Alex Joske
Alex Joske | |||||||||
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周安瀾 | |||||||||
Joske on Voice of America in October 2022 | |||||||||
| Born | Alex W. Joske c. 1996 | ||||||||
| Nationality | Australian | ||||||||
| Education | Australian National University (B.A.) National Taiwan Normal University | ||||||||
| Years active | 2018–present | ||||||||
| Employer(s) | McGrathNicol, Australian Strategic Policy Institute | ||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 周安瀾 | ||||||||
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| Website | Twitter account | ||||||||
Alex W. Joske (Chinese: 周安瀾; pinyin: Zhōu Ānlán) is a Chinese-Australian author, sinologist, open-source intelligence researcher, and risk consultant who investigates the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), particularly its influence operations. Previously a researcher with the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, his writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, and NBC News His first major work influenced legislation in the United States Congress to ban Chinese military (PLA) officials from sensitive U.S. government laboratories. He was publicly banned from entering China by the Chinese government in 2020 due to his work. In 2022, he released his first book, Spies and Lies, about the clandestine operations of the Ministry of State Security and United Front Work Department.