SHENG Shiliang

Chief Researcher with the Center for Global Challenges Studies, Xinhua News Agency; Chief Researcher at the Institute for Social Development of Eurasia (the Center for Development Research under the State Council of the People's Republic of China).  Member of the Valdai Discussion Club.

Previous positions: translator, style editor and editor at Xinhua News Agency (1964-2002), corre­spondent and Deputy Chief at Xinhua, Moscow (1978-2000).

Research interests: Russia and the CIS countries, international relations in general.

Selected publications: books: “How to be a Translator for Mass Media”, “Eyewitnesses of Sudden Events”, “Round-the-World Tour”, “Chinese Neighbors”; articles: “The New Kingdom of Three: China, Russia, USA”, “Russian National Projects”, “Russian Ideologies”, “The Rise of Russia”, “Medvedev – Happy and Not So Much”, “Has Obama Rebooted the Relationship with Russia?”, “System of Collective Security for Russia”, “Will Belarus Find Happiness without Russia?”, “How Russia is Overcoming the Economic Crisis”.