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Professor Woo is an expert on East Asian economies, particularly China, Malaysia and
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Woo has worked as a consultant on tax and exchange rate reform for China's
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Chinese economy," and appears regularly in the media. He is also a contributor to
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to study the reform experiences of centrally planned economies. From 1997 to 1998, he was a special advisor to the
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Prof. Wing Thye Woo, Distinguished
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