Humphrey Hawksley
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Humphrey Hawksley is a highly experienced and notable foreign journalist working for the BBC. In 1986 he was forced to leave Sri Lanka as he would not compromise his reporting of the Civil war with the Tamils. In 1987 he covered violence in the Philippines and received death threats. In 1989 after the killings in Tiananmen Square he went to Hong Kong and reported on social stresses due to the country’s imminent transfer to Chinese rule. He was simultaneously a reporter for the whole of Asia. He later covered this transfer live in Beijing. In 1994, he opened the BBC’s first television bureau in China. Humphrey Hawksley reported on fighting in The Balkans, Iraq and Timor. Humphrey Hawksley has also reported on slavery in cocoa production.
Humphrey Hawksley has written extensively in Newspapers including The Guardian and The Times.
Humphrey Hawksley is also the author of best-selling political novels aimed at raising key strategic issues in the far east before a broader audience. These include Dragon Fire, Ceremony of Innocence, Absolute Measures, Red Spirit and co-author with Simon Holberton of Dragon Strike. His latest book is Third World War.
