Cheryl Yu

Cheryl Yu is a Fellow in China Studies at The Jamestown Foundation. She is the author of an upcoming report on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)’s united front groups in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Germany and the co-author of “Chinese Communist Party Covert Operations Against Taiwan.” Her research on the CCP and its operations has been published by think tanks, academic journals, and global media. Yu’s research underpinned a series of Newsweek stories on CCP influence in democratic countries as well as Beijing’s influence-pedaling in local U.S. politics. She has been quoted in media outlets, including Newsweek, Radio Free Asia, and National Review.

Her expertise has informed government agencies and reports, including participation in a panel for the U.S. Agency for International Development and citations in U.S. Department of Homeland Security's report and congressional testimonies. Previously, she was the China Programs and Research Manager at the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation and a research and outreach consultant for Freedom House’s China analysis team. She has a Master’s degree in public administration from the University of Washington’s Evans School of Public Policy and Governance, where she produced an independent research project on the impact of the CCP’s surveillance of Chinese students in the United States. She holds a bachelor’s degree from Taiwan’s National Chengchi University.