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Jason Zweig writes The Intelligent Investor column every weekend for The Wall Street Journal. He also writes Back in Business, an occasional column about financial history. Jason is the author of ...

Lingling Wei is the chief China correspondent for The Wall Street Journal and author of the WSJ China newsletter. She covers China's political economy, focusing on the intersection of business and ...