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Zhiyao Zhang
Director, Asia Liaison Office
Room 610
Asia Liaison Office
The Training Centre of the School of Journalism, Fudan University, 400 Guoding Road, Shanghai, China, 200433
Regional Focus: East Asia, Southeast Asia
Dr. Zhang was born and raised in China and received his MA and PhD in Political Science at Jilin University. He taught at Jilin for a number of years and also served as the associate dean of political studies there for three years. Subsequently, he held visiting fellowships at universities in the U.S. and the U.K. before moving to Canada. He has taught at the Royal Military College of Canada and at Queen's.
In 2007, Queen’s became the first Canadian university to establish an office in China. The Queen’s Asia Liaison Office is located on the campus of Fudan University in Shanghai and serves the Asia-Pacific region.
The responsibilities of the Liaison Office include seeking and promoting opportunities for academic and research collaboration with universities and government offices, recruitment of undergraduate and graduate students for degree programs at Queen’s, and maintaining links with Queen’s alumni.