Earlier publications

Below is a selection of my published writing. See the DigiChina project's publications page for recent collaborative work.

Book Chapter

• “What Is at Stake in the US–China Technological Relationship?” in The China Questions 2: Critical Insights into US-China Relations, edited by Maria Adele Carrai, Jennifer Rudolph, and Michael Szonyi, 302–320, Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2022. | Paperback published 2025.

Testimony

• Hearing on “U.S. Tools to Address Chinese Market Distortions,” U.S.–China Economic and Security Review Commission, Written testimony, June 8, 2018.

Cyberspace and Technology

• “Is Beijing Changing Tack on Big Tech?” ChinaFile, Asia Society, May 19, 2022.
• “Will China Set Global Tech Standards?” ChinaFile, Asia Society, March 22, 2022.
• With Justin Sherman, “The Fall and Rise of Techno-Globalism,” Foreign Affairs, October 28, 2021.
• “Don’t Celebrate Microsoft for Pulling LinkedIn Out of China Just Yet,” Slate, October 15, 2021.
• “App bans won’t make US security risks disappear,” MIT Technology Review, September 21, 2020.
• “The Risks TikTok Poses Are Not at All Unique to TikTok,” Slate, August 3, 2020.
• “The What Exactly Do the New PLA Indictments Accomplish?,” Lawfare, February 11, 2020.
• With Samm Sacks, “The Trump Administration’s Approach to Huawei Risks Repeating China’s Mistakes,” Slate, May 21, 2019.
• “It’s Not Just Huawei. Trump’s New Tech Sector Order Could Ripple Through Global Supply Chains,” Monkey Cage, The Washington Post, May 18, 2019.
• “A Brief History of the Chinese Internet,” LOGIC Magazine, Spring 2019.
• “The U.S. and China Aren’t in a ‘Cold War,’ So Stop Calling It That,” MIT Technology Review, Jan/Feb 2019.
• “What the Huawei Executive’s Arrest Could Mean for the U.S.-China Trade War,” Slate, December 6, 2018.
• With Scarlet Kim, “The Data Arms Race Is No Excuse for Abandoning Privacy,” Foreign Policy, August 14, 2018.
• “Should the U.S. Start a Trade War with China over Tech?” ChinaFile, Asia Society, June 26, 2018.
• “China’s ZTE Has Long Been on Washington’s Radar, for Quite a Few Reasons. Here’s the Story,” Monkey Cage, The Washington Post, May 22, 2018.
• “China and the Eight Guardian Warriors of American Tech: What Does China Mean by 'Secure and Controllable' and Who Stands to Lose?" SupChina, March 16, 2017.
• "Observations on China’s New International Cyberspace Cooperation Strategy," Lawfare, March 7, 2017.
• "点评中国：中美两国如何解决网络安全问题？," BBC Chinese, July 4, 2016.
• "Has U.S. Cyber Pressure Worked on China?" The Diplomat, December 10, 2015.
• "Obama: Cyber Theft ‘an Act of Aggression’ but US and China Can Develop Norms," The Diplomat, September 18, 2015.
• "America Can’t Deter What It Can’t Define in Cyberspace," The Diplomat, August 13, 2015.
• "How should Obama respond to Chinese hacking?" Nikkei Asian Review, June 21, 2015.
• "US–Japan Cyber Cooperation Comes to Life," Nikkei Asian Review, June 4, 2015.
• "US Is Fighting the Wrong Cyberwar Against China," The Diplomat, November 11, 2014.
• “Is This the Best Response to China’s Cyber-Attacks?” ChinaFile, Asia Society, May 5, 2014.
• “Probe Deep Differences to Make Real Progress on Cybersecurity,” China-US Focus, August 13, 2013.
• “SOPA: Legitimising Censorship?” Al Jazeera English, January 19, 2012.
• “Cyber Cold War rhetoric haunts the US and China,” Al Jazeera English, December 22, 2011.
• “China Grows Its Own Twitter, With Chinese Characteristics,” Talking Points Memo, June 30, 2011.
• “Sovereignty Online: Learning From Spatial Theory and the Chinese Case,” International Studies Association International Convention, Montreal, Canada. Published on SSRN, March 16, 2011.
• “The Twitter Revolution Debate Is Dead,” guest post, James Fallows’ blog, The Atlantic, February 14, 2011.
• “For Fear of Hackers: Agenda Setting and Securitization of Online Political Vandalism in Japan and the United States,” U.S. Department of Defense Minerva Project Working Paper, Harvard Kennedy School and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, October 2010.
• “Definitions and Boundaries of an Online Chinese Public Sphere,” Harvard East Asia Graduate Student Conference, Cambridge, Mass. Published on SSRN, March 1, 2009
• “Search Wars.” China International Business, July 2008.
• “Information Utopia: Cass Sunstein on How the Internet Helps Us Put Our Heads Together,” CampusProgress.org, January 8, 2007.
• “Forget Blogs,” opinion, Editor & Publisher Online, April 21, 2005.

