I am the author of Silicon Dragon (2008) and Startup Asia (2012). My news and events group, Silicon Dragon Ventures (www.silicondragonventures.com), publishes e-newsletters, hosts a talk show, and develops forums in the world’s tech hotspots. I am the former international news editor of Red Herring, the Pulitzer-owned International Business, AdAge and Incisive Media. I have contributed to CEO, Inc., Worth, Fast Company, The Deal and Harvard Business Review, and am the founding editor of Digital Magazine News. My editorial consulting includes thought leadership reports for KPMG and Sony. In 2010, I provided expert testimony on China’s Internet for a Congressional commission in Washington, DC. I have appeared as a commentator on Fox Business News, Sky TV and CCTV. I have lectured at Yale, Columbia, NUS and Tsinghua, among others and spoken at the Asia Society, NASSCOM, World Affairs Council, Chamber of Commerce and Harvard Club. The author is a Forbes contributor. The opinions expressed are those of the writer.