Senior Director, Taiwan
Joy Shaw

Joy is an experienced journalist and an expert on policy and regulatory developments in Greater China. Based in Taipei, she manages the day-to-day workflow of the Taiwan team, serving BGA clients on the ground alongside Washington, D.C.-based Managing Director for Taiwan Rupert Hammond-Chambers.
Prior to joining BGA, Joy wrote breaking news stories and provided timely analysis from Shanghai and Taipei on such business-relevant regulatory issues as antitrust and anti-corruption enforcement for Dow Jones Newswires. Earlier she covered global financial markets, macroeconomic developments and general business news for Dow Jones Newswires in New York. Her articles frequently appeared in major media like the Wall Street Journal and FT.com, among others.
Bilingual in Chinese and English, Joy also reported in Chinese for major Taiwanese business press such as Business Weekly.
Joy has a Master of Arts in journalism from the University of Southern California and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of California, Los Angeles, majoring in German and political science. She was born and raised in Taipei.

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