Logan Wright, based out of MGA's Beijing office, came to MGA from Stone & McCarthy Research Associates in Beijing, where he was the firm's China analyst, focusing on China's influence on global fixed income and currency markets, Chinese exchange rate policy, the measurement and management of China's foreign assets, and Chinese macroeconomic statistics. He is proficient in Mandarin Chinese and has lived and worked in Beijing since 2001. He recently defended his Ph.D dissertation concerning the political factors shaping the reform of China's exchange rate regime, at George Washington University. He also holds an M.A. in security studies and a B.S. in foreign service from Georgetown University.