I created this personal website because I finally realized everybody has got one (just kidding). I want to use this space to share a bit more about myself with colleagues, students, potential collaborators, and future employers. While I’m not active on social media, I hope this site serves as a useful resource. If you’re a stranger just passing by, I hope you still find something of interest. Enjoy exploring!

Here are my most recent academic publications

LATEST ESSAYS

       Zhong, D. "Pitfalls Of State-Led Development: Brazil’s Past Offers A Warning For China," Hoover Institution Press, October 11, 2024. Available at: https://www.hoover.org/research/pitfalls-state-led-development-brazils-past-offers-warning-china 

       Zhong, D. (2025). The Silent Withdrawal: China’s Declining Female Workforce Poses a National Challenge. Stanford, CA: Hoover Institution Press. Available at: https://www.hoover.org/sites/default/files/research/docs/Zhong_SilentWithdrawal_web-250210.pdf 

TRANSLATED BOOKS

Laozi (2020) Lao Tsé. Translated by Paula Lima, N. and Zhong, D. Beijing: People’s Education Press.

Wu, B. (2017) Oportunidades em meio à transformação: uma análise multidimensional das perspectivas de cooperação entre China e América Latina (Opportunities amid transformation: a multidimensional analysis of the prospects for cooperation between China and Latin America). Translated by Zhong, D. São Paulo: Editora Cultura Acadêmica.

UNIVERSITY TEXTBOOKS

Zhang, F. (editor) et al. (Forthcoming) 巴西研究入门 (Introduction to Brazilian Studies). Beijing: Foreign Language Teaching And Research Press.

Zhang, F. and Zhong, D. (2021) 新经典葡汉汉葡口译教程 (Coursebook for Portuguese to Chinese and Chinese to Portuguese interpretation) . Beijing: Foreign Language Teaching And Research Press.

Song, H. and Zhong, D. (2020) 葡语国家与地区概况 (Introduction to Portuguese-Speaking Countries and Regions). Beijing: China Agriculture Press.

ARTICLES

1. Zhong, D. 2024. "Historical narratives of Brazil’s regime change: A time-centered framework." Asian Journal of Latin American Studies 37, no. 3: 81-108.

2. Zhong, D., and Flávio Ribeiro de Oliveira. 2023. "O voto amaldiçoado: Repensando o sistema de responsabilização eleitoral (The Cursed Vote: Rethinking the electoral accountability system)." Agenda Política 11, no. 1: 29–51.

3. Zhong, D. 2022. “拉美国家政党政治生态：以巴西、阿根廷和智利为例 (The ecology of political parties in Latin America: comparing Brazil, Argentina and Chile).” Contemporary World and Socialism (当代世界与社会主义) 158, no. 4: 134-140.

4. Wang, L., and Zhong, D. 2021. “身份政治与公共政策回应——巴西肯定性行动政策起源 (Identity politics and public policy response: the origin of affirmative action in Brazil).” Zhejiang Social Sciences (浙江社会科学) 303, no. 11: 37-44.

5. Zhong, D., and Tang, X. 2021. “巴西主流媒体对华意识形态：基于《圣保罗页报》《环球报》推文的研究(2015—2020) (Ideology and public diplomacy: an analysis of official tweets of Folha and Globo on China [2015-2020]).” Modern Communication (现代传播) 43, no. 12: 84-89.

6. Zhong, D. 2021. “巴西新电影运动宣言书——《饥饿的美学》翻译缘起及葡语全文译注 (Manifesto of Cinema Novo: a critical reading of Aesthetics of Hunger by Glauber Rocha).” Cultural Studies and Literary Theory (中外文化与文论) no. 49: 377-389.

7. Zhong, D. 2021. “全球视野下的中国比较政治学：议题、理论和方法 (Comparative Politics in China: topics, approaches and methods).” Journal of Mianyang Teachers’ College (绵阳师范学院学报) 40, no. 7: 56-63.

8. Zhong, D. 2019. "O pensamento geopolítico tradicional chinês enraizado na Filosofia Tradicional Chinesa: origem, características e implicações.” Filosofia Política 10, no. 1: 4-20.

9. Zhong, D. 2018. “巴西主流媒体一带一路报道倾向分析 (Analysis of Brazilian news coverage on the Belt and Road Initiative).” International Communications (国际传播) no. 2: 44-50.

10. Zhong, D., and Song, H. 2017. “浅析农牧合作社在巴西农业现代化中的作用 (The role of agricultural cooperatives in Brazil’s agricultural modernization).” World Agriculture (世界农业) no. 7: 144-150.

11. Zhong, D. 2015. “‘新常态’下的中巴贸易结构转型研究 (China-Brazil trade relations beyond complementarity: from trade asymmetry to cooperation of productive capacity).” Journal of Sichuan Normal University (四川师范大学学报) 42, no. 6: 51-56.

12. Zhong, D. 2015. “饥饿的美学——试析巴西’新电影运动’的反抗精神 (The aesthetics of hunger: on the spirit of resistance of Cinema Novo).” Sichuan Drama (四川戏剧) no. 11: 80-91.

BOOK CHAPTERS

Zhong, D. (2020) ‘Economic reform under Michel Temer and its efficacy’, in J. Cheng et al. (eds.) Annual report on the development of Brazil (巴西发展报告). Beijing: Chinese Social Science Academy Press.

Zhong, D. (2018) ‘Brazil’s higher education internationalization policy: from Ciência sem Fronteiras to Ciência para o Desenvolvimento’, in J. Cheng et al. (eds.) Annual report on the development of Brazil (巴西发展报告). Beijing: Chinese Social Science Academy Press.

Zhong, D. (2017) ‘Decorative democracy: on the political heritage of colonialism in Brazil’, in J. Cheng et al. (eds.) Development in Brazil and modernization in Latin America (巴西及拉美历史与发展研究). Wuhan: Wuhan University Press.

Zhong, D. (2017) ‘Brazil’s national identity through the Rio Olympic Games’, in G. Liu (ed.) Annual report on the development of Brazil (巴西发展报告), Beijing: Chinese Social Science Academy Press.

Zhong, D. (2016) ‘The impact of trade asymmetry on Brazil’s long-term development: a Latin American structuralism approach’, in G. Liu and J. Cheng (eds.) Brazil’s development and the modernization of Latin America (巴西发展与拉美现代化研究). Wuhan: Changjiang Press.

If you'd like access to any of my works, please get in touch:

 Institutional email: dianz@stanford.edu

Personal email: marazhong1990@gmail.com