Curriculum Vitae

DR. LI RAN

Senior Lecturer
  • Institute of China Studies
    Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
  • liran
  • 03-79565663

BIOGRAPHY

Dr. Li Ran is a Senior Lecturer at Institute of China Studies, Faculty of Art and Social Sciences, Universiti Malaya. She obtained her doctoral degree in Economics from Universiti Malaya in 2014. Her specialization is in the transformation of China’s state enterprises, state enterprise system and China’s political-economic system, and her current areas of research include China’s global strategy and China-Malaysia economic relations. Her previous writings have appeared in a number of international journals such as China: An International Journal, Cities, International Journal of China Studies, Journal of Contemporary Asia. Moreover, her doctoral thesis was published as a book by a reputable publisher Palgrave Macmillan. She also wrote for Sin Chew Daily as a column author regularly.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

  • URBAN AND REGIONAL ECONOMICS
    URBAN DEVELOPMENT
  • PUBLIC SECTOR ECONOMICS
    CHINESE STATE AND STATE ENTERPRISES, POLITICAL-ECONOMIC SYSTEM
  • INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS
    INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY, CHINA-MALAYSIA ECONOMIC RELATIONS

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION

  • Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, (Administrative Science)
    Troy State University, Troy
  • Doctor of Philosophy Degree, (Development Economics)
    Universiti Malaya (UM)

MEMBERSHIPS

  • APPOINTED AS EDITOR OF INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CHINA STUDIES (IJCS), EDITORIAL BOARD
    2023 to present (International)

PUBLICATIONS

Article in Journal
  1. He, Y., Cheong, K. C., & Li, R. (2024). Cold War détente?: The role of China in the aftermath of Malaya's failed peace talks in 1955. Journal of Cold War Studies, 26(2), 123-143.
  2. Li, R., & Cheong, K. C. (2024). The Bank of China: From a turbulent past to a strategic future - What does its presence in Malaysia show? Malaysian Journal of Economic Studies, 61(1), 159-175.
  3. Liu, X., Zhao, T., & Li, R., (2023). Studying the green economic growth with clean energy and green finance: The role of financial policy. Renewable Energy, 215, 118971.
  4. Ren, Y., Li, R., Wu, R. J., & Tseng, M. L. (2023). Discovering the systematic interlinkages among the circular economy, supply chain, industry 4.0, and technology transfer: A bibliometric analysis. Cleaner and Responsible Consumption, 100123.
  5. Cheong, K. C., & Li, R. (2022). The role of Malaysian higher education in IR 4.0. Journal of International and Comparative Education, 11(2), 107-117.
  6. Li, M., Li, R., & Rashia, R. (2022). Strategic management tools: Improvement of Quantitative Strategic Planning Matrix (QSPM). Journal of Modern Project Management, 9(3), 169-181.
  7. Li, M., Rashia, R., & Li, R. (2022). Analysis on strategic factors of SMEs: Take Guangdong province as an example. Journal of Modern Project Management, 9(3), 183-197.
  8. He, Y., Cheong, K. C., & Li, R. (2019). Revisiting the Malayan Emergency: The China factor in the baling peace talks. Cold War History, 19(4): 529-547.
  9. Wang, Q., Li, R., & Cheong, K. C. (2019). Alternative globalizations and the role of China's small cities: Three case studies. China: An International Journal, 17(3), 95-111.
  10. Wang, Q., Li, R., & Cheong, K. C. (2019). Shandong's Yintan town and China's "ghost city" phenomenon. Sustainability, 11(17), 4584.
  11. Wang, Q., Li, R., & Cheong, K. C. (2018). Nanning - Perils and promise of a frontier city. Cities, 72, 51-59.
  12. Li, R., & Cheong, K. C. (2017). Huawei and ZTE in Malaysia: The localisation of Chinese transnational enterprises. Journal of Contemporary Asia, 47(5), 752-773.
  13. Zhang, M., & Li, R. (2017). The impact of China's economic restructuring on Southeast Asia: An investment perspective. International Journal of China Studies, 8(2), 183-198.
  14. Zhang, M., Li, R., & Cheong, K. C. (2017). Introduction: Southeast Asia and China's growth deceleration. International Journal of China Studies, 8(2), 125-138.
  15. Li, R., & Cheong, K. C. (2016). How much "state" is in China's state enterprises? A case study of ZTE Corporation in an era of reform. International Journal of China Studies, 7(3), 245-270.
  16. Li, R., Wang, Q., & Cheong, K. C. (2016). From obscurity to global prominence - Yiwu's emergence as an international trade hub. Cities, 53, 8-17.
  17. Li, R., Wang, Q., & Cheong, K. C. (2016). Quanzhou: Reclaiming a glorious past. Cities, 50, 168-179.
  18. Zhang, C., Cheong, K. C., Li, R., & Rasiah, R. (2016). Does governance reform help? The impact of split share structure reform on corporate board structure in Chinese manufacturing enterprises. Malaysian Journal of Economic Studies, 53(2): 297-313.
  19. Cheong, K. C., Li, R., Tan, E. C., & Zhang, M. (2014). China's state enterprises, economic growth and distribution: A revisionist view. China: An International Journal, 12(1), 132-152.
  20. Wong, C. Y., Siow, G., Li, R., & Kwek, K. T. (2013). The impact of China on the emerging world: New growth patterns in Chinese import-export activities. Engineering Economics, 24(4), 309-319.
Books
  1. Gomez, E. T., Tham, S. Y., Li, R., & Cheong, K. C. (2020). China in Malaysia: State-business relations and the new order of investment flows. Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan.
  2. Li, R., & Cheong, K. C. (2019). China's state enterprises: Changing role in a rapidly transforming economy. Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan.
  3. Wang, Q., Cheong, K. C., & Li, R. (2019). City development and internationalization in China: Quanzhou, Yiwu and Nanning. Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan.
Chapter in Books
  1. Cheong, K. C., & Li, R. (2023). The role of TVET in IR4.0 for Malaysia. In R. Rasiah, W. Y. Low & N. Kamaruddin (Eds.), Digitalization and development: Ecosystems for promoting IR4.0 technologies in Malaysia (pp. 189-206). Abingdon: Routledge.
  2. Cheong, K. C., Li, R., Goh, K. L., & Wang, Q. (2021). Conceptualising the Belt and Road Initiative: A Southeast Asian perspective. In R. Mishra, A. Hashim & A. Milner (Eds.), Asia and Europe in the 21st century: New anxieties, new opportunities (pp. 113-123). London: Routledge.
  3. Li, R., & Cheong, K. C. (2021). Malaysia in China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) - Lessons from a selected project. In Y. Guo & Y. Yang (Eds.), ASEAN-China cooperation on regional connectivity and sustainability (pp. 89-111). Singapore: World Scientific.
  4. Cheong, K. C., Li, R., & Wang, Q. (2019). ASEAN at 50: The rise of China and the emerging regional integration architecture. In A. Idris & N. Kamaruddin (Eds.), ASEAN post 50: Emerging issues and challenges (pp. 13-34). Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan.
  5. Cheong, K. C., Goh, K. L., & Li, R. (2018). Brain drain and talent capture in Malaysia: Rethinking conventional narratives. In A. Tyson (Ed.), The political economy of brain drain and talent capture: Evidence from Malaysia and Singapore (pp. 18-22). London and New York: Routledge.
  6. Kuik, C. C., Li, R., & Ling, S. N. (2017). The institutional foundations and features of China-ASEAN connectivity. In L. Dittmer & B.N. Chow (Eds.), Southeast Asia and China: A contest in mutual socialization (pp. 247-278). Singapore: Worlds Scientific.
  7. Cheong, K. C., Li, R., & Zhang, M. (2015). The Chinese state, state enterprises and the global crisis. In E. T. Gomez, F. Bafoil & K. C. Cheong (Eds.), Government-linked companies and sustainable, equitable development (pp. 39-59). New York, NY: Routledge.
Article in Proceeding
  1. Cheong, K.C., Li, R., Tan, E.C., & Zhang, M. (2011). Must China's state enterprises follow the path of Western governance to thrive? In F. Tao (Ed.), International proceedings of economics development and research; vol. 12: Selected, peer reviewed papers from the 3rd International Conference on Information and Financial Engineering (ICIFE 2011) (pp. 574-578). Singapore: IACSIT Press, c2011.

