Anka Lee

Anka Lee is an Asia analyst in the China Security Affairs Group. Before joining CNA, he was a senior research associate at the Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC). At the commission, Lee wrote chapters on worker rights and civil society in the 2010 and 2011 CECC annual reports, as well as shorter analytical briefs for congressional staffers. He assisted in the State Department's preparation for two rounds of U.S.-China Human Rights Dialogue and has conducted briefings for senior officials in the executive branch. His research interests include China's relationship with neighboring countries, U.S.-China relations, Chinese domestic stability, and assessment of China's leadership. His writings on Chinese history and politics have appeared in Time magazine, NBC News, the San Francisco Chronicle, and other publications.

Before beginning his work in China policy and international affairs, Lee was a legislative aide at the California legislature. He also spent several years as a print and broadcast journalist covering political campaigns. A Truman National Security Fellow, Lee holds a master's in regional studies, East Asia, from Harvard University and is a 2003 graduate of the University of California, Berkeley. He speaks Cantonese and Mandarin.