Natascha Gentz

Natascha Gentz has published amongst many others, a monograph on the history Chinese journalism and an edited volume on how global media are shaping cultural identities.

Lindsey Hilsum

Lindsey Hilsum, an award winning BBC Channel 4 journalist, was based in Beijing from 2006 – 2008. She covered the 2007 uprising in Tibet, the Sichuan earthquake and the Olympics.

Duncan Hewitt

Duncan Hewitt currently writes for Newsweek and a former BBC journalist for Shanghai and is currently the President of the Foreign Correspondent’s Club in Shanghai.

Ma Jianguo

Ma Jianguo, Chief of Xinhua News Agency – the Official Chinese News Agency in London.