Hongzhou Zhang
Biographic Data
| ID | 4099466 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Hongzhou Zhang |
| GIVEN NAMES | Hongzhou |
| FAMILY NAME | Zhang |
| SIGNATURE | ZHANG H |
| AFFILIATIONS | Nanyang Technological University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2995-4217 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 57 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 12 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
The rise of Big Tech as super policy entrepreneurs
Large technology companies (Big Tech) are becoming ever more powerful in modern societies. While concerns have been raised about their political, economic, and social implications, the policy implications of their rise remain underexplored. We utilize Kingdon’s concept of the policy entrepreneur, alongside the broader policy entrepreneurship literature, to examine Big Tech’s expanding role in the policy process. We conceptualize the super policy …
Building an AI ecosystem in a small nation
Artificial intelligence (AI) is arguably the most transformative technology of our time. While all nations would like to mobilize their resources to play an active role in AI development and utilization, only a few nations, such as the United States and China, have the resources and capacity to do so. If so, how can smaller or less resourceful countries navigate the technological terrain to emerge at the forefront of AI development? This research…
Ten Years of China’s Belt and Road Initiative
Development of New Generation of Artificial Intelligence in China
How did China become one of the leaders in AI development, and will China prevail in the ongoing AI race with the US? Existing studies have focused on the Chinese central government's role in promoting AI.Notwithstanding the importance of the central government, a significant portion of the responsibility for AI development falls on local governments' shoulders.Local governments have diverging interests, capacities and, therefore, approaches to p…
The South China Sea fishing crisis
The South China Sea (SCS), one of the world’s most important fishing areas, faces a looming fishing crisis. This impending catastrophe is chiefly driven by rampant overfishing and illegal activities, intensified by escalating maritime conflicts. Current research predominantly fixates on maritime territorial and sovereignty disputes, typically emphasizing the state’s primary or exclusive role in the SCS fishery governance. The state centric approa…
Why and how is the power of Big Tech increasing in the policy process? The case of generative AI
The growing digitalization of our society has led to a meteoric rise of large technology companies (Big Tech), which have amassed tremendous wealth and influence through their ownership of digital infrastructure and platforms. The recent launch of ChatGPT and the rapid popularization of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) act as a focusing event to further accelerate the concentration of power in the hands of the Big Tech. By using Kingdon…
Understanding the tragedy of the commons in the South China Sea fisheries
Fisheries governance in the south China sea
China’s flexible overseas food strategy
Using the UN Comtrade database and multiple sources of agricultural investment data, this paper outlines the emerging patterns of food trade and agricultural investment between Southeast Asian countries and China. The paper shows that China has adopted a flexible overseas food strategy. First, China has increased food export and shifted its food trade with Southeast Asia from a dependent relationship towards a complementary relationship at the re…
China and Transboundary Water Politics in Asia
Management of the freshwater resources has been a global challenge, especially for transboundary river waters (TBW). Management of such communal goods or common resources becomes difficult as the interests of the diverse stakeholders involved will always vary. The assumption that the basin actors will share a common understanding and sympathy towards the issues associated with the basin, cannot be held as true. Only rarely there will be common ch…
Fishing Militia, the Securitization of Fishery and the South China Sea Dispute
With fishery incidents emerging as a major threat to peace and stability in the South China Sea, a better understanding of the underlying causes of these incidents becomes important. Mainstream media, and a substantial body of academic literature, attribute these fishing incidents, and the growing presence of Chinese fishermen in the South China Sea, to China's strategic and political motives, claiming that these fishermen are actually fishing mi…
Development of Biofuels in China
China is the largest energy consumer in the world, but has limited energy resources. Energy security is thus a primary concern for China. Over reliance on the consumption of fossil energy has resulted in severe environmental pollution, which puts pressure on the government to adjust its energy mix. To strengthen its energy supply and prevent further environmental degradation, China has been committed to developing renewable energies, such as biof…
Food in China's international relations
Food is a tireless referent in international relations studies about China and its ties with the rest of the world. This paper addresses two contemporary issues. First, why is China so sensitive about grain self-sufficiency? Second, why does there seem to be a lack of effective dialogue between epistemic communities in China and outside over China's overseas agricultural activities? The first part of the paper reviews the development of China's a…
Why and how is the power of Big Tech increasing in the policy process? The case of generative AI
The growing digitalization of our society has led to a meteoric rise of large technology companies (Big Tech), which have amassed tremendous wealth and influence through their ownership of digital infrastructure and platforms. The recent launch of ChatGPT and the rapid popularization of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) act as a focusing event to further accelerate the concentration of power in the hands of the Big Tech. By using Kingdon…
Fishing Militia, the Securitization of Fishery and the South China Sea Dispute
With fishery incidents emerging as a major threat to peace and stability in the South China Sea, a better understanding of the underlying causes of these incidents becomes important. Mainstream media, and a substantial body of academic literature, attribute these fishing incidents, and the growing presence of Chinese fishermen in the South China Sea, to China's strategic and political motives, claiming that these fishermen are actually fishing mi…
Development of New Generation of Artificial Intelligence in China
How did China become one of the leaders in AI development, and will China prevail in the ongoing AI race with the US? Existing studies have focused on the Chinese central government's role in promoting AI.Notwithstanding the importance of the central government, a significant portion of the responsibility for AI development falls on local governments' shoulders.Local governments have diverging interests, capacities and, therefore, approaches to p…
