China’s increasing importance in the global economy and geopolitical construct makes an understanding of China’s domestic realities and challenges essential to today’s students of world affairs. Enjoy this rap through the recent upheaval in China’s political system, the growing assertiveness in China’s geopolitical posture, and the looming challenges in its macroeconomic transition.

A parody rapper by hobby, Andrew Dougherty is the China economist and Asia research director for Capital Strategy Research. Dougherty joined Capital Group in 2004 as a participant in the Associates Program (Capital’s two-year investment management rotational program) and founded and has been based in Capital’s Beijing office since 2009. He received a BA in economics and international affairs from George Washington University and an MPhil in Modern Chinese Studies from Cambridge University. Dougherty speaks Mandarin Chinese and Russian.