Noah Barkin is managing editor in the China practice at Rhodium Group and a senior visiting fellow in the Asia Program of the German Marshall Fund, where he writes the monthly "Watching China in Europe" column. Before taking up these positions, Barkin had a 25-year career as a journalist, working mainly for Reuters as a bureau chief, regional news editor, and roving Europe correspondent, with stints in Berlin, Paris, London and New York. What follows is a lightly edited Q&A.
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