Heidi Holz

Heidi Holz is an Asia analyst in the China Strategic Issues Group. Holz is a graduate of Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service, where she received a master’s degree in security studies and a bachelor’s degree in Chinese and East Asian history. She studied Mandarin Chinese in Beijing at Peking University and Tsinghua University. While living in China, she taught English at various schools and appeared as a regular guest on Chinese-language talk shows. Her research interests are focused on Chinese military diplomacy, health issues in China (specifically the social, political, and structural impacts of disease in Chinese society), and traditional security issues.

Before joining CNA, Holz worked as a biodefense analyst and China specialist with the Division of Integrated Biodefense at Georgetown University’s Imaging Science and Information Systems Center, where she analyzed the frequency and causality of infectious diseases in various parts of China.

An accomplished linguist, Holz was previously a staff member at the Voice of America’s Mandarin Service, where she wrote programming in both Chinese and English, to include broadcast programs for teaching English to VOA’s Chinese audience.