Yu-Ping Chang

Yu-Ping Chang graduated with a doctoral degree in Security Studies program from Kansas State University. Her research focuses on China’s foreign policy, the People’s Liberation Army’s development, US-China relations, and security issues in Asia. She recently published a peer-reviewed book titled, China’s New Imperialism: Nature, Causes, and Rationalization (Routledge, 2023). This book examines the concept of the PLA’s “Active Defense” from a geopolitical and geostrategic perspective, in addition to analysis of the Chinese worldview and belief system.