Jorge Tavares da Silva is an invited professor at the University of Aveiro (Portugal) and associate researcher at the Research Unit on Governance, Competitiveness and Public Policies (GOVCOPP). He holds a Ph.D. in International Relations from the Faculty of Economics at the University of Coimbra (Portugal), in the specific field of International Politics and Conflict Resolution. He is a founder member of the Observatory of China in Portugal. His research interests include the Chinese political economy, China foreign policy and Cross-Strait relations.