Senior Associate Fellow
Johnny Erling has lived in China for several decades and was the Beijing correspondent for the German newspaper “Die Welt” and the Austrian “Der Standard” from 1997 until 2019. As a MERICS Senior Associate Fellow, he focuses on the Communist Party and domestic politics.
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The experts of the Mercator Institute for China Studies are available to comment on current news, as panelists or as op-ed authors.
Johnny Erling
Senior Associate Fellow
Johnny Erling has lived in China for several decades and was the Beijing correspondent for the German newspaper “Die Welt” and the Austrian “Der Standard” from 1997 until 2019. As a MERICS Senior Associate Fellow, he focuses on the Communist Party and domestic politics.
