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Grady McGregor

Staff Writer

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Grady is a staff writer for The Wire China based in Washington, D.C. He was previously a staff writer at Fortune Magazine in Hong Kong, writing features on business, tech, and all things related to China. Before that, he had stints as a journalist and editor in Jordan, Lebanon, and North Dakota. He is a Minnesota-native that grew up in Beijing and…

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Grady is a staff writer for The Wire China based in Washington, D.C. He was previously a staff writer at Fortune Magazine in Hong Kong, writing features on business, tech, and all things related to China. Before that, he had stints as a journalist and editor in Jordan, Lebanon, and North Dakota. He is a Minnesota-native that grew up in Beijing and earned his bachelor’s degree from Wesleyan University, where he studied Anthropology and East Asian Studies.

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Articles

The Consultant Crackdown

At first glance, the recent raid on Capvision, a Shanghai consultancy, looks similar to the raids on foreign firms Mintz Group and Bain & Company. But there are reasons to separate Beijing's crackdown on Capvision. For starters, Capvision is Chinese and its shareholders and investors...

Buying the Heartland

Does the U.S. need to worry about China encroaching on its territory? Many states used to court Chinese investors, but in recent months, more than two dozen states have considered or passed new legislation to restrict Chinese ownership of farmland. With the federal government getting...

Huawei Hunting

The Chinese telecoms giant faces a new existential threat from U.S. sanctions. But Washington is still finding international support for its campaign against Huawei hard to come by.