About the Author

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Andrew Collier is the former President of the Bank of China International USA, where he helped to launch BOCI's U.S. office. Earlier in his career, he was an equity analyst with Bear Stearns and CLSA in Hong Kong, and a journalist covering business for the South China Morning Post in Beijing. He has a Master's Degree in International Relations and Chinese Studies from Yale University and studied Chinese at Peking University. He also is a Senior Fellow at the Mansfield Foundation in Washington. He writes frequently for the Financial Times, Wall Street Journal, South China Morning Post, The Diplomat and other publications. Mr. Collier is currently based in Hong Kong where he conducts independent research on China's economy.