Liu Lirong
Dr. Phil (University of Bonn, 2007)
Associate Professor
Institute of International Studies, Fudan University
220 Handan Road, Shanghai 200433, China
Email: liulirong(at)fudan.edu.cn

Liu Lirong is an Associate Professor of European Studies at Fudan University in Shanghai. She holds a Ph.D. (Dr. phil.) in sociology and an MA (Magistra Artium) in sociology, computer science and history of art from the University of Bonn in Germany, as well as a BA in journalism from Renmin University of China. She worked as journalist at China Press Agency from 1994 to 1997. She was Visiting Researcher at the Center for European Integration Studies (ZEI) in Bonn (2009), Visiting Fellow at the European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS) in Paris (2010), Visiting Researcher at LMU Munich (2012/2013) , Visiting Researcher at Lund University (2013) and Visiting Researcher at German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP, 2016).

Recent publications include Economic Freedom and Growth: an International Comparative Study (LIT Press, 2007, in German), Culture and National Security as Determinants of Why Nations Arm (Engelhardt-Ng Press, 2007, in German), The EU and China’s engagement in Africa: the dilemma of socialisation (EUISS, 2011, in English), Medea’s Anger: the Change of Social Values in Europe (Tongji University Press, 2011, in Chinese) and Twilight of the European Dream (China Social Sciences Press, 2017, in Chinese).

She applies modern quantitative methods, i.e., multivariate statistics or econometric methods to the international studies. Current research focuses on: China-EU relations, Germany Studies, China-EU-Africa trilateral relations, the interplay between culture and political economy.


Publications

Books (Monographs)
Liu Lirong, Twilight of the European Dream, Beijing: China Social Sciences Press, 2017 / in Chinese
Liu Lirong, The EU and China’s engagement in Africa: the dilemma of socialization, Paris: EUISS, 2011 / in English
Liu Lirong and Huang Fengzhu, Medea’s Anger: the Change of Social Values in Europe. Shanghai: Tongji University Press, 2011 / in Chinese
Liu Lirong, Wirtschaftliche Freiheit und Wachstum: Eine international vergleichende Studie. Berlin: LIT Press, 2007 / in German
Liu Lirong, Sicherheitspolitische und Soziokulturelle Determinanten der Verteidigungsanstrengungen: Eine international vergleichende Studie. Bonn: Engelhardt-Ng Press, 2007 / in German

Books (Translations)
(from German into Chinese) Susanna Partsch, Kunst-Epochen / 20. Jahrhundert I, Beijing: Shangwu Press, 2015
(from German into Chinese) Hermann Scheer, Solare Weltwirtschaft, Beijing: Sdxjoint Publishing House, 2000
(from German into Chinese) Jose Lutzenberger, Wir können die Natur nicht verbessern, Beijing: Sdxjoint Publishing House, 1999
(from German into Chinese) Imre Kertész, Understanding Kertész, Hongkong: Mingpao Press, 2002

Papers

(in English) Liu Lirong, 'Interests and relations with CEE countries - Perspective China', in: Heinrich Kreft and Hardy Ostry (eds.): Geopolitics in Central and Eastern Europe,  Bruxelles: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung / Andrássy University Budapest, 2023, pp. 58-64;

