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<p><strong>Federico Rampini</strong> is <i>la Repubblica</i>'s New York Bureau Chief. Previously, he has served as&nbsp;a columnist and correspondent for<em> la Repubblica</em> in Beijing, where he inaugurated the publication's China bureau in July 2004. As a special envoy, he travels frequently to India, Japan and Southeast Asia. From 2000 to 2004, Rampini was <em>la Repubblica's</em> West Coast correspondent based in San Francisco, California. From 1997 to 2000, he was the European editor of <em>la Repubblica.&nbsp;</em></p> <p>In 2005, his essay &quot;The Chinese Century,&quot; topped the Italian bestseller charts in non-fiction for several months and is now in its sixteenth edition. His 2006 book <em>The Chindia Empire: China, India and Their Surroundings: the Asian Superpower with 3.5 billion Citizens</em> (Knopf), has exceeded 100,000 copies sold. In 2007, Rampini released his latest book, <em>Mao's Shadow</em> (Knopf). Rampini was named among the &quot;EV50,&quot; the European Voice poll of the fifty most influential personalities in Europe in 2005. He has been a visiting professor at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Journalism and at the Shanghai University of Economics and Finance.</p>