Zichen Wang

Zichen Wang is Research Fellow and Director for International Relations at the Center for China and Globalization (CCG), a leading non-governmental think tank in Beijing since October 2022. Before that, he worked for over 11 years for Xinhua News Agency in two Chinese provincial capitals, Brussels, and Beijing, where he won many internal awards. He founded Pekingnology, a China newsletter with nearly 20,000 subscribers and also edits The East is Read, with 11,000 subscribers, at CCG. There, he locates, highlights, summarizes, translates, and annotates Chinese policy discussions for an influential global audience. Zichen has been invited to speak at various think tanks, forums, and events, including the Council on Foreign Relations, Swiss Parliament, Stockholm China Forum, etc. Since July 2024, he has been pursuing a mid-career Master’s in Public Policy at Princeton School of Public and International Affairs (SPIA) on a SPIA fellowship.