His research focuses on late imperial and modern Chinese and East Asian history. He is currently working on a book manuscript that is tentatively titled “Remaking the Chinese Empire: Manchu-Korean Relations and China’s Transformation, 1616–1910,” which is aimed at revealing China’s development into a modern state through the changes in Sino-Korean relations during the Qing period. His recent publication regarding this topic will be published in the June 2017 issue of Late Imperial China.