I am a Fellow at the Brookings Institution in the John L. Thornton China Center.

My research focuses on China’s technology and industrial policy across a wide range of sectors, including AI, robotics, semiconductors, electric vehicles, and batteries. I’m writing a book about China’s tech-industrial policy under contract with Princeton University Press.

I write an influential newsletter called High Capacity focused on China’s tech development, industrial policy, and U.S.-China competition. I also host the High Capacity podcast.

My work has been published in peer-reviewed academic journals as well as major media outlets, such as The New York Times, Foreign Policy, and the Financial Times.

I have testified as an expert before the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission. I am also a 2025 fellow with the Penn Project on the Future of US-China Relations. I have a Ph.D. in sociology from Princeton University.

I have been interviewed by international media outlets, including The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, CNBC, NPR, The Financial Times, The Washington Post, The Economist, The New Yorker, The New Republic, BBC Chinese, Politico, Wired, Vox, MIT Technology Review, Harvard Business Review, New Scientist, Al Jazeera, Anadolu Agency, The Times of India, Folha de S.Paulo, Financial Times’ FDI Intelligence, The Wire China, Rest of World, El Confidencial, Voice of America, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Deutsche Welle, Der Spiegel, South China Morning Post, Nikkei Asia, NZZ, NRC, and Le Monde.

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Email: kylechan [at] brookings.edu