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BIO

HUMPHREY HAWKSLEY

Foreign correspondent, BBC

Born: United Kingdom

Education:

・ 1965-72: Saint Lawrence College, Ramsgate, Kent

Career:

・ 1973: Became trainee journalist

・ 1978: Joined The Herald in Melbourne, Australia

・ 1979: Joined South China Morning Post, Hong Kong

・ 1981: Joined the BBC

・ 1986: Became BBC foreign correspondent

・ 1994-97: Opened and worked in BBC TV bureau in China

・ 1997-now: BBC foreign correspondent

Published books:

・ 1997 Dragon Strike

・ 1999 Dragon Fire

・ 2003 The Third World War

・ 2009 Democracy Kills:

What's So Good About Having the Vote?

Favorites:

・ Book: The Quiet American, by Graham Green

・ Film: Raise the Red Lantern (directed by Zhang Yimou) and Doctor Zhivago (directed by David Lean)

・ Music: Wagner, the Rolling Stones

・ Food: Sichuan

・ Hobbies: Swimming, cycling, travel