Jimmy Hexter is a director in McKinsey's Beijing office and the leader of its Operations Practice in Asia. His numerous articles on operations and sourcing strategies have appeared in the McKinsey Quarterly, Asian Wall Street Journal, and many other publications. He is located in McKinsey’s Beijing office.

Jonathan Woetzel is a director in McKinsey's Shanghai office and the leader of its Energy and Materials practice in Asia. He has published two previous books on China, Capitalist China: Strategies for a Revolutionary Economy (2003) and China's Economic Opening to the Outside World: The Politics of Empowerment. (1989). He is located in McKinsey's Shanghai office.