(in Chinese) Liu Lirong, 'China's economic diplomacy towards the EU', Fudan International Relations Review, November 2017, Vol.20, pp.152-172;
(in Chinese) Liu Lirong, 'One Belt, One Road: Opportunities and Obstacles for China-EU Cooperation', in: Chen Guoping & Zhao Yuanliang (eds.): Changes in the International System and China's Strategic Choice, Beijing: Social Science Literature Press, September 2017, pp.32-40;
(in English) Liu Lirong, ‘Can a Strong Yet Lonesome Germany Save Europe?’ , in: Wu Xinbo (ed.): Change and Divergence – Fudan International Strategic Report 2016, Shanghai: IIS – Fudan University, March 2017, pp. 29-33;
(in Chinese) Liu Lirong, ‘Can a Strong Yet Lonesome Germany Save Europe?’ , in: Wu Xinbo (ed.): Change and Divergence – Fudan International Strategic Report 2016, Shanghai: IIS – Fudan University, December 2016, pp. 32-37;
(in English) Liu Lirong, ‘Germany in the European Crisis: A New Role and Diplomacy Shift’, in: Wu Xinbo (ed.): Old Order and New Normal – Fudan International Strategic Report 2015, Shanghai: IIS – Fudan University, March 2016, pp. 64-70;
(in Chinese) Liu Lirong, ‘The Possibility of Sino-EU Cooperation under the Concept of One Belt One Road’, World Economic Survey, March 2016, No.13, pp. 1-9;
(in Chinese) Liu Lirong, ‘Germany in the European Crisis: A New Role and Diplomacy Shift’, in: Wu Xinbo (ed.): Old Order and New Normal – Fudan International Strategic Report 2015, Shanghai: IIS – Fudan University, December 2015, pp. 39-44;
(in Chinese) Liu Lirong, ‘One Belt, One Road: Opportunities and Obstacles for Sino-EU Cooperation’, Fudan International Relations Review, November 2015, Vol.16, pp. 220-234;
(in Chinese) Liu Lirong, ‘Involvement of European Countries in AIIB – Cause and Effect’, Eehoe Century, June – September 2015, No.26, Singapore, pp. 64-67;
(in Chinese) Liu Lirong, ‘EU-China High-Level People-to-People Dialogue: Assessment and Recommendations’, in: Wu Xinbo (ed.): Study on the Mechanism of Cultural Diplomacy and People-to-People Dialogue, Shanghai: IIS – Fudan University, July 2015, pp. 14-21;
(in Chinese) Liu Lirong, ‘Particularity of Germany’s China Policy and its Impact on EU’s Policy’, in: Liu Liqun (ed.): Germany and the European Union – In the Context of the Debt Crisis, Beijing: CASS Press, May 2015, pp.16-28;
(in Chinese) Liu Lirong, ‘Germany’s China Policy in Merkel’s Third Term and the New Trends in Sino-German Relations’, in: Blue Book of Germany – Annual Development Report of Germany, Beijing: CASS Press, May 2015, pp.200-216;
(in Chinese) Liu Lirong, ‘Public and Cultural Diplomacy: The Experience of European Countries’, in: Wu Xinbo (ed.): People-to-People Dialogue – China’s Diplomatic Strategy, Shanghai: IIS – Fudan University, December 2014, pp. 35-42;
(in English) ‘The United Kingdom and the European Union: What would a “Brexit” mean for the EU and other States around the World? – The Chinese View’, Edited by Almut Möller and Tim Oliver, DGAP-Analyse, September 2014, No. 16, pp. 35-38;
(in English) ‘The EU and China: Normative and Consultative Foreign Policy in Africa’, in: Ng Hong Chiok and Anne Engelhardt (eds.), Ost-West-Review, Bonn: Engelhardt-Ng Verlag, 2014, pp. 150-177;
(in English) ‘Britain Outside Europe? The Chinese View. China would lose its European free-market ally’, in: Almut Möller and Tim Oliver (eds.): Britain Outside Europe? Views on the future of the UK and EU, from Europe and beyond, IP Journal, February 2014
(in Chinese) ‘EU-Sino Relations: The Next Ten Years’, Chinese Journal of European Studies 31(6), December 2013
(in Chinese) ‘The Germany Factor in Sino-EU Relations’, Journal of Germany Studies 28(3), October 2013
(in English) ‘The Evolution of China’s EU Policy: from Mao’s intermediate zone to a strategic partnership based on non-shared values’, Journal of European Integration History 18(1), June 2012
(in Chinese) ‘Financial Crisis and the Countermeasures of the European Central Bank’, Journal of Tongji University (Social Science Section) 22(1), February 2011
(in Chinese) ‘The Development of European Foreign Policy Ideas’, Journal of Germany Studies 25(2), June 2010
(in Chinese) ‘The Capitalist Peace and the Rise of China’, Ming Pao Monthly 45(9), September 2010
(in Chinese) ‘The Worldly Asceticism and the Spirit of Capitalism’, Journal of Reading, 2009(10)
(in Chinese) ‘The Crisis Management of the EU in Africa’, Journal of Germany Studies 24(4), December 2009
(in Chinese) ‘Obstacles of Integration in Germany and the Islamic Culture’, Journal of Tongji University (Social Science Section) 20(6), December 2009
(in Chinese) ‘The Cultural Identity of the United Europe’, Ming Pao Monthly 44(5), May 2009
(in Chinese) ‘Aesthetics of Dialectic and Sensibility of Art’, Research on Marxist Aesthetics, Vol.11, 2008
(in Chinese) ‘Phenomenology of Mind: the Dialectical Process of Freedom and Consciousness’, Journal of Jiangsu Social Science, 2007 (5)

