Jerome Alan Cohen (July 1, 1930 – September 22, 2025) was a renowned American lawyer who was one of the foremost foreign scholars of Chinese law. After studying law at Yale, Cohen embarked on a career ...

Zichen Wang is Research Fellow and Director for International Communications at the Center for China and Globalization (CCG), a leading non-governmental think tank in Beijing, and founder and author ...

This weekend, China’s leaders gather in Beijing for meetings widely expected to determine the shape of China’s economy, as well as the nation’s progress, over the next decade. What exactly the outcome ...

Jessica Batke is ChinaFile’s Senior Editor for Investigations. She researches China’s domestic political and social affairs, and served as the State Department’s Bureau of Intelligence and Research ...

Zha Jianying is a writer, journalist, and cultural commentator in both English and Chinese. She is the author of two books in English, Tide Players: The Movers and Shakers of a Rising China (named “ ...

Chris Horton is a Taipei-based journalist and author. Prior to moving to Taiwan in 2015, Horton wrote about China’s economic and social transformation throughout the 2000s, primarily from Kunming and ...

Max Duncan is an award-winning British journalist, filmmaker, and director of photography, producing documentaries and features with a particular focus on China, where he has worked for almost a ...

Shazeda Ahmed is a Ph.D. student in the School of Information at the University of California, Berkeley. Her research focuses on how Chinese citizens interact with technology that teaches them about ...

Pascale Massot is an Associate Professor in the School of Political Studies at the University of Ottawa. She is also a non-resident Honorary Fellow for Political Economy at the Asia Society Policy ...

Jessica Batke is ChinaFile’s Senior Editor for Investigations. She researches China’s domestic political and social affairs, and served as the State Department’s Bureau of Intelligence and Research ...