# Chencong Zhu

**Source**: https://anthropology.cornell.edu/chencong-zhu
**Parent**: https://anthropology.cornell.edu/anthro-grad-students

### Overview

Chencong Zhu is a PhD student in sociocultural anthropology. He is interested in the intersections of political ecology, urban development, and maritime geopolitics, with a particular focus on endangered species conservation in the postwar Taiwan Strait. Born and raised in Xiamen (Fujian, China), he received a BA in sociology from Renmin University of China.