I am an American postdoctoral researcher in the Sociology Department at Princeton University and an adjunct researcher at the RAND Corporation, a US think tank. I am also a 2025 fellow with the Penn Project on the Future of US-China Relations.

My research focuses on industrial policy, clean technology, and infrastructure in China and India. My work has been published in peer-reviewed academic journals, including Current Sociology, Asian Survey, and the Chinese Journal of Sociology.

I have testified as an expert before the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission.

I write a popular newsletter called High Capacity focused on current issues in industrial policy, technology, and economic competition, particularly in China. I published a New York Times op-ed covering some of these themes.

I have been interviewed by international media outlets, including CNBC, The Wall Street Journal, The Financial Times, The Washington Post, The New Yorker, The New Republic, Fortune, Politico, Wired, Vox, MIT Technology Review, Harvard Business Review, New Scientist, Al Jazeera, Turkey’s Anadolu Agency, the Belt and Road podcast, The China-Global South podcast, Hidden Forces podcast, India’s Economic Times, The Times of India, Brazil’s Folha de S.Paulo, Financial Times’ FDI Intelligence, The Wire China, Rest of World, Voice of America, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Deutsche Welle, South China Morning Post, Nikkei Asia, and Le Monde.

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My newsletter: High Capacity

Email: kylechan [at] princeton [dot] edu