Simon Shen Xu Hui

Simon Xu Hui Shen (Chinese: 沈旭暉) is a Hong Kong political scientist and columnist.

Shen was educated at the Queen's College and graduated from the Yale University in 2000 with bachelor degrees in Political Science and History and later master in Political Science. He obtained a doctoral degree from the Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford in 2006. His thesis is titled " A New Stability in China’s Internal and External Affairs? Reinventing Chinese Nationalism in Sino-American Relations (1999-2003)."

Shen joined Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) in 2003 and became research assistant professor in the Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies of the same school. In 2009, he was invited by Anthony Cheung, then President of Hong Kong Institute of Education (now Education University of Hong Kong) to its Faculty of Arts and Sciences. He returned to CUHK in 2012.

He held visiting positions in Brookings Institution, University of Warwick and National University of Singapore.

In 2016, he left Hong Kong.

Books

• Conflict and Cooperation in Sino-US Relations: Change & Continuity, Causes & Cures. Routledge. 2015. (Co-edited with Jean-Marc Blanchard)
• China and the World (Vol. I – VIII). Sage. 2014. (Co-edited with Shaun Breslin and Carla Freeman)
• Multi-dimensional Diplomacy of Contemporary China. Rowman & Littlefield. 2010. (Co-edited with Jean-Marc Blanchard)
• Online Chinese Nationalism and China’s Bilateral Relations. Rowman & Littlefield. 2010. (Co-edited with Shaun Breslin)
• Redefining Nationalism in Modern China: Sino-American Relations and the Emergence of Chinese Public Opinions in the 21st Century. Palgrave Macmillan. 2007.