Andrew Bernard is Jack Byrne Professor of International Economics and director of the Center for International Business at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, USA.

Sharron Lovell is a photographer currently based in Shanghai.

Joshua Barker is associate professor in the Department of Anthropology, University of Toronto.

Naazneen Barma, Public Sector Specialist, East Asia and Pacific Region, The World Bank.

Prof. Sir Adam Roberts, President-elect of the British Academy and Senior Research Fellow, Dept. of Politics and International Relations, Oxford University