Chengxin Pan is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Macau, Adjunct Associate Professor at the Australia-China Relations Institute, University of Technology Sydney, and Honorary Associate Professor at Deakin University. His research interests are in quantum social theory, the theory of power, ontological security, and China’s international relations. He is the author of Knowledge, Desire and Power in Global Politics: Western Representations of China’s Rise, and a co-editor of three books, including China’s Rise and Rethinking International Relations Theory. His articles have appeared in The British Journal of Politics and International Relations, European Journal of International Relations, International Relations of the Asia-Pacific, Millennium: Journal of International Studies, and Review of International Studies, among others.