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YEAR
2024

Institute of China Studies

RESEARCH INTERESTS
Urban and Regional Economics
International Economics
Economic Development and Growth

RESEARCH KEYWORD
Urban development, China-Malaysia economic
relations, the Chinese state and state
enterprises, political-economic System.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Gomez, E. T., Tham, S. Y., Li, R., & Cheong, K. C.
(2020). China in Malaysia: State-business relations
dr.
and the new order of investment flows. Singapore:
li ran Palgrave Macmillan.
Li, R., & Cheong, K. C. (2019). China’s state
liran@um.edu.my enterprises: Changing role in a rapidly transforming
economy. Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan.
Li, R., & Cheong, K. C. (2017). Huawei and ZTE in
EDUCATION Malaysia: The localisation of Chinese transnational
enterprises. Journal of Contemporary Asia, 47(5),
PhD, (Development Economics)
Universiti Malaya (UM) 752-773.
Li, R., Wang, Q., & Cheong, K. C. (2016). Quanzhou:
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration Reclaiming a glorious past. Cities, 50, 168-179.
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
(HF161101)” (Total Grant: RM30,000, duration:
RESEARCHER ID January 2017 – June 2017) funded by Huaqiao
AHH-1574-2022 (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
Crises of Covid-19 Pandemic and Political
SCOPUS ID
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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