John POMFRET
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Based in San Francisco, California, USA
Editor-at-large at SupChina
Consultant and Author
Author of the critically-acclaimed The Beautiful Country and the Middle Kingdom: America and China, 1776 to the Present
Author of Chinese Lessons: Five Classmates and the Story of the New China
Formerly the Beijing bureau chief and editor with The Washington Post
John Pomfret is an award-winning journalist and writer who has divided his time between the US, China, Europe, Africa and the Middle East since the 1980s. He was one of the first American students to study in China following the Sino-American rapprochement and he has been a correspondent in China for the Associated Press and The Washington Post, in the late 1980s the late 1990s and the early 2000s. He has won numerous journalism awards for his work in China and in Washington. For the past five years, John has devoted himself to the first narrative history of America's relationship with China from the 18th century until the present day. The Beautiful Country and the Middle Kingdom: America and China, 1776 to the Present was published on Nov. 29, 2016 to critical acclaim. John is the author of the 2006 best-seller, Chinese Lessons: Five Classmates and the Story of the New China.
John has also spent eight years covering wars and revolutions from Afghanistan, to Bosnia, to Congo. John was most recently a Fulbright Senior Scholar in Beijing.
CategoriesAuthors, Government, International Affairs & Politics, International Relations, Media & Current Affairs, News
John Pomfret: NPR's Book Concierge
Click here to access the article featuring Pomfret: "NPR's Book Concierge".
John Pomfret: Japan's problem isn't warmongering, but a hopeless military
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John Pomfret's "The Beautiful Country and the Middle Kingdom" Wins 2017 CFR Arthur Ross Book Award
Click here to access the announcement for Pomfret's 2017 CFR Arthur Ross Book Award
John Pomfret: The Trump presidency is causing instability in Asia
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John Pomfret: On the world stage, Shinzo Abe is becoming the adult in the room
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John Pomfret: Chinese cash at American colleges is a massive problem
Click here to access Pomfret's article: "Chinese cash at American colleges is a massive problem".
John Pomfret: Liu Xiaobo showed the world that China has a great tradition of liberal thought
Click here to access Pomfret's article: "Liu Xiaobo showed the world that China has a great tradition of liberal thought".
We are proud that two of our speakers are featured on SupChina's summer reading list!
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John Pomfret: Trump and China: The honeymoon is over
Click here to access Pomfret's article: "Trump and China: The honeymoon is over".
The US and China in the Era of Donald Trump and Xi Jinping
The Chinese government generally welcomed the election of Donald Trump, seeing him as a better alternative to Hillary Clinton. Well, be careful what you wish for. Trump's America First nationalism, his new opening to Taiwan and his plans to pivot toward Russia portend a new era of unpredictability between Washington and Beijing
China Wants to Be Rich and Strong: Can It Make It?
As Xi Jinping leads China into an election (or selection) year with Chinese characteristics, China is facing a slowing economy, continued challenges in carrying out SOE reform and dealing with its debt along with it calls "the most complicated internal and external factors in history." What are the challenges to Xi's "China Dream"?
China's foreign policy
Domestic Chinese politics
Constraints to China's development
Chinese demographics
Chinese values
The growth of religion in China
China's millennial generation
The split at the heart of Chinese America
What South Korea's election means for Asia's nuclear crisis
Trump's bromance with China's leader makes him a typical U.S. president
Accomplishing what they could not at home: The bond between American and Chinese women
45 years ago, Kissinger envisioned a 'pivot' to Russia. Will Trump make it happen?
Five myths about U.S.-China relations
Book review by Pomfret:
Exploring the dreams of China's pampered and restless millennial generation
Osborn Elliott Prize for the best coverage of Asia by the Asia Society (2003).
Shorenstein Prize for coverage of Asia (2007).
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