Dr. Jin (Julie) Zeng is Associate Professor of Politics and International Relations at Florida International University. She graduated from Johns Hopkins University with a Ph.D. in Political Science in 2007. Her primary research interests are Chinese investment in Latin America, agrarian studies in contemporary China, and political economy of development. She is the author of the book, State-Led Privatization in China—The Politics of Economic Reform (Routledge, 2013). Dr. Zeng has also published articles in scholarly journals such as The Journal of Peasant Studies, Third World Quarterly, Journal of Chinese Political Science, and Asian Perspective. Dr. Zeng is currently working on three research projects. 1) an article on Huawei’s expansion in Brazil; 2) a book project on Chinese investment in Latin America, focusing on the internationalization strategies of Chinese multinationals operating in Latin America amid rising geopolitical tensions, and the social and economic impacts of Chinese investment on recipient states; 3) a book project on rural land reform in contemporary China with a focus on rural land titling and land commercialization.