Antonio Graceffo (born September 6, 1967) is an American economist, China analyst, martial artist, and author who has lived in several Asian countries.
He is a frequent guest, providing analysis of the Chinese economy and geopolitics, on various shows on New Tang Dynasty Television, including Talking Points, The Wide Angle, China in Focus, and Forbidden News.
[2] Beyond martial arts, Graceffo is also a student of multiple languages,[3] including Mandarin Chinese, Thai, Khmer, Vietnamese, German, Spanish, Italian, and French.
[5] After arriving in Taiwan in 2001, Graceffo's quest to discover Asia's diverse martial arts led him to the original Shaolin Temple in China and a Muay Thai monastery in Thailand, as well as to Cambodia, Vietnam, Korea, the Philippines, and Burma.
In the same year, he traveled into Burma and shot videos with a master of Lai Tai, a kung fu type art practiced by the Shan people.
[7] Graceffo is a regular contributor to international news media including The Epoch Times (for which he comments on China's economy) and Black Belt Magazine.
He writes about 70 articles per year for various online and print magazines and news outlets, and his byline has also appeared in South China Morning Post, AsiaOne, The Diplomat, War on the Rocks, Asia Times, RealClearWorld, bne IntelliNews, Inkstone, Lowy Institute, Just The News, Penthouse, Highbrow Magazine, New Right Network, Fight Times, and Bow International.