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Qilin Cao (pronounced “Chi-lin Tsao”) is an assistant professor in the School of Foreign Studies at Tongji University, Shanghai, China. He received his MA and PhD in Translation Studies from the University of Macau. His research interests lie at the intersection of translation studies, comparative literature, and cultural studies, with a particular focus on the materiality of translation and how translation theory engages with emerging digital trends. His articles can be found in journals including positions: asia critique, Modern Asian Studies, International Journal of Asian Studies, Neohelicon, Orbis Litterarum, Asia Pacific Translation and Intercultural Studies and Journal of Translation Studies. His first monograph, Translation as the Gaze: Conceptualizing the Sino-Western Encounter, 1839–1949 (Routledge), is forthcoming in April 2026.