Sam Dunning
Director
Sam is one of the UK’s leading investigative researchers focusing on China, having begun his work on the country in 2020, two years after graduating from Cambridge.
His research has featured in major news outlets in the UK and abroad, and informed an award-winning Channel 4 Dispatches documentary of which he was associate producer. He is an associate fellow at the Royal United Services Institute and an honorary visiting fellow at City St George’s, University of London.
Tim Law
Deputy Director
Tim has a wealth of public and third sector experience, at an executive level. Resident in Beijing through the pandemic, he majored in Chinese foreign and security policy in postgraduate education and worked on China from a defence and security perspective for five years, including three in a senior diplomatic appointment for the British government.
He is also an experienced charity trustee, with interests in human rights and media freedom, alongside expertise in researching the People’s Liberation Army and other aspects of China’s hard and soft power.
Dan
Research manager
Dan works part-time helping to produce our research and organise our team of research volunteers.
Our volunteers
Eight volunteers support our research
Our rolling research volunteer programme renews every 3-6 months, depending on how long participants stay with us. We aim to educate and train our volunteers, and make the experience interesting and productive for both sides.
Our patrons
Three parliamentary patrons champion our work in Westminster
Baroness Goldie is a Conservative member of the House of Lords.
Alicia Kearns is the Conservative MP for Rutland and Stamford
Mark Sewards is the Labour MP for Leeds South West and Morley
You can read more about our trustees here.
