Career China Issue 11

🎅Happy Holidays!

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Holiday Special: China Fellowships

❄️To celebrate the holiday season, here are a handful of China-related fellowships and other professional opportunities that are now accepting applications.

• 2025-2026 An Wang Postdoctoral Fellowships in Chinese Studies

  • Funder: Harvard’s Fairbank Center

  • Deadline: Jan 10, 2025

  • Focus: AI and Society in Global China

• Chinese Language Fellowship Program 🔴

  • Funder: National Bureau of Asian Research

  • Deadline: Feb 17, 2025

  • Focus: Language study

• Committee of 100 2025 Next Generation Leadership Program 🔴

  • Deadline: Jan 10, 2025

  • Focus: Leadership, Chinese-American advancement

• Liu Xiaobo Fellowships 🔴

  • Funder: Congressional-Executive Commission on China

  • Deadline: Feb 15, 2025

  • Focus: Human rights, rule of law

• Dialogue Earth and the Wits Centre for Journalism's Africa-China Reporting Project: Reporting Climate Change in Africa

  • Deadline: Jan 23, 2025

  • Focus: Journalism, environment

• Yenching Global Symposium

  • Funder: Yenching Academy of Peking University

  • Deadline: Jan 2, 2025

  • Focus: Youth leadership, interdisciplinary

• MERICS Fellowships

  • Funder: MERICS

  • Deadline: End-of-Year or rolling

  • Focus: Europe-China, policy

• China Research Fellowship

  • Funder: Global Affairs Canada

  • Deadline: Jan 31, 2025

  • Focus: Canada-China relations

US-based jobs

• State Department, Foreign Affairs Officer Office of China Coordination, DC 🔴

• KTSF, Various Mandarin/Cantonese broadcast journalism roles, San Francisco

• ChinaTalk, AI Lab Lead Analyst, global remote ❌

• Library of Congress, Chief, Asian Division, DC

• U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, Director, Economics and Trade, DC 🔴

• Chinese for Affirmative Action, Research Manager, USA remote

• Chinese for Affirmative Action, Data and Research Coordinator, USA remote

• AAPI Equity Alliance, Director of Federal Policy, DC

• US-China Business Council, Executive Assistant, DC

• Stimson Center, Research Assistant - Cyber Program, DC

• US-China Education Trust, Program Assistant, DMV area

• Johns Hopkins SAIS, China and the World Institute Senior Administrative Coordinator, Hybrid/DC

• Department of Commerce, International Trade Specialist, DC 🔴

• Quincy Institute, Research Fellow, East Asia Program, DC

• Committee of 100, President, NYC

• The New School, Assistant/Associate Professor of Asian Art and Design History and Material Culture, NYC

• SUNY Old Westbury, Assistant Professor - East Asian History, Old Westbury NY

• Missouri State University, Assistant Professor (East Asia History) 9-month appointment, Springfield MO

• China Institute, Administrative Coordinator, NYC

• Asia Society, Associate Director (Clean Energy Transition), China Climate Hub, NYC

• Harvard, Tenured Professor in the Anthropology of China, Cambridge

• CFR, Associate Editor, Foreign Affairs, NYC

• CFR, Senior Editor, Foreign Affairs, NYC

• CFR, Research Associate, History and Foreign Policy, NYC

• CFR, Associate Director, Open Source Observatory, DC

• RAND, Economist, China Research Center, Pittsburgh/Santa Monica/DC

• RAND, China International/Defense Researcher, Pittsburgh/Santa Monica/DC

• CSIS, Program Manager/Research Associate - Freeman Chair in China Studies, DC

• Macro Polo, Economics Research Fellow, Chicago

• Schrodinger, Account Director (Health industry), San Diego

• Northeastern University, Assistant Professor, Associate Professor or Full Professor of Global China, Boston

• Augusta University, Assistant Professor of History of China, Augusta GA

PRC-based jobs

• The Aspen Institute, Senior Associate, Aspen China Fellowship Program, HK

• That’s Mandarin, New Media Specialist, Shanghai

• Natural Resources Defense Council, Project Manager, Nature-based Solutions, Beijing

• EU Delegation to China, Human Resources Management, Beijing

• The Hutong, Program Co-ordinator, Beijing

• Center for China & Globalization, English Editor, Beijing

• University of Macau, Research Assistant for the Asia-Pacific Academy of Economics and Management, Macau

• WRI, Research Associate in the Sustainable Transition Center, Beijing

• Deloitte, Research Analyst / Consultant-Intelligence Center, Guangzhou

• Trivium China, Analyst, Shanghai/Beijing

• Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, Economist, Beijing

• AIIB, (Senior) Investment Operations Solutions Specialist - Climate, Beijing

• Teneo, Executive Assistant and Office Manager, Shanghai

• AFRY, Analyst (energy focus), Beijing

• AFRY, Modelling Consultant / Senior Consultant (Electricity market, Renewables), Beijing

• ProVeg International, Asia Communications Manager, China remote

• ProVeg International, Executive Director for ProVeg China, China remote

• ERM, Consulting Associate – Corporate Sustainability & Climate Change, HK

• ERM, Partner, Safety, BJ/Guangzhou/SH

• China Admissions, International Marketing Manager, China remote

• Deutsche Schule Shanghai, Marketing and Admissions Manager, Shanghai

• Apple, China Optimization Manager, Shanghai

• Apple, Digital Marketing Specialist - Greater China, Shanghai

• World Economic Forum, Digital Success Specialist, Asia, Beijing

• Visa, Director, Head of Government Engagement, Hong Kong & Macao, HK

• EU Chamber of Commerce in China, Marketing & Events Manager/Senior Manager, Shanghai

• SCMP, Production Editor, Hong Kong

• SCMP, Project Manager (Events), Hong Kong

• JP Morgan, Asset Management, Equity Research Analyst, Greater China, Shanghai

• Sinolytics, Internship, Beijing/Berlin

• Sixth Tone, Editor, Reporter, Shanghai

• The World of Chinese, Editor & Writer, Beijing

• The Beijing Center, ChinaContact Program Coordinator, Beijing

• The Beijing Center, Student Services Associate, Beijing

Europe-based jobs

• The Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science, Scientific speaker in “China Competence”, Munich

• SRH University, China Coordinator, Berlin

• Aarhus University, Associate Professorship in China Studies, Denmark

• Meta, Market Specialist, Global Response Operations, Greater China Region, Dublin

• University of Bath, Social Media Officer (China), UK

• Oxford University, Departmental Lecturer in Modern Chinese, UK

• Netherlands Institute of International Affairs Clingendael, Research Fellow

  Geopolitics of Technology & Digitalisation, The Hague

Asia-based jobs (non PRC)

• PayPal, Head of APAC & China Analytics, Singapore

• Thales, Asia & China Strategy and Marketing Director, Singapore

• Mediacorp, Visual Journalist (China/Malaysia/Indonesia), CNA Digital, Singapore

• Nanyang Technological University, Research Analyst / Senior Analyst / Associate Research Fellow (China Programme), Singapore

• Australian National University, Research Fellow, Canberra

• Pacific Strategies and Assessments, Research Analyst, Manila

Canada-based jobs

• UN, Head of Kunming Biodiversity Fund, Montreal

• University of Victoria, CAPI China Chair, Victoria