Konstantinos Tsimonis is a senior lecturer in Chinese Society at King’s College London. He is also an Honorary Senior Research Fellow at University College London, and a member of the Institute of International Relations (IIR) in Athens. His research has been funded by the Independent Social Research Foundation, the British Academy and the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, among other organisations. His books include a monograph titled “The Chinese Communist Youth League: Juniority and Responsiveness in a Party Youth Organization” (Amsterdam: 2021); “Belt and Road: The First Decade” by (Agenda: 2022 – co-authored); and “Corruption and Anti-Corruption Upside Down: New Perspectives from the Global South” ( Palgrave, 2024 – co-edited). His articles have appeared in Modern China, Europe-Asia Studies, the Chinese Journal of International Politics, the Chinese Journal of Political Science, and the Journal of Youth Studies, among others.