Ashley Feng is a research assistant for the Energy, Economics, and Security Program at the Center for a New American Security, focusing on East Asia and China. She was previously a research associate for China studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, where she researched U.S. policy toward China and Chinese foreign policy. Prior to CFR, she interned at the National Defense University, the Congressional Research Service, the Congressional-Executive Commission on China, and the China Affairs office in the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative.