James Kynge

James Kynge is the principal of China Confidential and Renminbi Compass, proprietary research services from the Financial Times.[1]

Career

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]

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]

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]

Personal life

Kynge lives in Beijing, is married and has three children.

Awards and honors

In 2016, he won the 2016 Wincott Foundation award for Financial Journalist of the Year.[5] China Shakes The World won the 2006 Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award.

References

  1. ^ a b "James Kynge". Financial Times.
  2. ^ "James Kynge: Bestselling Author on China". Celebrity Speakers Ltd.
  3. ^ "James Kynge". Amazon.
  4. ^ "China's internet users targeted in online rumour probes". BBC News. 27 October 2011.
  5. ^ "James Kynge". Financial Times. Retrieved 12 July 2018.


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