Matt Schrader

Matt Schrader was the Editor-in-Chief of the China Brief at The Jamestown Foundation. In addition to his position at Jamestown, he is also an analyst at The Crumpton Group, a business intelligence and strategic analysis firm. He worked for nine years in Beijing in banking, PR, and social enterprise. Mr. Schrader is currently pursuing a master’s degree in Asian Studies at Georgetown University, and holds B.A. degrees in international affairs and economics from The George Washington University. He is fluent in Mandarin. You can follow him on Twitter @tombschrader.

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“Chinese Assistance Centers” Grow United Front Work Department Global Presence

01.05.2019 Matt Schrader

A network of thirteen “Chinese Community and Police Cooperation Centres” (hereafter: “police cooperation centers”) established by PRC expatriates in South Africa recently became the subject...

Publication China Brief Africa

The “Red Flag River” Project and Media Inflation of PRC Threats

11.20.2018 Abigail Dawson

A proposal by a group of apparently government-linked scientists and engineers to divert water from Himalayan glaciers to the arid province of Xinjiang, in the...

Publication China Brief China and the Asia-Pacific

World Bank Offers Timely, Dubious Praise for Belt and Road

11.20.2018 Matt Schrader

Beijing appears to be rethinking CCP General Secretary Xi Jinping’s Belt and Road Initiative, an ambitious bid to reshape global trade by lending money for...

Publication China Brief China and the Asia-Pacific

Pocketbook Purges: Why Investors Everywhere Need to Understand CCP Politics

10.10.2018 Matt Schrader

In the last issue of China Brief, this column examined the case of Huarong Asset Management, a major PRC financial firm, whose fortunes nose-dived after...

Publication China Brief China and the Asia-Pacific