James McGregor is Greater China Chairman for APCO Worldwide where he serves as a senior advisor on China business, political, and communications strategies. He is the author of the books No Ancient Wisdom, No Followers: The Challenges of Chinese Authoritarian Capitalism (Prospecta Press, 2012) and One Billion Customers: Lessons from the Front Lines of Doing Business in China (Simon and Schuster, 2005). McGregor was bureau chief in Taipei and Beijing for The Wall Street Journal and later served as CEO of Dow Jones in China. He is a former chairman of the American Chamber of Commerce in China. McGregor is currently a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, National Committee on U.S.-China Relations, Global Council of the Asia Society, Atlantic Council China Hub Advisory Council, and the advisory board of the US-China Education Trust. McGregor lived in China for 30 years and now splits his time between Minnesota, Shanghai, Beijing, Washington, D.C., and elsewhere.
China was a closed system with rapidly opening minds. Today, China is a much more open system with some purposely closing minds.