Commentary

  • "Hong Kong Isn’t an Endgame for China. It’s a Starting Point." The Dispatch, March 25, 2021.

  • "Biden Is Now the President, But Does That Matter For America's China Policy?" The National Interest, February 6, 2021.

  • "The Capitol Insurrection Through the Lens of Chinese Propaganda," Discourse, February 5, 2021.

  • "The Pandemic's Phantom Trade Collapse," Observer Research Foundation, December 30, 2020.

  • "China's Big Brother Is Watching Your Democratic Process," The Diplomat, November 17, 2020.

  • "What Can Artificial Intelligence Tell Us About the Scale of COVID-19 in China?" Observer Research Foundation, October 9, 2020.

  • "The Curse of Engagement and China's Global Influence," InsideSources Syndicate, September 24, 2020.

  • "A 'Nutrition Facts Label' for the Chinese Government's Thin Skin," Tribune News Service (papers nationwide), September13, 2020.

  • "What Artificial Intelligence Is Telling Us About US-China Relations," Tribune News Service (papers nationwide), August 14, 2020. Joint with Julian Chan.

  • "I Built a Bot That Predicts Policy Changes in China After the Coronavirus Pandemic Ends," The National Interest, March 23, 2020.

  • "How China's State-Run Media Foretold the Trade War Stand-off," The Bridge, July 16, 2019. Joint with Julian Chan.

  • "Why China Is Not Backing Down in the Trade War," The National Interest, May 23, 2019. Joint with Julian Chan.

  • "Will China Fold on Structural Issues? An Algorithm Says Not Any Time Soon," China Business Review, March 11, 2019. Joint with Julian Chan.

  • "China's Next Policy Change: Not What President Trump Hopes For," AEIdeas, January 15, 2019. Joint with Julian Chan.

  • "Sinology 2.0: Decoding China’s People’s Daily," AEIdeas, November 21, 2018. Joint with Julian Chan.

  • "Machine Learning with a Twist: Detecting Structural Differences in Complex Data," MLconf, November 19, 2018. Joint with Julian Chan.

  • "Machine Learning with a Twist: How Trivial Labels Can Be Used to Predict Policy Changes," Dataconomy, November 1, 2018. Joint with Julian Chan.

  • "Congress Should Back White House Plan to Use Tolls to Fix Infrastructure," The Hill, March 2, 2018.

  • "China Is Trying to Bribe North Korea into Good Behavior. Here Is What That Means for America," The National Interest, November 9, 2017.

  • "All the General Secretary's Men," AEIdeas, October 17, 2017. Joint with Julian Chan.

  • "What (Not) to Expect from China's Upcoming Party Congress," AEIdeas, August 31, 2017.

  • "Trump's High-Risk, High-Reward Trade Policy toward China," AEIdeas, August 8, 2017.

  • "Reading Xi Jinping," Foreign Affairs, July 4, 2017.

  • "China Must Rethink Free Float for the Yuan, as US Border Tax Looms," South China Morning Post, March 7, 2017. Joint with Zhimin Li.

  • "Donald Trump and the Perils of Promising Too Much," Real Clear Politics, October 19, 2016. Joint with Rasa Karapandza.

  • "Yes, Low-Information Voters Have the Right to Vote," AEIdeas, April 28, 2016.

  • "A Saudi Dump of US Assets Will Only Hurt the Saudis," Real Clear Markets, April 21, 2016.

  • "Debate Text Analysis: Trump Is the Moderate," Real Clear Politics, April 14, 2016.

  • "China Needs Reform Not Another Investment Splurge," Financial Times, February 17, 2016. Joint with Zhimin Li.

  • "China Needs Clear Market Rules and Consistent Enforcement," InsideSources Syndicate, January 12, 2016.

  • "China's IPO System Badly Needs Reform," InsideSources Syndicate, November 24, 2015.

  • "China's New Securities Superstar, Fang Xinghai, Is No Hero," The National Interest, November 9, 2015.

  • "China's Stock Market Is about to Tank — Again," Fortune, September 28, 2015.

  • "China's Troubling Lurch Back to Socialism," Real Clear Markets, August 13, 2015.