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Learn more Our Experts Staff Sean Gilbert Lead, Asia-Pacific Managing Director, MIT-China Program, MIT-Singapore Program, MIT-Australia & New Zealand Program Faculty and Researchers Yasheng Huang Faculty Director, MIT-China Program Epoch Foundation Professor of International Management Professor, Global Economics and Management Faculty and Researchers Mihaela Papa Director of Research Principal Research Scientist Director, BRICS Lab Faculty and Researchers M. Taylor Fravel Director, Security Studies Program Arthur and Ruth Sloan Professor of Political Science Faculty and Researchers Eric Heginbotham Co-Director, Security Studies Program Wargaming Lab Principal Research Scientist Affiliates and Visitors Fiona Cunningham Affiliate, Security Studies Program Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Pennsylvania Affiliates and Visitors Kacie Miura Affiliate, Security Studies Program Assistant Professor, Political Science and International Relations, University of San Diego Opportunities See all opportunities MISTI China MISTI matches MIT students with tailored internship, research, teaching and study opportunities in China. Explore MISTI China Global Seed Funds The MIT Greater China Fund for Innovation grant program enables new collaborations between faculty and research scientists at MIT and their counterparts in the region. Browse seed funds Working Groups Two working groups focus on China, including the China Group on Climate Change and Sustainability and the Chinese Politics Research Workshop. Learn more Events See all events Oct 28 The Axis of Upheaval: How Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea Seek to Change the World Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Director and Senior Fellow, Transatlantic Security Program, Center for a New American Security Carol Saivetz, Senior Advisor, Security Studies Program Elizabeth Wood, Ford International Professor of History 4:00pm - 5:00pm Location null Oct 29 The Nations in Our Minds: Historical Representations of Countries in Google Books Rochelle Terman, Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Chicago 12:00pm - 1:30pm Location Building NE49 - NE49-3100 Student spotlights CIS makes it possible for MIT students to experience the world while advancing knowledge, tackling tough challenges, and preparing for lives of impact, service, and leadership in an interconnected global society. Annabeth's story Civil & Environmental Engineering '15 Annabeth worked with her MIT-China Educational Technology Initiative (CETI) team introducing course content from MIT OpenCourseWare and MITx in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Xining, and Yulin, Shaanxi. Roger's story Ph.D Candidate, Materials Science & Engineering '19 Rodger interned for a semester in the Lubrication Department at Shell (Shanghai) Technology Ltd. and taught for a summer in three different regions of China with the MIT-China Educational Technology Initiative (CETI). Student opportunities Publications See all publications PaperZheng, Enying, Wei Hong, Yasheng Huang, and Rongzhu Ke. “Networks Rewired: Quota Enforcement and the Unintended Mobilization of Native Place Ties.” Social Forces 103, no. 4 (2025): 1465–88. June 2025 ReportPapa, Mihaela, and Evan S. Lieberman. “Global Climate Adaptation: Overcoming Political and Policy Challenges.” MIT Center for International Studies, Post-Workshop Report (April 2025). April 2025 BookNot Just Another Cold War: The Global Implications of the US-China Rivalry (Chapter 7) M. Taylor Fravel Oxford University Press 2025 BookUnder the Nuclear Shadow: China’s Information-Age Weapons in International Security Fiona Cunningham Princeton University Press 2025 PaperPapa, Mihaela, and Zhen Han. “The Evolution of Soft Balancing in Informal Institutions: The Case of BRICS.” International Affairs (London) 101, no. 1 (2025): 73–95. January 2025 PaperGao, Qihua, Yasheng Huang, El Ghali Zerhouni, and Yanchong Zheng. "How to Improve Citizen Engagement on Public Service Platforms? The Impact of Government Responsiveness." (2024). September 2024 BookChina's Gambit: The Calculus of Coercion Cambridge University Press 2023 PaperHan, Zhen, and Mihaela Papa. “Leadership and Performance in Informal Institutions: The Internal Dynamics of BRICS.” Contemporary Politics 30, no. 1 (2024): 87–107. October 2023 PaperZhu, Tingxuan. “Give but also take: China’s Covid-19 vaccine aid.” MIT Center for International Studies, precis (Fall 2023/Winter 2024: 13-17, 23). September 2023 BookThe Rise and Fall of the East: How Exams, Autocracy, Stability, and Technology Brought China Success, and Why They Might Lead to Its Decline Yasheng Huang Yale University Press 2023
