 James Fallows is a national correspondent for The Atlantic Monthly and has worked for the magazine for more than 25 years. Among his many accomplishments, he was president of the Harvard newspaper The Crimson; a Rhodes Scholar; President Jimmy Carter's chief speechwriter; founding chairman of the Washington think tank, New America Foundation; author of nine books, the newest one being Postcards from Tomorrow Square: Reports from China (January 2009). He lived in Shenzhen, Shanghai and Beijing from 2006 to 2009. *  Melinda Liu was named Newsweek Beijing bureau chief in late 1998, returning to the bureau she herself opened in 1980. She was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota and is a magna cum laude graduate of Radcliffe College, Harvard. Her featured writings in recent years include "Mao to Now" (Dec. 31, 2007), "The Competition Within China's Single Party" (Sept. 26, 2009), "China's 60th Anniversary Party Isn't to Impress Us" (Sept. 30, 2009), among others. A full list of her writings is here. *  Patrick Chovanec is an associate professor at Tsinghua University’s School of Economics and Management in Beijing, where he teaches in the school’s International MBA Program. His insights into Chinese business, economics, and culture have been published in the Wall Street Journal, South China Morning Post, Far Eastern Economic Review, and The Atlantic Monthly. He also appears frequently on Chinese Central Television (CCTV-9) and China Radio International (CRI) as a guest commentator. He holds an BA in Economics from Princeton University and an MBA in Finance and Accounting from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School. Featured Writing: The Nine Nations of China (The Atlantic Monthly, November 5, 2009) *  The ongoing story of Slam and Guitar World writer Alan Paul's life in China, as he adapts from Maplewood, NJ to Beijing, China. Alan wrote The Expat Life column for The Wall Street Journal. *  John L. Thornton is a Professor at Tsinghua University's School of Economics and Management and its School of Public Policy and Management, in Beijing, and Director of the university's Global Leadership Program. He is also Chair of the Board of the Brookings Institution, whose John L. Thornton China Center develops timely, independent analysis and policy recommendations to help U.S. and Chinese leaders address key long-term challenges, both in terms of U.S.-China relations and China's internal development. |
Bridging the Pacific |
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