C O N T. MATT SCHIAVENZA is assistant director of content at Asia Society. Previously, he worked as an editor and writer at The Atlantic, where he launched and oversaw The China Channel. A graduate of Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs, Schiavenza l ived in China f rom 2 0 0 4 to 2010. His writing has appeared in The Atlantic, The New Republic, The Daily Beast, Los Angeles Review of Books, and numerous other publications. BOON HUI TAN is co-curator and former artistic director of the Asia Society Triennial. Previously, he served as director of Asia Society Museum, assistant chief executive (museum and programs) at the National Heritage Board in Singapore, artistic director for Singapour en France le Festival, and director of the Singapore Art Museum. ISHAAN THAROOR is a columnist on the foreign desk at The Washington Post, where he authors the Today’s WorldView newsletter and column. He previously was a senior editor and correspondent at Time magazine, based first in Hong Kong and later in New York. Tharoor teaches an undergraduate seminar at Georgetown University on digital affairs and the global age.
DAN WASHBURN is chief content officer at Asia Society. He is the author of The Forbidden Game: Golf and the Chinese Dream, which The Financial Times named one of the Best Books of 2014. Washburn’s writing has appeared in The New York Times, FT Magazine, Slate, Foreign Policy, The Atlantic, The Economist, Golf World, Golf Digest, and ESPN.com. Washburn is also the founding editor of Shanghaiist.com, one of the most widely read English-language websites about China. JIA LYNN YANG has served as a deputy
national editor at The New York Times since 2017. Previously, she ser ved as deputy national security editor at The Washington Post. She is the author of One Might y and Irresistible Tide: Th e Ep i c St r u g gl e O v e r A m e r i c a n Immigrat ion 192 4-1965, which was released in May and has been longlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction.
STEPHEN YANG is a Chinese/Korean American photojournalist and native New Yorker. He has covered crime, civil uprisings, immigration, politics, and climate change both locally and internationally. His photos have appeared in the New York Post, Getty Images, Reuters, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and many other publications. Yang’s work has been recognized by the New York Press Photographers Association in the breaking news and news picture essay categories and is syndicated by Redux Pictures. HILTON YIP is a journalist based in Taiwan. He covers political and social issues in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and China. Yip’s work has been published at Foreign Policy, National Interest, and many other publications.
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