Bonnie Girard is President of China Channel Ltd. She has lived and worked in China for half of her adult life, beginning in 1987 when she studied at the Foreign Affairs College in Beijing.

David Gitter is the director of the Party Watch Initiative, where he specializes in research and analysis of authoritative open source Chinese language materials.

Jin Kai is an Associate Professor at the Institute of International Studies, Guangdong Academy of Social Science, China. Currently he is a Visiting Fellow at Sigur Center for Asian Studies, Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University at Washington DC.

Kerry Brown is Professor of Chinese Studies and Director of the Lau China Institute at King's College, London.

Shannon Tiezzi is Editor at The Diplomat.

Xie Tao is professor of political science at the School of English and International Studies, Beijing Foreign Studies University.

Zheng Wang is the Director of the Center for Peace and Conflict Studies (CPCS) and a Professor at the School of Diplomacy and International Relations at Seton Hall University.