Yasheng Huang intended to return and contribute to society in his native country after studying abroad. Following the Chinese government’s violent crackdown in Tiananmen Square in 1989, however, Yasheng decided to stay in the United States and became increasingly interested in international issues and economics. He currently holds the Epoch Foundation Professorship of Global Economics and Management at the MIT Sloan School of Management and is Faculty Director of the MITChina Program.

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