Patrick Chovanec (程致宇) is an associate professor at Tsinghua University’s School of Economics and Management in Beijing, China, where he teaches in the school’s International MBA Program. His insights into Chinese business, economics, politics, and culture have been featured by international media including CNN, BBC, Time, Newsweek, Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Bloomberg, New York Times, Washington Post, Forbes, Foreign Policy, The Atlantic, PBS, NPR, and Al Jazeera. He is a regular guest commentator on Chinese Central Television (CCTV-9) and China Radio International (CRI), and serves as Chairman of the Public Policy Development Committee for the American Chamber of Commerce in China.
Professor Chovanec has worked for several private equity funds focused on China, and continues to advise numerous fund managers, corporations, and governments. Previously, he served as director of Institutional Investor’s Asia Pacific Institute, based in Hong Kong, and its Global Fixed Income Institute, based in London. Prior to that, Chovanec worked in Washington, DC, as an aide to political strategist William Kristol and to Speaker of the House John Boehner. He also served for nine years as an officer in the U.S. Army Reserves.
Professor Chovanec first visited China in 1986, and has traveled to every one of its 31 provinces, as well as Taiwan. His travels have taken him to over 45 countries, including India, Pakistan, Russia, South Africa, Cuba, Vietnam, and Cambodia. He is one of only a handful of U.S. citizens to have visited North Korea.
He holds an BA in Economics from Princeton University and an MBA in Finance and Accounting from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School, where he graduated as a Palmer Scholar. He is a U.S. Certified Public Accountant (CPA).
Recent Blog Posts by Patrick Chovanec
- Silver Linings in China’s Slowdown
- What’s Driving China’s Real Estate Rally? Part 3
- What’s Driving China’s Real Estate Rally? Part 2
- What’s Driving China’s Real Estate Rally? Part 1
- Am I a China Bear?
- China: Falling Dominoes
- China: Evergrande Allegations
- China: Data Points and Article Links 6/18/12
- Can U.S. and China Avert Accounting Armageddon?
- China: Data Points and Article Links
- U.S.-China Trade War in the Offing?
- China – No Guarantee
- China Real Estate Unravels
- China’s Pulitzer Prize
- China: Inflated Notions
- How Low Can Bo Go?
- Don’t Blame the (Chinese) Banks
- Debating a ‘Hard Landing’ in China
- A New Investment Thesis for China
- Bo’s Ides of March
- China’s Politics in Rare Bloom
- CCTV News: Russian Elections
- China’s Slowdown
- Xi Jinping in America
- Further Thoughts on Real Estate’s Impact on China GDP
- China’s 2011 GDP Numbers
- China Data, Part 2: Slowing Growth
- Geithner Presses China on Iran
- China’s Top 10 Business Stories in 2011
- China Data, Part 1A: More on Property Downturn
- China’s Real Estate Crash
- Remembering Vaclav Havel (1936-2011)
- China: Hard Landing in Sight?
- China Data, Part 1: Real Estate Downturn
- Initial Thoughts on PBOC Easing
- Should We Sell Taiwan?
- Europe Squabbles, China Frets
- Déjà Vu All Over Again
- Europe Looks to China
- China’s Slowdown
- Trust Me
- Currency Confrontation
- China: Economy on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown
- Can China Rescue Italy?
- Signs of Continuing China Inflation
- BBC: How Vulnerable Is China?
- Victor Shih and Carl Walter on China’s Banks
- CCTV News: Can China Drive Global Growth?
- NPR: Will China Dump U.S. Debt?
- Propaganda Instructions on Wenzhou Train Crash
