Welcome! I am a PhD candidate in Political Science at MIT. My research examines the strategies and tools rising powers use to shape international order, with a focus on the rise of China. I explore this question through three research streams. The first examines how China shapes international order by commandeering existing rules, rather than overturning them or building alternative institutions. The second examines the drivers and effectiveness of China’s economic statecraft, which Beijing has increasingly wielded to further its goals. The final stream studies how China sustains its capability for competition through indigenous technological development, especially those with military applications. In my spare time, I enjoy karaoke and trying out new recipies, and harbor dreams of opening a Chinese restaurant one day.

Before MIT, I worked in the financial crimes risk strategy division of an international bank in Hong Kong. I graduated with first class honors from the University of St Andrews, where I read International Relations and Modern History. I also hold an MA from the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, during which I spent a semster abroad at the Sorbonne.