Johan Nylander

Johan Nylander is an award-winning author and freelancing China and Asia correspondent. He’s frequently published by CNN, Forbes and Sweden’s leading business daily Dagens Industri.

He’s the author of "The Epic Split – Why ‘Made in China’ is going out of style”. In short, the book is a report from the frontline of the US-China trade war.

Nylander is also is the author of 'Shenzhen Superstars – How China’s smartest city is challenging Silicon Valley’, which became an Amazon bestseller.

He is also a co-writer of "Shenzhen: China’s Southern Powerhouse", a coffee table-sized book of photos published by Odyssey Books, and the author of an acclaimed management book called "Simplify" (Förenkla!, Liber publishing).

He frequently gives speeches about Chinese business and tech trends, as well as how to navigate a new world of trade war, decoupling and boycotts.

For almost two decades he’s covered news from a wide range of countries. Today, he spends most of my time traveling China and neighboring countries, conducting interviews with presidents and peasants, entrepreneurs and migrant workers, triad members and government officials; all those who shape tomorrow’s Asia.

During the 2008 financial crisis he was stationed as foreign correspondent in London. He’s got an MBA from the University of Gothenburg in his native Sweden, and is the author of an acclaimed management book called Simplify (Förenkla, Liber publishing).

He lives with his family in Hong Kong.

More about Johan: johannylander.asia