Cate Cadell
Washington, D.C.
National security reporter, focusing on China
Education: University of Technology Sydney, BA in Communications/Journalism ; University of Technology Sydney, BA in International Studies
Cate Cadell is a national security reporter for the Washington Post, where she covers the U.S.-China relationship. She joined The Post in 2021 after almost eight years based in Beijing, including five years covering technology and politics with Reuters News. During her time with Reuters, she covered the rise of China's tech industry, the Xinjiang region, the U.S.-China trade war and the coronavirus outbreak. Cadell moved to China in 2014 on an Australian Prime Minister's Australia Asia Scholarship. Before that, she did stints as a freelancer in Mongolia and Myanmar. She speaks Mandarin and gra