China’s flexible overseas food strategy
Using the UN Comtrade database and multiple sources of agricultural investment data, this paper outlines the emerging patterns of food trade and agricultural investment between Southeast Asian countries and China. The paper shows that China has adopted a flexible overseas food strategy. First, China has increased food export and shifted its food trade with Southeast Asia from a dependent relationship towards a complementary relationship at the re…
Food in China's international relations
Food is a tireless referent in international relations studies about China and its ties with the rest of the world. This paper addresses two contemporary issues. First, why is China so sensitive about grain self-sufficiency? Second, why does there seem to be a lack of effective dialogue between epistemic communities in China and outside over China's overseas agricultural activities? The first part of the paper reviews the development of China's a…
The South China Sea fishing crisis
The South China Sea (SCS), one of the world’s most important fishing areas, faces a looming fishing crisis. This impending catastrophe is chiefly driven by rampant overfishing and illegal activities, intensified by escalating maritime conflicts. Current research predominantly fixates on maritime territorial and sovereignty disputes, typically emphasizing the state’s primary or exclusive role in the SCS fishery governance. The state centric approa…
Food in China's international relations
Food is a tireless referent in international relations studies about China and its ties with the rest of the world. This paper addresses two contemporary issues. First, why is China so sensitive about grain self-sufficiency? Second, why does there seem to be a lack of effective dialogue between epistemic communities in China and outside over China's overseas agricultural activities? The first part of the paper reviews the development of China's a…
Development of Biofuels in China
China is the largest energy consumer in the world, but has limited energy resources. Energy security is thus a primary concern for China. Over reliance on the consumption of fossil energy has resulted in severe environmental pollution, which puts pressure on the government to adjust its energy mix. To strengthen its energy supply and prevent further environmental degradation, China has been committed to developing renewable energies, such as biof…
China and Transboundary Water Politics in Asia
Management of the freshwater resources has been a global challenge, especially for transboundary river waters (TBW). Management of such communal goods or common resources becomes difficult as the interests of the diverse stakeholders involved will always vary. The assumption that the basin actors will share a common understanding and sympathy towards the issues associated with the basin, cannot be held as true. Only rarely there will be common ch…
Fishing Militia, the Securitization of Fishery and the South China Sea Dispute
With fishery incidents emerging as a major threat to peace and stability in the South China Sea, a better understanding of the underlying causes of these incidents becomes important. Mainstream media, and a substantial body of academic literature, attribute these fishing incidents, and the growing presence of Chinese fishermen in the South China Sea, to China's strategic and political motives, claiming that these fishermen are actually fishing mi…
China’s flexible overseas food strategy
Using the UN Comtrade database and multiple sources of agricultural investment data, this paper outlines the emerging patterns of food trade and agricultural investment between Southeast Asian countries and China. The paper shows that China has adopted a flexible overseas food strategy. First, China has increased food export and shifted its food trade with Southeast Asia from a dependent relationship towards a complementary relationship at the re…
Fisheries governance in the south China sea
Understanding the tragedy of the commons in the South China Sea fisheries
Building an AI ecosystem in a small nation
Artificial intelligence (AI) is arguably the most transformative technology of our time. While all nations would like to mobilize their resources to play an active role in AI development and utilization, only a few nations, such as the United States and China, have the resources and capacity to do so. If so, how can smaller or less resourceful countries navigate the technological terrain to emerge at the forefront of AI development? This research…
Ten Years of China’s Belt and Road Initiative
Development of New Generation of Artificial Intelligence in China
How did China become one of the leaders in AI development, and will China prevail in the ongoing AI race with the US? Existing studies have focused on the Chinese central government's role in promoting AI.Notwithstanding the importance of the central government, a significant portion of the responsibility for AI development falls on local governments' shoulders.Local governments have diverging interests, capacities and, therefore, approaches to p…
The South China Sea fishing crisis
The South China Sea (SCS), one of the world’s most important fishing areas, faces a looming fishing crisis. This impending catastrophe is chiefly driven by rampant overfishing and illegal activities, intensified by escalating maritime conflicts. Current research predominantly fixates on maritime territorial and sovereignty disputes, typically emphasizing the state’s primary or exclusive role in the SCS fishery governance. The state centric approa…
Why and how is the power of Big Tech increasing in the policy process? The case of generative AI
The growing digitalization of our society has led to a meteoric rise of large technology companies (Big Tech), which have amassed tremendous wealth and influence through their ownership of digital infrastructure and platforms. The recent launch of ChatGPT and the rapid popularization of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) act as a focusing event to further accelerate the concentration of power in the hands of the Big Tech. By using Kingdon…
The rise of Big Tech as super policy entrepreneurs
Large technology companies (Big Tech) are becoming ever more powerful in modern societies. While concerns have been raised about their political, economic, and social implications, the policy implications of their rise remain underexplored. We utilize Kingdon’s concept of the policy entrepreneur, alongside the broader policy entrepreneurship literature, to examine Big Tech’s expanding role in the policy process. We conceptualize the super policy …
Political science (12 works) · China (10 works) · Economics (6 works) · Geography (6 works) · Biology (5 works) · Business (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Fishery (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Agriculture (3 works)