The latest news and top stories on Yuen Yuen Ang, a distinguished academic and expert on China. She is the Alfred Chandler Chair Professor of Political Economy at Johns Hopkins University, having previously held positions at Columbia University and the University of Michigan. Ang is renowned for her concept of “directed improvisation” and her award-winning book 'How China Escaped the Poverty Trap'. Her expertise spans China’s political economy, US-China relations, development and innovation. She advises global organisations and governments, has testified before the US-China Economic & Security Commission and was named among the world’s most influential academics in government.