James Kynge
James Kynge is the editor of China Confidential, a research service of the Financial Times.[1] He is a recipient of several journalism awards. His first book China Shakes The World: A Titan's Rise and Troubled Future - and the Challenge for America describes the development of China as a superpower; it has been translated into 19 languages.[1] In won the 2006 Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award.
Kynge spent over two decades as a journalist in Asia, initially for Reuters and then as China Bureau Chief for the Financial Times between 1998 and 2005.[2] He covered many of the events during this time - including the Japanese deflation, the Tiananmen Square massacre, the rise to nationhood of the five former Soviet central Asian republics in the early 1990s, the Asian financial crisis of 1997, and China's reform and opening since 1998.
Kynge speaks fluent Mandarin,[3] and is a regular commentator on Chinese and Asian issues for media outlets including NPR, CNN and the BBC.[4] He lives in Beijing, is married and has three children.
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- ^ a b "James Kynge". Financial Times. http://www.ft.com/comment/columnists/james-kynge. Retrieved 2011.
- ^ "James Kynge: Bestselling Author on China". Celebrity Speakers Ltd. http://www.speakers.co.uk/our-speakers/profile/James_Kynge. Retrieved 2011.
- ^ "James Kynge". amazon.com. http://www.amazon.com/James-Kynge/e/B001H6NI14. Retrieved 2011.
- ^ "China's internet users targeted in online rumour probes". BBC News. 27 October 2011. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-15476724.
[edit] External links
- Review of China Shakes The World in the Central European University Journal of Political Science
