James Mann is author-in-residence at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. He formerly served as a Washington correspondent, foreign-affairs columnist, and Beijing Bureau Chief for the Los Angeles Times.
Mann has written three books about various aspects of America’s relationship with China: Beijing Jeep: A Case Study of Western Business in China, About Face: A History of America’s Curious Relationship With China, From Nixon to Clinton, and The China Fantasy: How our Leaders Explain Away Chinese Repression. Mann also writes about other aspects of American foreign policy, including a book about the George W. Bush administration, Rise of the Vulcans: The History of Bush’s War Cabinet, and books about the Reagan and Obama administrations.
Mann lives in Washington, D.C. He is a former member of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission and now serves as a board member of Radio Free Asia.
