Dr. Longfei Xing
Research Fellow
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-0286-5360
Dr. Longfei Xing is a Research Fellow at the Chair of Modern China Studies at the University of Cologne. She holds a Ph.D. in Regional Studies China from the University of Cologne, graduating in 2025. From 2018 to 2020, she was an adjunct lecturer at the Institute of East Asian Studies at the University of Cologne, where she taught BA and MA seminars on the PRC's foreign policy, educational diplomacy, and Sino-foreign student exchanges.
Research Interests
- History of educational exchange between the PRC and the West during the Cold War
- The PRC's knowledge diplomacy and educational diplomacy
- The PRC's governance of international education
Selected Publications
Crossing the Iron Curtain: Western Students in Mao's China (1949-1976). Berlin: De Gruyter Oldenbourg, 2025.