Dr Tim Summers
Senior Consulting Fellow, Asia Programme (based in Hong Kong)
Expertise
- Chinese politics and political economy
- China's international relations
- China's regions, especially western China
Projects
- Changes in Chinese foreign policy, especially in Asia
- Regional policy and political economy in China
- State aid and subsidies in China
Recent Publications
- Yunnan – A Chinese Bridgehead to Asia: A Case Study of China's Political and Economic Relations with its Neighbours, Chandos 2013 (forthcoming)
- China's New Leadership: Approaches to International Affairs, Briefing Paper, April 2013
- '(Re)positioning Yunnan: Region and Nation in Contemporary Provincial Narratives', Journal of Contemporary China, 21(75):445-459, May 2012
- 'China, the EU, and China's Twelfth Five-Year Programme', co-authored with Robert Ash and Robin Porter for the EU-China Research and Advice Network, April 2012
- 'China's Western Regions 2020: Their National and Global Implications', in China 2020: What Policy Makers Need to Know About the New Rising Power in the Coming Decade, edited by Kerry Brown, Chandos 2011
- 'China and the Mekong Region', China Perspectives, 2008
Experience
| 2010 - |
Commercial research and advisory work on China |
| 2010 - |
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Centre for China Studies (formerly Centre for East Asian Studies), The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| 2009 - 12 |
Research Associate, The Foreign Policy Centre |
| 2008 - 10 |
PhD in Chinese Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| 2004 - 07 |
HM Consul-General, Chongqing (southwest China) |
| 2001 - 03 |
Cabinet Office, London |
| 1997 - 2001 |
Consul, British Consulate-General, Hong Kong |
Languages
Chinese, both Mandarin (Putonghua) and Cantonese (for broadcast)
Print
Chatham House: Independent thinking on international affairs
