Modern and Contemporary China, History of the Catholic Church in China and Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Sino-foreign relations, and Sino-Vatican relations

Cindy Yik-yi Chu is the editor the The Handbook on the Catholic Church in East Asia (Palgrave, forthcoming), and is writing The Biography of Cardinal John Tong (Palgrave, forthcoming).

She writes on the Catholic Church and the Catholic sisters in China Mainland and Hong Kong. She has published 17 books and 50 some articles in edited volumes and journals. Her recent works include: Edited. The Catholic Church, the Bible, and Evangelization in China (Palgrave 2021); Edited with Paul P. Mariani, People, Communities, and the Catholic Church in China (Palgrave, 2020); and The Chinese Sisters of the Precious Blood and the Evolution of the Catholic Church (Palgrave, 2016). She is interested in the history of the Catholic Church in modern and contemporary China and Hong Kong, Catholic sisters in Chinese societies, and Sino-Vatican relations. She is now editing The Palgrave Handbook of the Catholic Church in East Asia and working on the history of Sino-Vatican relations.