Author: Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom

Jeffrey Wasserstrom is Professor of History at the University of California, Irvine. He is the author of books such as China in the 21st Century, Global Shanghai, and China’s Brave New World, and the editor of the Journal of Asian Studies.Angilee Shah is a freelance journalist. Her work has appeared in the Far Eastern Economic Review, Mother Jones, Time Out Singapore, Global Voices, and Asia Media, among other publications.