Yichao Li received her Ph.D. from the Institute for Research on Portuguese-speaking Countries, City University of Macau (China) and a Post-Doc diploma from ISCTE-IUL (Portugal). Currently, she is Assistant Research Fellow at Institute of African Studies, Zhejiang Normal University (China).
Francisco José Leandro received his Ph.D. in political science and international relations from the Catholic University of Portugal (2010). He is currently Associate Professor with Habilitation and Deputy Director of Institute of Global and Public Affairs, University of Macau (China), and researcher at OBSERVARE/UAL, and at CEI/ISCTE-IUL (Portugal).
Jorge Tavares da Silva is an Assistant Professor at the University of Beira Interior (Portugal), Integrated Researcher at the Portuguese Institute of International Relations (IPRI-NOVA) and Associate Researcher at the Public Policy Research Unit on Governance, Competitiveness and Public Policy (GOVCOPP). He is a founding member of China Observatory, member of the Association of Chinese Political Studies and Portuguese Political Science Association (APCP).
Carlos Rodrigues is an Associate Professor at the Department of Social, Political and Territorial Sciences of the University of Aveiro (Portugal). He coordinates the Center for Asian Studies and the Master in Chinese Studies. Carlos is also an integrated researcher at the Research Unit on Governance, Competitiveness and Public Policy.