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Jonathan Fenby (born 11 November 1942) is a founding partner and Managing Director of the China team at Trusted Sources, the emerging markets research and consultancy firm headquartered in London. His investment and strategy research is focused towards China's policy interpretation, politics and broader political economy. He is also an author and journalist, and was Editor of The Observer newspaper from 1993-1995 and then Editor of the South China Morning Post from 1995-2000, during the return of Hong Kong to Chinese sovereignty. He had earlier been Deputy Editor of The Guardian (1988–93), Home Editor of The Independent (at launch 1986-8), and Editor of Reuters World Service (1973-7). He was also chief correspondent for The Economist in France and Germany (1981-6) and wrote three books during that period.

Since returning to London from Hong Kong in 2000, he has worked at various on-line services and as Associate Editor of the newspaper, Sunday Business. Between 1998 and 2008, he published ten books, five on China and others on the Second World War and France. He contributes to a wide range of publications in the UK, US and Far East and broadcasts often, as well as speaking at conferences and lecturing at universities and public forums on China.

He was named a Commander of the British Empire (CBE) in 2000 and a Chevalier of the French Order of Merit in 1991. He is a board member of the European Journalism Centre and the Belgian-British Conference.

Publications

• Tiger Head, Snake Tails: China today, how it got there and where it is heading, Simon & Schuster, 2012. ISBN 9781847373939
• The History of Modern China: The Fall and Rise of a Great Power, Penguin Press and Harper Collins. ISBN 978-0-7139-9832-0
• Dealing with the Dragon: A Year in the New Hong Kong, ISBN 978-1-55970-559-2
• China's Journey, 1850-1949
• The Seventy Wonders of China
• Dragon Throne: the imperial dynasties of China
• On the Brink: The Trouble with France, ISBN 978-0-349-11491-0
• Alliance: The Inside Story of How Roosevelt, Stalin and Churchill Won One War and Began Another, by Jonathan Fenby.
• Generalissimo: Chiang Kai-shek and the China He lost
• The Sinking of the Lancastria: Britain's Worst Naval Disaster and Churchill's Cover-up
• The General: Charles de Gaulle and The France He Saved, Simon and Schuster, 2010. ISBN 978-1-84737-392-2
• Jonathan Fenby China blog

References

1. "Jonathan Fenby Profile". Trusted Sources. London. 1 March 2012. Retrieved 1 March 2012.
2. "Bo Xilai Sideshow". New York Times. Retrieved 11 April 2012.
3. "China today_How it got there_And where it is heading". Tiger Head, Snake Tails. Retrieved 1 March 2012.
4. "America's apprehensive China diplomacy". The Guardian. London. 3 June 2008. Retrieved 24 August 2010.
5. "Lancastria review". Lancastria. Retrieved 1 March 2012.
6. "Jonathan Fenby on China Loan Quotas". Bloomberg. London. 17 January 2012. Retrieved 1 March 2012.
7. "Jonathan Fenby on worsening Chinese data". Bloomberg via Washington Post. London. 23 March 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
8. "Jonathan Fenby Profile". The Guardian. London. 3 June 2008. Retrieved 24 August 2010.

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