Mr. Restall edits the Journal`s opinion pages in Asia. He became a member of The Wall Street Journal editorial board in 2004. He joined the Asian Journal in April 1994 as an editorial page writer and subsequently worked as deputy editorial page editor. He also served as editor of the Far Eastern Economic Review, a monthly journal of opinion and analysis published in Hong Kong. He is an Asian Studies graduate of Dartmouth College and studied Mandarin Chinese at Yunnan University.