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YEAR
2025

Institute of China Studies

RESEARCH INTERESTS
Political Economy
Economic Development and Growth
Urban and Regional Economics

RESEARCH KEYWORDS
Chinese state and state enterprises;
Political-economic system; China-Malaysia
economic relations; Urban development

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Li, R., & Cheong, K. C. (2024). The Bank of China:
From a turbulent past to a strategic future - What
dr. does its presence in Malaysia show? Malaysian
Journal of Economic Studies, 61(1), 159-175.
li ran Gomez, E. T., Tham, S. Y., Li, R., & Cheong, K. C.
(2020). China in Malaysia: State-business relations
liran@um.edu.my and the new order of investment flows. Singapore:
Palgrave Macmillan.
Li, R., & Cheong, K. C. (2019). China's state
EDUCATION enterprises: Changing role in a rapidly transforming
PhD, (Development Economics) economy. Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan.
Universiti Malaya (UM) Li, R., & Cheong, K. C. (2017). Huawei and ZTE in
Malaysia: The localisation of Chinese transnational
Bachelor of Science in Business enterprises. Journal of Contemporary Asia, 47(5),
Administration 752-773.
Troy State University, Troy
SELECTED ACHIEVEMENTS
UMEXPERT LINK Huaqiao University Special fund for Overseas
https://umexpert.um.edu.my/liran.html Chinese Studies (Z1543014): China’s OFDI in
Malaysia under the Belt and Road Initiative
RESEARCHER ID (HF161101)” (Total Grant: RM30,000, duration:
January 2017 – June 2017) funded by Huaqiao
KTI-1858-2024 (Web of Science) University Special fund for Overseas Chinese
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1720-0917 Studies. Role: Principal Researcher.
China’s Investment in Malaysia under the Two
SCOPUS ID Crises of Covid-19 Pandemic and Political
Instability” (Total Grant: RM15,000, duration:
56127530500
December 2021 – June 2023) funded by Institute of
China Studies, Universiti Malaya. Role: Principal
Researcher.

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