Great post doc...
But the outward face and the true face of Beijing are both multifaceted and sometimes far more deviant than we can possibly imagine.
The insider information is in the MCP underwriters, options folks, shorts, etc., and originates from MCP data, Chinese data, inside Chinese data, inside inside Chinese data, and beyond.
Economic espionage is very apparent, sorry, I have an advanced science degree and studied this one for a couple years -- everything publicly available -- and lost everything I had ever gained in the market. What you need to think about here is how you could be spending your time on something useful and not trying to outfox Goldman and the options people. You will lose.