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Author of global bestseller When China Rules the World, published 2009, updated 2012 and 2016, translated into 17 languages, sold over 400,000. Shortlisted for two major literary awards. His TED talk on understanding China has 5m views. Until recently a Senior Fellow at Cambridge University. Visiting Professor at Tsinghua University, Beijing, Fudan University, Shanghai and Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, Singapore. Previously Senior Research Fellow at IDEAS think tank and London School of Economics. Formerly editor Marxism Today, co-founder of Demos think tank, deputy editor of The Independent. Doctorate from King’s College, Cambridge.