U.S.–East Asia Relations

• “If the U.S. and China Make a Trade Deal, Then What?” ChinaFile, Asia Society, April 30, 2019.
• "A Long View of American Policy in Asia: On Michael Green's By More Than Providence," Los Angeles Review of Books China Blog, June 28, 2017.
• "A False Start for Trump and Xi: The Meaning of the Mar-a-Lago Meeting," Foreign Affairs, April 10, 2017.
• "Who speaks for the Chinese government?" SupChina, January 20, 2017.
• "What should the U.S. government do to respond to China’s vexing drone snatch?," Foreign Policy Best Defense blog, December 21, 2016.
• "A Trump-China Reading List, and Unanswered Questions for his Asia Policy," Lawfare, November 9, 2016.
• "Pivoting With Kurt Campbell—U.S. Policy Toward Asia in the Era of China''s Rise," Los Angeles Review of Books China Blog, October 19, 2016.
• "Making Good on the Rebalance to Asia: How to Move Beyond the Status Quo with China," Foreign Affairs, March 3, 2016.
• "Will ASEAN Remain Central to US Asia Policy?" The Diplomat, February 15, 2016.
• "2015: The Year US-China Relations Went Public," The Diplomat, December 26, 2015.
• "Asia Pivot: Does the US Need to Rebalance Harder?" The Diplomat, January 29, 2016.
• "What You Should be Thankful for in US–China Relations," The Diplomat, November 25, 2015.
• "What Will the TPP Mean for China?" ChinaFile, Asia Society, October 10, 2015.
• "Five Overlooked Developments from the Obama–Xi Visit," The Diplomat, October 1, 2015.
• "Xi Jinping''s Message to America," ChinaFile, Asia Society, September 22, 2015.
• "What To Expect From Xi Jinping''s Visit to the US," The Diplomat, September 2, 2015.
• "Should the U.S. Change Its China Policy and How?" ChinaFile, Asia Society, June 6, 2015.
• "Holding on to an Optimistic US-China Moment," Nikkei Asian Review, November 14, 2014.
• "What Should Obama and Xi Say to Each Other at APEC?" ChinaFile, Asia Society, November 5, 2014.
• With Young-June Chung, Michael Sullivan, Yu-Peng Teng, and Lea Yu, “Transparency and Balancing in the Pacific: Lessons From the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP),” Issues & Insights 14:6, Pacific Forum CSIS, p. 13–18.
• “Obama’s Missed Asia Trip Is No Disaster—If He Follows Up Strong,” China-US Focus, October 10, 2013.
• “Why are the Chinese investing in Toledo?” Fortune, June 20, 2012. (A version appeared in print.)
• “Where the US and China can agree to agree,” Al Jazeera English, February 14, 2012.
• “Asia’s Rise and U.S. Grand Strategy,” National Bureau of Asian Research, July 13, 2011.
• “Rare Earth Elements, Asia''s Resource Nationalism, and Sino-Japanese Relations,” National Bureau of Asian Research, May 12, 2011.
• “The Military Foundations of U.S. Disaster Assistance in Japan,” National Bureau of Asian Research, April 7, 2011.
• “Gov. Patrick Pushes State Trade Ties With China,” The Boston Globe, December 3, 2007.
• “U.S. Should Press Japan to Mend Fences With China,” San Jose Mercury News, September 17, 2006.

Maritime Security

• "Would a Military Sail-by at Mischief Reef be a FON Operation?," Lawfare, November 1, 2016.
• "South China Sea: The Real Questions About US ‘Freedom of Navigation’ Operations," The Diplomat, May 20, 2016.
• "How Close Was the Latest Close Call in the South China Sea?" ChinaFile, Asia Society, February 4, 2016.
• "How China Maintains Strategic Ambiguity in the South China Sea," The Diplomat, October 29, 2015.
• "South China Sea: What 12 Nautical Miles Does and Doesn''t Mean," The Diplomat, October 15, 2015.

Contemporary Art

• "Sheer Size and Ambition: Art Basel | Hong Kong''s 17 Grand Installation ''Encounters''" ArtSlant, May 2014.
• “THE UN-OFFICIALS | art before 85,” ArtSlant, March 28, 2014.
• With Angie Baecker, “Beijing Before the Olympics: Business as Usual?” ArtAsiaPacific, July 2008.