Jonathan Fenby

Jonathan Fenby (born 11 November 1942) is a British 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 is currently Director, China Research at the research service, Trusted Sources. 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^[1] and the Belgian-British Conference.

Publications

• Dealing with the Dragon: A Year in the New Hong Kong, ISBN 978-1-55970-559-2
• 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 Seventy Wonders of China
• Dragon Throne: the imperial dynasties of China
• China's Journey, 1850-1949
• The History of Modern China: The Fall and Rise of a Great Power, by Jonathan Fenby. ISBN 978-0-713-99832-0
• The General: Charles de Gaulle and The France He Saved, Simon and Schuster, 2010. ISBN 9781847373922

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