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. Fluent in Mandarin Chinese and Russian, he received a BA in economics and international affairs from George Washington University and an MPhil in modern Chinese studies from Cambridge University.