RESEARCH PROJECT

International
  1. 2017 - 2018, International Funding
    China's OFDI in Malaysia under the "Belt and Road" Initiative ( Principal Investigator(PI))
University
  1. 2021 - 2023, University Grant
    China's Investment In Malaysia Under The Two Crises Of Covid-19 Pandemic And Political Instability ( Principal Investigator(PI))

SUPERVISION

Postgraduate Student
  1. (2024) What Affect the Disequilibrium Economic Development in China?, SHUQI ZHANG
  2. (2024) The study of Henan Province’s Rural Cultural Construction under the Rural Revitalization Strategy in the New Era, YAFEI LIU
  3. (2024) Research on the risks of China’s Outward Foreign Direct Investment (OFDI) along The Belt And Road Initiative, NINGJIA YANG
  4. (2024) EXAMINING THE FACTORS AFFECTING THE MOTIVATION OF CROSS-BORDER MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS AMONG STATE- OWNED ENTERPRISES IN CHINA, SHEN YING
  5. (2024) Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) - Based Sustainable Mechanism under Poverty Alleviation - A Study of Tea Industry in Mingshan District, Sichuan Province, REN GUOJING
  6. (2024) China-Malaysia Incorporated: The Political Economy of Post-1MDB Chinese Investment Inflows, NICHOLAS KHOO
  7. (2024) STUDY ON THE CONTEMPORARY VALUE OF XI JINPING THOUGHT ON ECO-CIVILIZATION, TONG, XIAOFEN
  8. (2024) HOW EFFECTIVE IS THE HONG KONG URBAN RENEWAL POLICY CONTROLLED BY THE MARKET, AS COMPARED WITH MAJOR CITIES IN ASIA, AND WHAT ARE THE SUBSEQUENT IMPROVEMENTS., WU YAO
  9. (2024) THE IMPACT OF FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT ON INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATION -- A CASE STUDY OF CHINA, GUOQUAN AN
  10. (2024) SETTLEMENT INTENTION OF MIGRANTS THROUGH THE PUBLIC RENT HOUSING PROJECT IN WESTERN-REGION CITIES OF CHINA: NANNING AS A CASE STUDY, LIU LU
  11. (2023) Digital Technology and Inclusive Development in China : An Analysis of Digitally Driven Development Outcomes and Mediating Factors, XIAOYU LIU
  12. (2023) WENTANG TOWN HOT SPRING TOURISM DESTINATION: A MIXED METHOD OF MULTIPLE STAKEHOLDERS’ PERCEPTION, ZHANG MEICHENZI
  13. (2022) Influencing Factors for Strategic Management Development and Its Countermeasures in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in Guangdong Province of China, LI MING

TEACHING

Bachelor
  1. (2023) AIG2010 - Current Economic Issues in China
  2. (2023) AIG2014 - Economic Policy of China