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Scott Kennedy is senior adviser and trustee chair in Chinese Business and Economics at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). A leading authority on Chinese economic policy and U.S.-China commercial relations, Kennedy has been traveling to China for … Continued

Sean Stein is the president of the US-China Business Council. He most recently served as the board chair of the American Chamber of Commerce in China and is the chair emeritus of the American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai. He also … Continued

• Founder and CEO of APAC Advisors
• Senior Advisor at McLarty Associates
• Serves as Governor of the American Chamber of Commerce Singapore
• A sought-after expert on US politics and trade
• A regular contributor to CNBC and Channel NewsAsia

Steve Yates is a former deputy national security advisor to the Vice President, The Honorable Steve Yates serves as Senior Research Fellow for China and National Security Policy at The Heritage Foundation after two decades as an analyst and practitioner … Continued

Susan A. Thornton is a retired senior U.S. diplomat with almost three decades of experience with the U.S. State Department in Eurasia and East Asia.  She is currently a Senior Fellow and Visiting Lecturer in Law at the Yale University … Continued

• Founder and CEO of Young China Group
• Author of Young China: How the Restless Generation Will Change Their Country and the World, which explores a wide and deep range of identity questions impacting the country’s emerging young generation
• Fluent Mandarin speaker