Zhehang Zhang is a PhD candidate in Sociology at the University of California, Berkeley. His research lies at the intersection of political sociology, political economy, development, and economic geography, with a regional focus on China and Southeast Asia. His dissertation examines cross-border industrial development in the China–Southeast Asia borderlands, asking how state-led development operates across sovereign boundaries and how these transnational projects reshape state institutions, territorial governance, labor, and local political economies. His broader interests include...
