Robert Lawrence Kuhn Dr. Robert Lawrence Kuhn is a public intellectual, international corporate strategist and investment banker, and a renowned expert on China. He is a commentator on the BBC, CNN, CGTN, CCTV, CNBC, Fox Business, Bloomberg, and other media; senior political/economics commentator on China Global Television Network (CGTN); and a columnist in China Daily and South China Morning Post. For 30 years, Dr. Kuhn has worked with China’s state leaders and advised the Chinese government. He spoke at the launch ceremony of President Xi Jinping’s book, The Governance of China; he provided live commentary on CNN for Xi’s policy address during his U.S. state visit (2015); and he introduced to foreign audiences Xi as “core” of the CPC (2016). He is interviewed extensively on US-China relations, including the trade war (2018). For the 19 th CPC National Congress (October 2017) and 13 th National People’s Congress (March 2018), Dr. Kuhn was interviewed extensively, including 24 times on CNN and BBC World News / BBC World Service, and he was quoted in newspapers and websites in U.S., Hong Kong, Italy, India, etc. His full-page, in-depth analyses of the 19 th CPC National Congress were featured in China Daily to open the CPC Congress (“Historical Starting Point for New Stage of Development“) and to close the CPC Congress (“New Era on the Road to 2050”). His essay at the opening of the Party Congress was published in People’s Daily. Dr. Kuhn is the author of How China’s Leaders Think (featuring President Xi), and The Man Who Changed China: The Life and Legacy of Jiang Zemin (China’s best-selling book of 2005). He wrote the Introduction for Understanding the CPC, the book series by China’s ruling party, the Communist Party of China (2015). Shanghai Media Group and Dr. Kuhn are co-creators and co-producers of the award-winning, fivepart series China’s Challenges, broadcast internationally (PBS stations in the U.S.) and in China. Dr. Kuhn is writer and host; Peter Getzels