GORDON G. CHANG lived and worked in China and Hong Kong for almost two decades, most recently in Shanghai, as counsel to an American law firm, and earlier in Hong Kong as partner in an international law firm. He is the author of Nuclear Showdown: North Korea Takes On the World (2006) and The Coming Collapse of China (2001). His writings on China and North Korea have appeared in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, The National Interest, International Herald Tribune, Commentary, The Weekly Standard, and Barron's. He is a columnist at The Daily Beast. Mr. Chang has given briefings at the National Intelligence Council, Central Intelligence Agency, State Department, and the Pentagon. He has also spoken before various industry and investor groups. He has appeared before the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission. Mr. Chang has served two terms as a trustee of Cornell University. Follow him on Twitter: @GordonGChang.