article_snippet: The world-renowned academic's work - which helps the UK Government to set foreign policy - requires her to spend long spells working in China and Africa.
article_snippet: In 2009 and 2010 her spent around 200 days abroad researching China's foreign peacekeeping and humanitarian operations.
article_snippet: I have one published paper which is uploaded on the UK embassy in Beijing's website.
article_snippet: University bosses even wrote to the Home Office to tell officials that the trips were part of her job.
highlights_snippet: Dr Miwa Hirono spent around 200 days abroad on a humanitarian operation .
  