Amanda Hsiao

Amanda Hsiao

Senior Analyst, China

Crisis Group Role

Amanda Hsiao is Crisis Group's Senior Analyst for China. She focuses on conflicts in which China plays an important role, and developments in China's foreign policy that relate to conflict prevention and resolution.

Professional Background

Prior to Crisis Group, Amanda established and managed the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue's China program in Beijing, overseeing projects related to the South China Sea, U.S.-China relations, and China's evolving approach to conflict mediation. Before that, Amanda was a field researcher on the conflicts in Sudan and South Sudan for the Enough Project. Amanda has degrees from Pomona College and the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs.

Languages

  • Chinese (Mandarin)
  • English

In The News

13 янв 2024
This election [in Taiwan] marks a change in leadership at a moment when cross-strait tensions are high, and preserving stability has become more of a challenge. CNN

Amanda Hsiao

Senior Analyst, China
14 ноя 2023
The Xi-Biden meeting provides an … opportunity for the two leaders to convey to each other that neither seeks to overturn the status quo or kinetic conflict. Newsweek

Amanda Hsiao

Senior Analyst, China
18 июн 2023
Washington seeks to lower the risks of competition [with China] by establishing clearer guardrails and identifying areas of cooperation. Axios

Amanda Hsiao

Senior Analyst, China
7 мар 2023
Beijing will have to publicly condemn [Taiwan President] Tsai’s visit to the US, their ultimate response will depend on what Tsai says and who she meets with on her trip. The Guardian

Amanda Hsiao

Senior Analyst, China
15 ноя 2022
Beijing is still balancing between its interest in maintaining its strategic alignment with Moscow and its interest in keeping its relationship with Washington stable. Star Tribune

Amanda Hsiao

Senior Analyst, China
21 окт 2022
The [Chinese] leadership understands their management of this period as determinative of the pace and trajectory of China’s rise. Washington Post

Amanda Hsiao

Senior Analyst, China

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