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Christopher Grimes is the Los Angeles bureau chief for the Financial Times. He has previously worked as a reporter and editor for the FT in New York and London. He also spent four years in Tokyo, where he served as executive editor for Nikkei Asia, the flagship English language publication of the FT's parent company. Before joining the FT, he worked for Dow Jones and The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
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