John Lee is director of East West Futures, a consultancy specializing in China's high-tech industries, political economy, and international relations. He is a fellow on technology with the Asia Society Policy Institute's Center for China Analysis and TOY senior fellow with Asia Society Switzerland. John is also a researcher at the Leiden Asia Centre and previously was a visiting fellow at the ISEAS–Yusof Ishak Institute, National University of Singapore and a senior analyst at the Mercator Institute for China Studies. He served in the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the Australian Department of Defence. John co-leads the China Semiconductor Observatory project funded by the European Union and is a member of the European research consortium Digital Power China.
