Qiheng Chen

Qiheng Chen is a Non-Resident Junior Fellow on Technology and Economy at the Asia Society Policy Institute’s Center for China Analysis. He is an economic analyst at Compass Lexecon, where he supports antitrust cases, particularly in Asia-Pacific jurisdictions. He has researched China’s laws and policies on tech regulation, data governance, and cybersecurity since 2016, and consulted for multinational companies on regulatory and geopolitical risks pertaining to these topics. Chen holds a B.A. in Computer Science from Brown University and a Master of International Affairs from the Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs.

Michelle Mengsu Chang

Michelle Mengsu Chang is a Junior Fellow on Chinese Economy at the Center for China Analysis at the Asia Society Policy Institute (ASPI), based in New York. She writes regular updates on the Chinese economy, and studies pressing economic issues in conversation with China’s political developments, social trends, and international standing. Prior to joining ASPI, Chang earned her Ph.D. in History from Stanford University. Her doctoral research examined the transformation of China’s socialist economy at the grassroots, from the implementation of state command in the early 1950s through the first decade of post-Mao reforms in the 1980s.

Chang holds an M.A. in International Relations from Yale University and a B.A. in Economics from the University of California, Berkeley. She previously worked as a Research Associate at the Global Public Policy Institute in Berlin, Germany.