Rui Zhong is a research and program analyst based in the Washington, D.C. area. She holds an M.A. from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies and a B.A. in International Studies from Emory University. She has completed coursework at Peking University and earned a graduate certificate at the Hopkins-Nanjing Center in China. Her research interests include China’s role in the East Asian Political Economy and how nationalist interests can impact business, technology, and cultural policies.