Cornelia Tremann

on March 13, 2015

Cornelia Tremann is currently the Head of Research at the Beijing-based policy advisory firm IDResearch. Previously, she worked as a policy analyst on the United Nations Development Program's (UNDP) South-South policy team in Beijing. She also managed the China-UNDP trilateral cooperation projects and conducted policy research and analysis. She recently received her Ph.D. from the Department of Politics and International Studies at SOAS, University of London, for which the wrote a thesis titled, “China and Madagascar: Engagement, Perceptions, and Developmental Effects.” Tremann also recently published her first academic article in the African Review of Economics and Finance on Chinese migrants in Madagascar.

Ryan Mitchell

on March 13, 2015

Ryan Mitchell is an Assistant Professor of Law at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He received his J.D. from Harvard Law School, and his Ph.D. in Law from Yale University, where he was also a Mellon Foundation Humanities Fellow. His research focuses on legal history and theory, Chinese law, and international law. Previously, he worked as an attorney on Chinese human rights and legal development issues in Washington, D.C. and Beijing. He is a member of the State Bar of California.

 

Peter Mattis

on March 12, 2015

Peter Mattis is currently a Fellow with The Jamestown Foundation. Formerly, he was a visiting scholar at National Cheng-chi University's Institute of International Relations in Taipei and editor of China Brief at The Jamestown Foundation. Mattis received his M.A. in Security Studies from the Georgetown University?s School of Foreign Service and earned his B.A. in Political Science and Asian Studies from the University of Washington in Seattle. He previously studied at Tsinghua University in Beijing, taking Chinese language courses and auditing courses on Chinese history and security policy. He previously worked as a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Asian Research in its Strategic Asia and Northeast Asian Studies programs, providing research assistance and editing support. Most recently, Mattis worked as an international affairs analyst for the U.S. Government. He is proficient in Mandarin Chinese and possesses elementary German language skills. He is the author of Analyzing the Chinese Military: A Review Essay and Resource Guide on the People's Liberation Army (2015).