Claudia Wessling

Claudia Wessling leads communications and publications at Mercator Institute for China Studies (MERICS). She is a seasoned journalist and Asia expert focusing on China and Indonesia. Prior to joining MERICS, Claudia was an editor and correspondent at the Berlin office of news agency Agence France-Presse. Also a science reporter, she specializes in mathematics, information technology, and digitalization, and has written for publications such as Heise Technology Review, Tagesspiegel, and Handelsblatt. Claudia studied Chinese, Indonesian, and economics in Bonn, Wuhu and Yogyakarta and science journalism in Berlin.