Li Sheng received his PhD from the University of Freiburg, Germany. He is currently a professor of political economy and public policy at the University of Macau. He has published over 40 research papers in SSCI journals, mainly focusing on urban and international political economy. His services include Associate Dean of Faculty of Social Sciences, Senate Member and Director of Russian Center, University of Macau, China. Dmitri Felix do Nascimento is a researcher from the Northeast of Brazil. He is a Post-doctoral Fellow at the University of Macau, China. PHD in Political Science/International Relations in ICS-University of Lisbon/Portugal. He studied Russian language in the Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia. He wrote the book, ‘The Brazilian Foreign Policy in BRICS: between political autonomy and economic dependence’ (In Portuguese).