I’m Mark Parker Young, and this is a personal blog for occasional thoughts about China. All views expressed here are solely my own.

I’m interested in Chinese elite politics, national security, and cybersecurity. I’m a principal analyst at Mandiant and was formerly a Deputy National Intelligence Officer for East Asia and nonresident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council.

I’m on Bluesky @markparkeryoung.

I created the map header image using Mapspam’s Orthographic Map Creator.