The TFD and the Department of Diplomacy of National Chengchi University co-hosted the presentation made by Mr. Andrew Greve, the TFD’s Dissertation Fellow, on August 9^th, 2018 at National Chengchi University’s Diplomacy Department. Mr. Greve started his three-month TFD fellowship in May, 2018. The title of his presentation was “Social Comparison and the Moderation of Rising State Status Demands: The case of China,” in which Mr. Greve argued that to understand states’ status demand, the interaction between the rising power and the social environment must be considered, focusing especially on China. Dr. Hong-yi Lien, Dean of Department of Diplomacy at National Chengchi University, was invited to moderate the presentation, and Dr. Arthur S. Ding, Professor Emeritus at the Graduate Institute of East Asian Studies, National Chengchi University, was invited to be the discussant.