Bethany Allen is Head of China Investigations and Analysis. Prior to joining ASPI, Bethany was the China reporter for Axios, where she published numerous ground-breaking investigations about China and how it projects power around the world. She is also the author of "Beijing Rules: How China Weaponized Its Economy to Confront the World," named by the Financial Times as a Best Book of 2023.

Bethany previously served as the lead reporter for the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists' China Cables project, a major leak of classified Chinese government documents revealing the inner workings of mass internment camps in Xinjiang. For her work on the China Cables project, Bethany received the Robert D. G. Lewis Watchdog Award, the top prize awarded annually by the Society of Professional Journalists DC Dateline Awards, as well as the Investigative Journalism prize in the online category. The China Cables project was also a finalist for the Batten Medal for Courage in Journalism. Bethany holds a masters degree in East Asian studies from Yale University and a graduate certificate in China studies from the Johns Hopkins University Nanjing Center. She previously spent four years in China, and is currently based in Taiwan.