CommentaryChina’s military, Pakistan’s missiles, and reflections on government careersSeptember 04, 2025
Commentary2025 Neuffer Fellow Alicia Chen covers human rights and migration at The New York TimesAugust 08, 2025
Staff Sean Gilbert Lead, Asia-Pacific Managing Director, MIT-China Program, MIT-Singapore Program, MIT-Australia & New Zealand Program
Faculty and Researchers Yasheng Huang Faculty Director, MIT-China Program Epoch Foundation Professor of International Management Professor, Global Economics and Management
Faculty and Researchers Mihaela Papa Director of Research Principal Research Scientist Director, BRICS Lab
Faculty and Researchers M. Taylor Fravel Director, Security Studies Program Arthur and Ruth Sloan Professor of Political Science
Faculty and Researchers Eric Heginbotham Co-Director, Security Studies Program Wargaming Lab Principal Research Scientist
Affiliates and Visitors Fiona Cunningham Affiliate, Security Studies Program Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Pennsylvania
Affiliates and Visitors Kacie Miura Affiliate, Security Studies Program Assistant Professor, Political Science and International Relations, University of San Diego
Oct 28 The Axis of Upheaval: How Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea Seek to Change the World Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Director and Senior Fellow, Transatlantic Security Program, Center for a New American Security Carol Saivetz, Senior Advisor, Security Studies Program Elizabeth Wood, Ford International Professor of History 4:00pm - 5:00pm Location null
Oct 29 The Nations in Our Minds: Historical Representations of Countries in Google Books Rochelle Terman, Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Chicago 12:00pm - 1:30pm Location Building NE49 - NE49-3100
Annabeth's story Civil & Environmental Engineering '15 Annabeth worked with her MIT-China Educational Technology Initiative (CETI) team introducing course content from MIT OpenCourseWare and MITx in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Xining, and Yulin, Shaanxi.
Roger's story Ph.D Candidate, Materials Science & Engineering '19 Rodger interned for a semester in the Lubrication Department at Shell (Shanghai) Technology Ltd. and taught for a summer in three different regions of China with the MIT-China Educational Technology Initiative (CETI).
PaperZheng, Enying, Wei Hong, Yasheng Huang, and Rongzhu Ke. “Networks Rewired: Quota Enforcement and the Unintended Mobilization of Native Place Ties.” Social Forces 103, no. 4 (2025): 1465–88. June 2025
ReportPapa, Mihaela, and Evan S. Lieberman. “Global Climate Adaptation: Overcoming Political and Policy Challenges.” MIT Center for International Studies, Post-Workshop Report (April 2025). April 2025
BookNot Just Another Cold War: The Global Implications of the US-China Rivalry (Chapter 7) M. Taylor Fravel Oxford University Press 2025
BookUnder the Nuclear Shadow: China’s Information-Age Weapons in International Security Fiona Cunningham Princeton University Press 2025
PaperPapa, Mihaela, and Zhen Han. “The Evolution of Soft Balancing in Informal Institutions: The Case of BRICS.” International Affairs (London) 101, no. 1 (2025): 73–95. January 2025
PaperGao, Qihua, Yasheng Huang, El Ghali Zerhouni, and Yanchong Zheng. "How to Improve Citizen Engagement on Public Service Platforms? The Impact of Government Responsiveness." (2024). September 2024
PaperHan, Zhen, and Mihaela Papa. “Leadership and Performance in Informal Institutions: The Internal Dynamics of BRICS.” Contemporary Politics 30, no. 1 (2024): 87–107. October 2023
PaperZhu, Tingxuan. “Give but also take: China’s Covid-19 vaccine aid.” MIT Center for International Studies, precis (Fall 2023/Winter 2024: 13-17, 23). September 2023
BookThe Rise and Fall of the East: How Exams, Autocracy, Stability, and Technology Brought China Success, and Why They Might Lead to Its Decline Yasheng Huang Yale University Press 2023