Michael Aldrich is a writer and an attorney of the law firm Hogan Lovells in Beijing. He got his J. D. from Columbia Law School in 1990. Michael has been consistently recognized as one of Asia's legal practitioners by various Asian publication during the past ten years. As the author of The Search for a Vanishing Beijing (2006), Michael shows his deep affection and passion for the heritage and history of old Peking. He leads the reader through palaces, temples, back streets and markets of Beijing while bringing back to living memory forgotten or overlooked Peking customs, stories and beliefs. His most recent book The Perfumed Palace:  Islam's Journey from Mecca to Peking (co-authored with Lukas Nikol, 2010) explores the life and culture of the Muslims of China's capital city who, over the centuries, have developed such a harmonious synthesis of two great civilizations.

Mr Aldrich's appearance is courtesy of Hogan Lovells