Research Fellow · Praevisio Institute
LiMing
US–China Rivalry · Trade & Technology · China–Africa Relations
Analysing the strategic competition at the heart of 21st-century geopolitics: the US–China rivalry across trade, technology, and security — alongside China’s growing footprint across the African continent.
About
Research Fellow,
Praevisio Institute
Li Ming is a Research Fellow at the Praevisio Institute for Geopolitical Affairs, specialising in the structural dynamics of US–China strategic competition and the expanding role of China across the African continent.
A Chinese national with academic training spanning Shanghai and Paris, Li Ming brings both an insider perspective on Chinese foreign policy thinking and the critical distance of European-trained analytical methodology. His work examines how Beijing navigates the tension between economic interdependence and strategic rivalry with Washington — across semiconductors, critical supply chains, multilateral institutions, and military posture.
His Africa research focuses on China’s infrastructure diplomacy, resource partnerships, and the political economy of Belt and Road engagement across sub-Saharan and East African states, interrogating the gap between Beijing’s stated development agenda and its underlying strategic logic.
Experience
Education
Expertise & Research
Areas of focus — and the analytical work behind them
Li Ming’s analytical distinctiveness lies in his bilingual access to Chinese-language primary sources — party documents, policy white papers, state media, and academic output from Chinese institutions — combined with Western international relations theory absorbed through his training at Sciences Po. Fluent in Mandarin and English, with working French, he is positioned to read Chinese foreign policy as it is articulated internally, not merely as it is perceived externally. This dual vantage point is particularly valuable for cutting through the divergent narratives that typically characterise Western and Chinese accounts of the same strategic events — whether on Taiwan, African debt relief, or semiconductor export restrictions.
Publications & Research
Publications & written analysis
Get in touch
Research collaboration & speaking engagements
For research collaboration, analytical consulting on China’s foreign policy and Africa strategy, or speaking engagements on US–China competition, reach out directly.