Dr. Ding joined Bloomsburg University as an assistant professor of political science in August 2006. He received his masters and doctoral degrees from Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey.

Born in Yangzhou (China), Dr. Ding had spent 18 years in that culture-condensed historical city before he went to college. After he graduated from Beijing Institute of International Relations in 1997, he had worked as an assistant research fellow in a prestigious governmental think tank in Beijing for three years. Before he came to the states in 2000, he had published a lot of articles in China.

Dr. Ding has regional expertise on Pacific Asia. His research interests include soft power; Information Technology and World Politics; Asian politics; Chinese politics and foreign policy; U.S.-China relations, etc. He is the author of The Dragon's Hidden Wings: How China Rises with Its Soft Power (Lexington Books 2008). Dr. Ding's research articles have appeared in Pacific Affairs, Nationalism and Ethnic Politics, East Asia, and Journal of Chinese Political Science. He has also presented many research papers at national and international conferences.

Recent Publications (peer-reviewed):

The Dragon's Hidden Wings: How China Rises with Its Soft Power (Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield-Lexington 2008) (hardcover and paperback).


“To Build a ‘Harmonious World’: China’s Soft Power Wielding in the Global South” Journal of Chinese Political Science, vol. 13, no. 2 (2008), pp. 193-213.

“Digital Diaspora and National Image Building: A New Perspective on Chinese Diaspora Study in the Age of China’s Rise” Pacific Affairs, vol. 80, no. 4 (2007),
pp. 627-48.

“The Dragon’s Underbelly: An Analysis of China’s Soft Power” East Asia: An International Quarterly, vol. 23, no. 4 (2006), pp. 22-44. (with Yanzhong Huang)

“Digital Dragons and Cybernetic Bears: Comparing the Overseas Chinese and Near Abroad Russian Web Communities” Nationalism and Ethnic Politics, vol. 12, no. 2 (2006), pp. 255-90. (with Robert A. Saunders)

“Talking Up China: An Analysis of Cultural Power and the Global Popularization of the Chinese Language” East Asia: An International Quarterly, vol. 23, no. 2 (2006), pp. 3-33. (with Robert A. Saunders)


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