Op-ed by Dr Li Mingjiang, Associate Professor and Provost’s Chair in International Relations, Coordinator of PhD Programme, Graduate Programme Office (GPO), S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS) and Mr Tiong Wei Jie recently graduated from the Master of Social Sciences in China and Global Governance at Nanyang Technological University (NTU), and is an incoming PhD student at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), NTU.