Mohamad Zreik is a postdoctoral fellow at the School of International Studies, Sun Yat-sen University, China. He specialises in international relations, with a focus on China-Arab relations, the Belt and Road Initiative, and Middle Eastern studies. Dr Zreik holds a PhD from Central China Normal University, Wuhan, and has published extensively in top-tier journals on geopolitics, political economy, and cultural diplomacy. He also serves as a consultant for the Centre for Lebanese Studies at the University of Cambridge. His recent works include books on Lebanon’s economic landscape and soft power in Asia and the Middle East.