Vicky Xiuzhong Xu is a researcher for the Australian Strategic Policy Institute’s Cyber Policy Centre.
Previously, she was a journalist for The New York Times Sydney Bureau, covering general news with a focus on China-Australia relations. She also covered China and Chinese diaspora communities for Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s Asia Pacific Newsroom in Melbourne.
Xu holds a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science from the University of Melbourne. During an exchange semester in Jerusalem, she researched One Belt One Road, China-Iran, and China-Turkey relations at The Harry S. Truman Research Institute.
A standup comedian, she is also writing a novel in her spare time.