Christopher Vassallo is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Cambridge and an affiliated researcher on the Chinese economy at the Asia Society’s Center for China Analysis. He was previously an associate at Blackstone, where he produced original analysis on geopolitical and macroeconomic issues related to China. He has served as a researcher at the Harvard Belfer Center and Asia Society Policy Institute, and his work has been published by The Marathon Initiative, The Diplomat, The US-China Perception Monitor, and The National Interest. Christopher holds a B.A. in History magna cum laude from Harvard University and a M.A. in Global Affairs from Tsinghua University, where he studied as a Schwarzman Scholar.