Selected Work

War on the Rocks · “The Hidden System Turning Chinese Tech Companies into Military Suppliers.” · April 7, 2026 · Link

Lawfare · “The Incentive Architecture Export Controls Cannot Reach.” · May 7, 2026 · Link

Foreign Policy · “China Has Chosen to Disappoint Its Consumers.”* · August 11, 2026 · Link

Foreign Policy · “Why Is Alibaba on a Pentagon Blacklist?”* · June 22, 2026 · Link

The Diplomat · “The Private Firms Powering China’s Military AI Push.” · March 25, 2026 · Link

Jamestown China Brief · “Policy Support for Robotics Firms Shows Defense Integration.”* · April 16, 2026 · Link

Jamestown China Brief · “Beijing’s Asymmetric Securitization of Genomic Data.”* · June 25, 2026 · Link

War on the Rocks · “Strategic Stability and the Rebuilding of Xi’s Military.”* · September 16, 2026 · Link

Foreign Policy · “The Deeper Pattern Behind China’s Military Purges.”* · May 1, 2026 · Link

Publications

  • “Beijing Makes Rapid Gains Toward Seed Self-Reliance.”* Jamestown Foundation China Brief, October 1, 2026. Link

  • “Strategic Stability and the Rebuilding of Xi’s Military.”* War on the Rocks, September 16, 2026. Link

  • “Beijing Legislates Mandatory Medical Insurance.”* Jamestown Foundation China Brief, September 11, 2026. Link

  • “Beijing Ships Harmful Products It Restricts at Home.”* Jamestown Foundation China Brief, August 14, 2026. Link

  • “China Has Chosen to Disappoint Its Consumers.”* Foreign Policy, August 11, 2026. Link

  • “Exit Controls Anchor Beijing’s Closed-Door Strategy.”* Jamestown Foundation China Brief Notes, August 7, 2026. Link

  • “Beijing Tightens Control Over Outbound Investment.”* Jamestown Foundation China Brief, July 11, 2026. Link

  • “China’s Export Controls Target Japan to Split the Group of Seven.”* The Japan Times, July 1, 2026. Link

  • “Beijing’s Asymmetric Securitization of Genomic Data.”* Jamestown Foundation China Brief, June 25, 2026. Link

  • “Xi Sees Kim’s Warheads as Leverage Over U.S. Allies.”* Jamestown Foundation China Brief, June 25, 2026. Link

  • “Why Is Alibaba on a Pentagon Blacklist?”* Foreign Policy, June 22, 2026. Link

  • “Beijing’s Hukou Reform Is Not Welfare-Oriented.”* Jamestown Foundation China Brief, May 29, 2026. Link

  • “Beijing Entrenches Asymmetric Closed-Door Strategy.”* Jamestown Foundation China Brief, May 15, 2026. Link

  • “The Incentive Architecture Export Controls Cannot Reach.” Lawfare, May 7, 2026. Link

  • “The Deeper Pattern Behind China’s Military Purges.”* Foreign Policy, May 1, 2026. Link

  • “Policy Support for Robotics Firms Shows Defense Integration.”* Jamestown Foundation China Brief, April 16, 2026. Link

  • “The Hidden System Turning Chinese Tech Companies into Military Suppliers.” War on the Rocks, April 7, 2026. Link

  • “PRC Supply Chain Ecosystem Behind Iran's Drone Campaign.”* Jamestown Foundation China Brief, April 3, 2026. Link

  • “The Private Firms Powering China's Military AI Push.” The Diplomat, March 25, 2026. Link

  • “PRC Tech Firms Practice Proactive Alignment.”* Jamestown Foundation China Brief, March 20, 2026. Link

  • “Forum: Technology in China's 15th Five-Year Plan” (contributor). DigiChina, Stanford University, March 17, 2026. Link

Entries marked * are co-authored with Christopher Nye.

In the Media

Quoted in France 24, “Clamping down: China tightens exit rules,” August 18, 2026, on the State Council’s new exit and entry regulations. The report drew on “Exit Controls Anchor Beijing’s Closed-Door Strategy,” written with Christopher Nye for China Brief Notes.

Conference Presentations

  • “When Patrons Fall: Exposure and the Value of Political Connection in China” (with Jason Luo). American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, panel “Elite Selection, Patronage, and Political Control in Authoritarian China,” Boston, September 4, 2026.

  • “When Patrons Fall: Measuring Hidden Firm-Official Connections and the Dual Nature of Political Patronage” (with Jason Luo). Midwest Political Science Association Annual Conference, panel “State-Business Relations in China,” Chicago, April 26, 2026.

Other Writing

  • 《特朗普十诫:解码者的悖论》 [The Ten Commandments of Trump: The Decoder’s Paradox]. FT Chinese, May 14, 2026. Link

Thesis

  • “Proactive Elite Alignment Theory (PEAT): Understanding Private Tech-Elite Realignment in Xi Jinping's New Era of Governance.” M.A. thesis, East Asian Studies, Stanford University, 2025. Advisor: Andrew G. Walder. Stanford Digital Repository