Marco has a BA and MA in history and a PhD in social psychology from the University of São Paulo. He has worked with popular movements for two decades and helped form the research group on evangelism in politics in the Tricontinental (Brazil) office. He currently lives in Beijing and has been researching and publishing work related to geopolitics from a Global South perspective, as well as on various aspects of China’s economy, politics, and culture. He is a co-founder and co-editor of the Dongsheng Collective.