As investment banker, diplomat, lawyer, Harvard academic, & CIA spy, I have participated in China affairs for more than 40 years.

  I lead two firms…

RIDDELLTSENG, a China-focused boutique investment bank & advisory firm, celebrating more than 25 years of advising insurance & fund management firms—from Fidelity’s China entry to MetLife’s China JV—, hedge funds on China and China-impacted strategy & trades, and western & Chinese firms on cross-border real estate investments.

CHINADEBATE, founded in 2012, where fund professionals encounter leading China experts in discussions & online presentations on issues that inform China & China-impacted investments. 

  My gov't service… 

• CIA Case Officer in China Operations & Special Ops Group, Paramilitary Reserve Officer—at all times holding ‘Top Secret/Codeword’ clearances 

• U.S. Delegate to the UN

• Florida Undersecretary of State for International Affairs

  I am also an international lawyer, licensed to practice law in my home state of Florida since 1976, Board Certified in Int'l Law, & former Vice Chairman of the Int'l Law Board Certification Committee.

  Besides a law degree from Florida’s Stetson University and post-grad at Harvard Law School’s East Asian Legal Studies Program…

• MBA, Harvard Business School 

• Master in International Affairs, School of Public & International Affairs Columbia University 

At Peking University Law School, I was a Senior Visiting Fellow & Member of the Advisory Board, Center for Real Estate Law.  

And, at Harvard, Associate-in-Research at the Harvard Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, & former… 

• Asia Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School of Government

• Member, Harvard China Fund Academic Committee

• Academic Leader & instructor for China programs, Harvard Graduate School of Design 

  Life Member, Council on Foreign Relations