Maya Wang

Maya Wang is acting China director at Human Rights Watch. Wang has researched and written extensively on human rights issues in China, Hong Kong, Xinjiang, and Tibet. In recent years, her original research on China’s use of technology for mass surveillance—including the use of biometrics, artificial intelligence, and big data—has helped galvanize international attention on these developments in China and globally. Her work can be found at https://www.hrw.org/about/people/maya-wang.