MA (Hons) in Chinese, Edinburgh University; two years postgraduate work, Edinburgh; two years of studies in China at Beijing Foreign Language and Culture University then Fudan University, Shanghai. Formerly: with STV, Sunday Times; 1986, with launch team for Independent newspaper; 1992, Presenter, World Tonight, (BBC) and columnist, The Guardian; 1999, Staff Writer, New Yorker; work appeared in Financial Times, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Granta, New Statesman, El Pais, Index on Censorship and others; reported from China, Latin America, Africa, Middle East and Europe; written and presented several documentaries for BBC television. 2001-2014; Presenter, Night Waves, a BBC Radio Three cultural programme. Honorary doctorate, Bradford University; Stirling University. Authored or co-authored several books. Since 2006, founder, editor, CEO The China Dialogue Trust (chinadialogue.net) Appointed OBE 2009; Visiting professor Kings College, London 2015 to present. Expertise and Interest in global sustainability, climate change; communications.