Lin is a Ph.D. candidate at the Department of Pacific Affairs, Australian National University (ANU), Australia. His research interests include international political economy, international security, and authoritarianism, with a regional focus on the Asia-Pacific, particularly China, Southeast Asia, and Pacific Island countries. He has been awarded Early Career Scholars Seed Funding by the Research Group on Transnational Political Networks (supported by the Carnegie Corporation of New York) at the Center for International Affairs and World Cultures, Northeastern University, USA.