Dr Friedrich Wu has been an adjunct associate professor at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS) since 2005. He teaches graduate-level courses on the globalisation of the Chinese economy & enterprises, as well as country risk analysis and economic crisis forecasting. Prior to joining RSIS, he served as director of economics at Singapore’s Ministry of Trade & Industry for five years (2001-2005), and earlier as vice president/head of economic research at the DBS Bank, the largest banking group in Southeast Asia and in Singapore, for 17 years (1985-2001). His 80-plus publications on Asian economic, financial, and political issues have appeared as newspaper op-eds, trade magazine commentaries, peer-reviewed academic journal articles, and book chapters worldwide. His comments have been frequently quoted by international media such as Bloomberg, Business Week, Financial Times, Fortune, New York Times, The Economist, Wall Street Journal, etc. Dr Wu received his PhD and MA from the University of Washington in Seattle, USA.
