Mark Sidel is Professor of Law and Public Affairs at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (Doyle-Bascom endowment) and consultant for Asia at the Washington-based International Center for Not-for-Profit Law. He has written widely on the regulation of civil society in China, India, and Vietnam. He brings together academic knowledge and field experience. He served with the Ford Foundation in Beijing, Hanoi, Bangkok, and New Delhi. His volume on the Chinese Overseas NGO Law and framework and China’s relationships with the overseas nonprofit community is forthcoming from Brookings Press.