Mengdi Zhang

Mengdi Zhang is researching the economic and security relationships between New Zealand and China.

Qualifications

MA in International Politics, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China

Bachelors of Law and Economics, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China

Profile

When Mengdi studied International Politics for her Masters, she was a research assistant at Xiamen University New Zealand Research Centre (China). Mengdi regularly commented on relations between New Zealand and China and developed her interest in the bilateral relations between the two counties.

Mengdi’s PhD focuses on the economic-security nexus in New Zealand’s relations with China. By doing discourse analysis, her thesis aims to explain changes in New Zealand policymakers’ perception of the “virtuous cycle” and “vicious cycle” between the economic and security relations with China.

Supervisors

Publications

Published in English:

Zhang, Mengdi. "First Criminal Extradition Case from New Zealand to China—a Political Perspective." Women Talking Politics: 2022(24).

Published in Chinese:

Wang, Weiguang, and Zhang, Mengdi. “Relations between China and New Zealand in 2019: Interactions, Issues and Adjustments.” In Annual Report on Development of Oceania (2019-2020), edited by Changsen Yu Sheng Fei and Jun Li, 95-112. Beijing: Social Science Academic Press, 2021.