James Kynge
British financial journalist
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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.[citation needed]
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.