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: Bifurcation in Inter-State Cases, University of Pennsylvania Journal of International Law, Vol.40, No.4(2019); Jurisdictional and Substantive Aspects in the Application of UNCLOS Article 83(3) in Recent International Decisions, in Myron H. Nordquist ed., Cooperation and Engagement in the Asia-Pacific Region, forthcoming; Nonappearance and Procedural Delicacy: Some Observations on the Tribunal’s Handling of Jurisdiction in the South China Sea Arbitration, Journal of International Law and Diplomacy, Vol.117, No.2, pp.50-76; The Latest Developments of the US Freedom of Navigation Programs in the South China Sea: Deregulation or Re-balance? (2016), Jurisdictional Objection to the Philippines’ Submissions regarding Nine-dash Line：Exclusion of the Dispute concerning Sources of Maritime Entitlements under UNCLOS Article 298.1（a）（i）(2016 Chinese), Diaoyu/Senkaku Dilemma: to Be or not to Be (2014), The ITLOS Judgment in the Bay of Bengal Case between Bangladesh and Myanmar (2013), Intentional Ambiguity and the Rule of Interpretation in Auto-interpretation: the case of “inalienable right” in NPT Article IV (2009). He is the Executive Director of the Center for the Law of the Sea Study in Tsinghua Law School.
