Xinjun Zhang is a Professor of Public International Law at Tsinghua University, Beijing. His research interests include the Law of the Sea, International Environmental Law, Non-proliferation Law and the Law of Treaties. Publication includes: “Diaoyu/Senkaku Islands from a Chinese Perspective,” in Ann Peters (ed.), Max Plank Encyclopedia of Public International Law (OUP 2025); The 2022 ICJ Judgment in Nicaragua v. Colombia: Towards a Theory of Exclusivity in Allocating Rights and Jurisdiction between the Coastal and Other States? Chinese Journal of International Law (2024), Vol.23, Issue 2, pp. 223–262 (Xinjun Zhang and Xidi Chen); “China and the Settlement of Territorial Disputes,” in Ignacio de la Rasilla; Congyan Cai (eds.), The Cambridge Handbook of China and International Law (Cambridge University Press, Xinjun Zhang & Xidi Chen, 2024); “The U.S. Promotion of Internationalization and the Legal Order of the South China Sea: Sovereignty, Maritime Rights and Dispute Settlement,” Oriental Law (2022 in Chinese); “Dispute Settlement Under Disarmament Treaties,” in Hélène Ruiz Fabri (ed.), Max Planck Encyclopedia of International Procedural Law (OUP 2021); Law and Politics in Peaceful Use of Nuclear Energy, Intellectual Property Publishing House (2020. Springer, 2024). He is the Director of the Center for the Law of the Sea Study in Tsinghua Law School.

Email: zxinjun@tsinghua.edu.cn