 Covering the Vietnam exodus of refugees for the South China Morning Post in 1975  With Prof. Xu Wenli, (left) Peter Küng and Madame He Xintong in Switzerland, 26 years after interviewing Democracy Wall dissident Xu for BBC's Panorama |
BioActive Member: Int. PEN (Suisse Romande,) Geneva Writers’ Group, Democrats Abroad, Human Rights Watch, (Geneva Advisory Committee) 2007 Ein Besuch von Monsieur Voltaire, paperback edition, Random House/ 2006 Under Their Skin, Halban Publishers, London, Feb. 2006 2005 Ein Besuch von Monsieur Voltaire 2003 A Visit from Voltaire, Halban Publishers, London, nominated Orange Prize for Fiction, 2004 1997 Left in the Care Of, Carroll and Graf, New York How Can the United States Cope with the Emerging Power of Asia? (policy report, The Council on Foreign Relations,1997) 1994-1997 OVERSEAS PRESS CLUB, Co-chairman, Press Freedom Committee Active Member: The Council on Foreign Relations United Nations Heads of Mission Spouses’ Association 1988-1992 BUSINESS WEEK, Bureau Chief as of 1990, (China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Southeast Asia) 1986-1988 THE ECONOMIST, China Bureau Chief (including Hong Kong and Taiwan) 1983-1986 Hong Kong-based correspondent for: THE ECONOMIST THE INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE THE WASHINGTON POST NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO 1982-1983 Singapore-based correspondent for: THE ECONOMIST THE WASHINGTON POST/ 1978-1982 London-based correspondent for THE FAR EASTERN ECONOMIC REVIEW THE BRITISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION adviser to the BBC-TV Managing Director for: THE WORLD AND THE WEST (China episodes) 1984 THE THIRD EYE (The Wide World of Y.K. Pao episode) 1982 THE MAKING OF MANKIND (Peking Man episode) 1980 THE MONEY PROGRAMME (Canton Trade Fair episode) 1980 PANORAMA (The Chinese News Machine episode) 1980 HORIZON, NOVA (The Cancer Detectives of Lin Xian episode) 1979 1977-1978 REUTERS FINANCIAL SERVICE reporter, New York 1974-1977 SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST reporter, Hong Kong AWARDS, etc. Nominated for The Orange Prize for Fiction 2004, for A Visit from Voltaire, Overseas Press Club, Eric and Amy Burger Award for Best Human Rights Reporting 1991 Kearny Foundation Award for Asian Journalism, 1985 Governor, Hong Kong Foreign Correspondents Club, 1986-1988 M.A., Chinese Studies, University of California, Berkeley, 1972 B.A., Asian Area Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz, 1972 Languages: English mother tongue, French, Mandarin Chinese |
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