Viewpoints
Whether TTIP could be concluded by the end of 2016, Pengpai News, 2016-04-29;
EU’s refusal to grant China MES would affect ties, The BRICS Post, 2016-04-21;
Can EU-Turkey deal solve the refugee crisis? Pengpai News, 2016-03-21;
EU may likely support China’s market economy status after delay, cntv.com, 2016-01-15;
Solving African refugee crisis needs permanent cure, Wenhui Daily, 2015-11-11;
Merkel’s eighth visit to China, how to enhance Sino-German political cooperation, Pengpai News, 2015-10-29;
The transformation of Germany’s foreign policy III – The rebalancing of Germany’s Asia policy, Pengpai News, 2015-03-11;
The transformation of Germany’s foreign policy II – The selective leadership in the Ukraine crisis, Pengpai News, 2015-03-04;
The transformation of Germany’s foreign policy I – Germany seeks a stronger role in international affairs, Pengpai News, 2015-03-03;
Germany: The leadership from the ‘Center’, Shanghai Morning Post, 2015-02-12;
Would Europe become an economic ally of China? Oriental Morning Post, 2014-10-14;
The dilemma of minimum wage system in Europe, Shanghai Morning Post, 2014-05-28;
European Parliament election results: An Analysis, Wenhui Daily, 2014-05-27;
The civil servant system in Germany, Shanghai Observer, 2014-05-14;
Xi Jiping’s visit to Europe and Sino-EU relations, Jiefang Daily, 2014-03-31;
The geopolitics of TTIP, DF Daily, 2014-03-27;
The two-track pension system in Germany, Shanghai Observer, 2013-12-30;
Germany in the world: expected to be a leader? Wenhui Daily, 2013-12-29;
The changing role of Germany in the EU, Shanghai Morning Post, 2013-10-11;
German election: Merkel’s victory is a foregone conclusion, Wenhui Daily, 2013-09-05;
TTIP: setting global standards, Shanghai Morning Post, 2013-07-11;
The impoverished suburbs in Europe: the forgotten corner, Shanghai Morning Post, 2013-05-30;
Who is really ‘rich’ in the euro zone? Shanghai Morning Post, 2013-04-26;
Cyprus as an ‘experimental field’ of the euro bailout, Shanghai Morning Post, 2013-03-29;
Cameron’s talk on ‘Brexit’ appeared somewhat insincerely, Shanghai Morning Post, 2013-02-05;
Youth unemployment: Europe’s worries, Shanghai Morning Post, 2012-10-23;
Where is Merkel’s bottom-line? Shanghai Morning Post, 2012-09-18;
To solve the Greek crisis, both austerity and growth will be needed, Shanghai Morning Post, 2012-09-06;
Netherlands election increases the uncertainties in the euro zone debt crisis, Shanghai Morning Post, 2012-08-31;
Can the “supranational democracy” save the European debt crisis? Shanghai Morning Post, 2012-08-10;
The election campaign of the European countries in the shadow of debt crisis, Shanghai Morning Post, 2012-08-17;
The European dream: abducted by the crisis, Shanghai Morning Post, 2013-06-13;