Menghu Xia (Tiger) is a PhD candidate majoring in Politics & International Relations at University New South Wales, Canberra. He was awarded with a University International Postgraduate Award (UIPA) scholarship in 2022. His research interests include ASEAN regionalism, ASEAN-China relation, Australia-China relation, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and Southeast Asia. His PhD thesis examines the role of ASEAN as a regional organization in China's BRI. He has a few publications in peer-reviewed journals in English and Chinese. He has presented his research in several international conferences.