Robert (Bob) Elder, analyst at EMARKETER, writes about innovation in Asia, with an initial focus on Southeast Asia and India. Bob was a research analyst at Business Insider Intelligence from 2016-2017, covering the intersection of media and technology in global markets. In 2017, Bob moved to Beijing, China, to learn about the country's and Asia's tech space. They attended Tsinghua University and worked with several Chinese tech companies. In January 2020, Covid-19 nudged Bob to relocate to Thailand, their home country, where they continued to watch and write about global tech issues. Bob has published for Business Insider, Tech in Asia, Kr-Asia, SupChina, The Ken, HCI International, IEEE, among others, and their analysis has been cited by Bloomberg, CNBC, Al Jazeera, and many more. Bob also contributes to Keji Whispers, an experimental project that aims to foster greater understanding of Chinese innovation and tech policies, and of the ongoing so-called 'strategic competition' between the US-China.