Photo taken on April 29, 2012 shows two CRH high-speed intercity trains, which travel between Beijing and Tianjin, at Tianjin Railway Station in north China's Tianjin Municipality. Photo: Xinhua Photo taken on April 29, 2012 shows two CRH high-speed intercity trains, which travel between Beijing and Tianjin, at Tianjin Railway Station in north China's Tianjin Municipality. Photo: Xinhua
Photo taken on April 29, 2012 shows two CRH high-speed intercity trains, which travel between Beijing and Tianjin, at Tianjin Railway Station in north China's Tianjin Municipality. Photo: Xinhua
Jonathan Woetzel
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Jonathan WoetzelJeffrey Towson
Jonathan Woetzel  and Jeffrey Towson

Updated: 3:44pm, 20 Jun, 2018

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Photo taken on April 29, 2012 shows two CRH high-speed intercity trains, which travel between Beijing and Tianjin, at Tianjin Railway Station in north China's Tianjin Municipality. Photo: Xinhua Photo taken on April 29, 2012 shows two CRH high-speed intercity trains, which travel between Beijing and Tianjin, at Tianjin Railway Station in north China's Tianjin Municipality. Photo: Xinhua
Photo taken on April 29, 2012 shows two CRH high-speed intercity trains, which travel between Beijing and Tianjin, at Tianjin Railway Station in north China's Tianjin Municipality. Photo: Xinhua
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Jonathan Woetzel

Jonathan Woetzel

Jonathan Woetzel is head of the McKinsey Global Institute in Asia.

Jeffrey Towson

Jeffrey Towson

Jeffrey Towson is a Professor of Investment at Peking University Guanghua School of Management. He is the co-author of the #1 best-seller The One Hour China Book.