Associate professor Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism Former New York Times correspondent in Africa, Japan, China

Howard French has called Africa, the Americas, Japan and China as his home, and got the best out of it. As a professional photographer he had a very keen eye for those details that matter. As correspondent for the New York Times, he was not only an alert observer of the society he was in, but was able to compare and connect between those worlds, much to the benefit of his audience.
Associate professor in sociology, Sophia University, Tokyo

James Farrer associates playfully China's economic and sexual revolutions in an engaging, informal style. He adds academic robustness to a subject, well, that is fun anyway.
Group Director, Digital Strategy, Ogilvy China

Leading speaker on China and the dramatic changes the internet has triggered off in this country. Kuo challenges the major flaws in Western views on China, without become a China apologist. A frequent speakers and panelist on all things digital.