Dean Cheng: How China Sees the World: The Return of the Middle Kingdom

https://westminster-institute.org/events/how-china-sees-the-world/

Dean Cheng is The Heritage Foundation‘s  research fellow on Chinese political and security affairs. He  specializes in China’s military and foreign policy, in particular its  relationship with the rest of Asia and with the United States. He is  fluent in Chinese, and uses Chinese language materials regularly in his  work. Prior to joining Heritage, he was a senior analyst with the China  Studies Division at Center for Naval Analyses from 2001-2009, where he  specialized on Chinese military issues, and authored studies on Chinese  military doctrine, Chinese mobilization concepts, and Chinese space  capabilities.

Before joining CNA, he was a senior analyst with Science Applications  International Corporation (SAIC). He has also served as an analyst with  the US Congress’ Office of Technology Assessment in the International  Security and Space Division, where he studied the Chinese defense  industrial complex. He is the author of the book Cyber Dragon: Inside China’s Information Warfare and Cyber Operations,  as well as a number of papers and book chapters examining various  aspects of Chinese security affairs. He has been interviewed by or  provided commentary for publications such as Time magazine, The Washington Post, Financial Times, Bloomberg News, Jane’s Defense Weekly, and Hong Kong’s South China Morning Post. Mr. Cheng earned a bachelor’s degree in politics from Princeton University and has done doctoral studies at MIT.