Qualitative research and reporting for investment funds and market intelligence providers

Led coverage of China’s hardware and semiconductor sector, beginning just before the so-called 'chip war' broke out. Key themes of my beat included- US-China chip race: Developed industry sources in the US and China to track the impact of Washington sanctions against China’s top semiconductor companies-Huawei Technologies: Wrote exclusive articles and analyses covering the company’s struggle to manufacture chips and obtain product licenses after the imposition of U.S. export restrictions-Supply chain and covid: Wrote articles covering China's manufacturing sector in midst of the country's zero-covid policy-Data Policy: Spoke with lawyers, analysts, and company sources to understand the impact of China’s changing privacy laws and data security laws on foreign companies-On-the-ground coverage of the historic 2022 student protests in Shanghai

Worked with small teams on extremely tight deadlines to produce pieces that were differentiated, widely-read, and with original reporting. Key themes of my beat included-Censorship evasion: wrote the first major English-language piece on Shadowsocks, a popular underground tool used to circumvent China’s Great Firewall-Internet culture: wrote two widely-read pieces explaining atypical use-cases for email and voice messages among internet users in China-Supply chains and manufacturing: covered the rise and fall of the hoverboard trend from Shenzhen, along with safety hazards in China’s e- cigarette industry and copycat manufacturing in Shenzhen-Tech and geopolitics: covered Chinese tech giants Huawei and ZTE in the early days of the Trump administration