Yu-Shan is a Research Fellow at the University of Pretoria. She co-edited the book 'South Africa–China Relations: A Partnership of Paradoxes', Palgrave Macmillan, 2021 (1st edition).
She was previously a Research Associate at the Africa–China Reporting Project (ACRP), Department of Journalism, University of Witwatersrand. She also undertook research on foreign policy issues at the South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA), between 2010 and 2017.
Yu-Shan completed her PhD (International Relations) at the University of Pretoria in early 2019. She is a qualified Yoga teacher.
Experience
2018–present
Research associate, Africa China Reporting Project
2017–present
Research associate, South African Institute of International Affairs
2016–2017
senior researcher, South African Institute of International Affairs
2010–2015
researcher, South African Institute of International Affairs
Education
2011
University of the Witwatersrand, Masters: International Relations
Publications
2016
South African foreign policy and China: converging visions, competing interests, contested identities, Commonwealth & Comparative Politics
2016
China’s Media and Public Diplomacy Approach in Africa: Illustrations from South Africa, Communication Journal of China
2015
#MadeinAfrica: How China-Africa relations take on new meaning thanks to digital communication , How Africans and Their Governments are Shaping Relations
2014
CCTV's global outreach: Examining the audiences of China's new voice on Africa, Media International Australia
2013
The Political and Diplomatic Implications of Social Media: the Cases of China and South Africa, African East-Asian Affairs (The China Monitor)