Claudia Astarita is lecturer at Sciences Po Paris, researcher at the Lyon’s Institute of East Asian Studies (IAO). She obtained her Ph.D. in Asian Studies from the University of Hong Kong in 2010. Her main research interests include China’s political and economic development, Chinese and Indian Foreign policies, East Asian regionalism and regional economic integration, Asian Civil Society, and the role of media as well as official and unofficial memories in reshaping historical narratives in Asia.