Speaker Bios

Arne Westad (He/Him)

Elihu Professor of History and Global Affairs at Yale

Odd Arne Westad (He/Him) is an Elihu professor of history and global affairs at Yale. He is... more

Vicky Xu (She/Her)

Senior Fellow at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute

Vicky Xu is a journalist, writer, and researcher. 

Currently Senior Fellow at... more

Tin Shui Yeung (He/Him)

Former UK Bureau Chief of Standnews Hong Kong; Independent editor and journalist; Asia Media Fellow of the Asian Studies Program, Georgetown University ... more

Muyi Xiao (She/Her)

China Reporter for The New York Times 

Muyi Xiao is a China reporter on the Visual Investigations team at The New York Times. The team combines... more

Yangyang Cheng (She/Her)

Research scholar at Yale Law School’s Paul Tsai China Center

Dr. Yangyang Cheng is a Research Scholar in Law and Fellow at Yale Law School’s Paul... more

Zeyi Yang (He/Him)

China Tech reporter at MIT Technology Review

Zeyi Yang covers technologies in China and East Asia for MIT Technology Review. His work often... more

Shirley Ka Lai Leung (She/Her)

Former Reporter for Apple Daily Hong Kong; Independent Journalist; Asia Media Fellow of the Asian Studies Program, Georgetown University  

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Justine Yan (She/Her)

Audio Producer for NPR; Writer

Justine Yan is a writer and audio producer for NPR’s Enterprise Storytelling Unit, which includes the award-... more

Jin Ding (She/They)

Chief of Staff, Center for Public Integrity; VP of Finance, Asian American Journalists Association

Jin Ding is Public Integrity’s chief of staff... more

Jeremy Goldkorn (He/Him)

Editor-in-Chief of The China Project, Co-founder of the Sinica Podcast

Jeremy Goldkorn is Editor-in-Chief... more