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About Joel Backaler

Joel Backaler is a Director at Frontier Strategy Group a contributing columnist for Forbes and a member of the National Committee on United StatesChina Relations. Following a Fulbright Fellowship in Taiwan and advanced Mandarin study at Tsinghua University in Beijing Backaler worked with Atos Consulting's China state-owned enterprise practice in Beijing. During his subsequent career with Frontier Strategy Group Backaler was part of the founding team of its Asia Pacific office in Singapore.Backaler is an award-winning blogger at TheChinaObserver.com and frequent contributor to mainstream global media outlets. He has lectured at Princeton University testified before the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission and regularly speaks at international events. Backaler a fluent Mandarin speaker has worked and lived in Beijing Shanghai Taipei and Singapore. He currently lives in Washington DC with his wife Qian.