School of Economics and Management (ISEG), Portugal); João Simões (City University of Macau, China); Luís Bernardino (Autonoma University of Lisbon, Portugal); Luis Pires (University of Macau, China); Paulo Duarte (University of Minho, Portugal); Paulo Gonçalves (Independent Researcher, Portugal); Pedro Steenhagen (Fudan University, China); Rodrigo Flanklin (University Centre of the South of Minas (UNIS-MG), Brazil): and Vera Borges (City University of Macau, China).

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Author Biographies

FRANCISCO JOSÉ LEANDRO, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1443-5828

PhD in political science and international relations from the Catholic University of Portugal in 2010, and habilitation from ISCTE–University Institute of Lisbon in 2022. From 2016 to 2017, Prof. Leandro took part in a post-doctoral research programme on state monopolies in China — One belt, one road studies. In 2014, 2017 and 2020, he was awarded an Institute of European Studies in Macau (IEEM) Academic Research Grant, which is a major component of the Asia Europe Comparative Studies Research Project. From 2014 to 2018, he was Programme Coordinator at the Institute of Social and Legal Studies, Faculty of Humanities at the University of Saint Joseph in Macau. From 2018 to 2023 he was Associate Dean of the Institute for Research on Portuguese-Speaking Countries at the City University of Macau. He is currently Associate Professor with Habilitation in International Relations in the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Macau (China). His most recent publications are: The Belt and Road Initiative: An Old Archetype of a New Development Model (2020), Palgrave Macmillan; Geopolitics of Iran (2021), Palgrave Macmillan; The Handbook of Special Economic Zones (2021), IGI Global; Disentangled Vision on Higher Education: Preparing the Generation Next (2023), Peter Lang Publishers; The Palgrave Handbook of Globalization with Chinese Characteristics (2023), Palgrave Macmillan; Changing the Paradigm of Energy Geopolitics: Resources and Pathways in the Light of Global Climate Challenges (2023), Peter Lang Publishers; Portuguese-speaking Small Island Developing States: The development Journeys of Cabo Verde, São Tomé and Príncipe, and Timor-Leste (2023), Palgrave Macmillan; The Palgrave Handbook on China-Europe-Africa Relations: Legacies and the New International Order (2024), Palgrave Macmillan.

KAIAN LAM, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9050-0804

Assistant Professor in international relations at the University of Macau (China). Prof. Lam’s current research is aligned with International Political Sociology. She employs aesthetic strategies to study storytelling and self-styled narration in world politics and is well versed in ethnographic and arts-based methods. She received a PhD in African Studies from ISCTE – University Institute of Lisbon in 2020 and holds degrees from the University of Lisbon, the Catholic University of Portugal, and the University of Macau. She is currently undertaking a project on “Interpreting Europe: Sonic politics and the affective foundation of multilingual negotiations” concerning the mundane organizational life of the European Union. Her latest Africa-focused project is entitled “Unnarratizing China-Angola relations: Visual memory, mediating bodies, and bilateral infrastructures of feeling.” Her papers have been published in journals including Mediterranean Politics, Island Studies Journal, Visual Ethnography, and she has published reviews in the Journal of Peasant Studies, Cambridge Review of International Affairs, and African Studies Review (www.kaianlam.com).

YICHAO LI, https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8588-1043

Ph.D. from the Institute for Research on Portuguese-speaking Countries, City University of Macau, China. Dr. Lam also holds a master’s degree in comparative civil law (in Chinese) from the University of Macau (China) in 2018. From 2021 to 2022, she was a postdoctoral researcher at the Centre for International Studies (ISCTE-IUL, Lisbon, Portugal). Since 2023, she has been an assistant research fellow at the Institute of African Studies, Zhejiang Normal University, China. Her research interests are the Belt and Road Initiative, Portuguese-speaking countries, and Sino-African relations. Her most recent publications are: Leandro, F. J. & Li, Y. (2023). Spatial Development Initiatives: The Case of African Portuguese Speaking Countries. In Duarte, P. A. B., Albuquerque, R., Tavares, A. M. L. (eds.). Portugal and the Lusophone World: Law, Geopolitics and Institutional Cooperation, Palgrave Macmillan. Costa, C. M. & Li, Y. (2023). China and European Union countries: Do Chinese partnerships boost cooperation results? Janus.net, e journal of international relations. Vol. 14, No. 1, TD1–Thematic dossier “European Union-China relations”, September 2023.

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Published

2024-12-17

Issue

Vol. 15 No. 2, TD1 (2024): Thematic dossier - Brazil-China relations: The rise of modern International Order

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EDITORIAL