Syaru Shirley Lin, a native of Taiwan, is a political economist who teaches at both the University of Virginia and the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Previously she was a partner at Goldman Sachs, where she was responsible for private equity and venture capital investments in Asia and spearheaded the firm’s investments in technology start-ups, including Alibaba. Her new book, “Taiwan’s China Dilemma,” published by Stanford University Press, focuses on the emergence of Taiwanese national identity and how it has influenced the island’s economic policy toward China over the past three decades. Read more
