Claudia Wessling leads Communications and Publications at MERICS. She is a seasoned journalist and Asia expert focusing on China and Indonesia. She has written on digitalization in China, Sino-German relations, Hong Kong and the Belt and Road Initiative.

Prior to joining MERICS, Claudia gained experience as a press officer at the representative office of Taiwan in Germany. She was also an editor at the foreign policy desk of news agency Agence France-Presse in Berlin. From 2010 to 2015 she reported on German politics as an AFP correspondent. Also a freelance science reporter, she specializes in mathematics, information technology, and digitalization, and has written for Heise Technology Review, Tagesspiegel, and Handelsblatt.

Alexander Davey is an Analyst at MERICS. He holds a Master in Chinese Studies from Trinity College Dublin and a Bachelor in Political Science and China Studies from University College Utrecht. Alexander achieved Mandarin proficiency at universities in China and Taiwan. His research focus is on on CCP political discourse and organization, party-state policymaking, and social policy and development.