Oliver Melton is an analyst with the Bureau of Intelligence and Research at the U.S. Department of State, where he focuses on Chinese economic issues. Over the past decade, he has covered Chinese economic, military, and social issues for the Economist Intelligence Unit, the China Economic Quarterly, Voice of America, and CENTRA Technology.
Melton received a Master’s in Public Policy from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government and a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Chicago. He speaks and reads Chinese.