China's Economy, from a Front-Row Perspective

Remember the smart kid in school who sat in the front row, raised his hand a lot and made the teacher nervous because he always had the right answer, even when the teacher did not? He might have been Andy Xie.

Xie's school days at MIT are long past. But as an economist, investment adviser, financial media columnist, blogger and cautious China cheerleader, he still functions with the spirit of the smartest kid in class. He's up front with analysis. He's not afraid to correct the powers that be. And he never runs out of things to say.