Piin-Fen Kok is Senior Associate for the China Program at the EastWest Institute. She is responsible for developing and managing EWI’s activities in China, with a major focus on China-U.S. strategic trust-building. Piin-Fen has several years of experience in government relations and public policy analysis concerning China and Asia at large. Prior to joining EWI, she had worked closely with governments and brand owners to develop and advocate trade-related intellectual property policies in China, ASEAN and APEC. Before that, she was a political journalist in Singapore covering national politics and foreign affairs in the wake of the Asian financial crisis. Piin-Fen has a Master's degree in International Affairs from Columbia University. She is fluent in English and Chinese.