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Weijian Li
Executive Director, China Association for Middle East Studies, and senior fellow, SIIS

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Weijian Li holds the titles of Executive Director of China Association for Middle East Studies,senior fellow of Shanghai Institute for International Strategic Studies, Council member of Shanghai Society for International Relations, Shanghai Public Diplomacy Association. Prof. Li worked at Cairo University (Egypt), University of Illinois (US), Center for Strategic and International Studies (US) as visiting fellow. He serves as the editorial board member for China-based monthly journal West Asia and Africa and the bi-monthly journal Arab World Studies as well. Prof. Li is a renowned scholar in Middle East studies. Currently his research also focuses on the studies of China’s public diplomacy and China’s foreign relations

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