Paul French

Founder of Access Asia, a leading research institute on retail; acknowledged author of books on China and North-Korea
An “old China hand”, as called by the Economist

Travels from: Shanghai

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Paul French is founder of market research company Access Asia

As a China specialist he has been quoted in a wide variety of publications including the Financial Times, Newsweek, the Wall Street Journal Asia, the South China Morning Post and the LA Times. Mr. French studied history & economics in London and also has a M.Phil in Socialist Theories & Economics from the University of Glasgow in Scotland. He studied Chinese at the City Literary Institute in London.

Now based in Shanghai, Paul continues to write much of the strategic analysis for Access Asia reports. His areas of special interest include consumer goods, retailing and leisure services as well as writing about North Korea.