Jabin T. Jacob is Associate Professor in the Department of International Relations and Governance Studies, Shiv Nadar University, Uttar Pradesh and Adjunct Research Fellow at the National Maritime Foundation, New Delhi. He is also Associate Editor of China Report and was formerly Fellow and Assistant Director at the Institute of Chinese Studies, Delhi. Jacob holds a PhD in Chinese Studies and has spent time as a student/ researcher/ faculty in Taiwan, France and Singapore. His research interests include China-South Asia relations, China’s ‘belt and road’ initiative, Sino-Indian border areas, and centre-province relations in China. He is a member of PhD committees at the Naval War College, Goa, University of Mumbai and Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati.