East Asia-China, 2015
Research Interests
Modern China and transnational history; financial, business, and social history; history of Sichuan
Dissertation
Mao Money, Mao Problems: Sichuan Bankers, Manchukuo Colonialism, and the origins of the PRC Financial Apparatus, 1927-1958
Biography
Matthew Lowenstein worked as a financial analyst in Beijing and New York; he is now a student of Chinese history at the University of Chicago.
Publications
"China's Shadow Currency." The Diplomat. December 12, 2013.
News
—Awarded Buchanan Prize by Midwest Conference on Asian Affairs
