About James Kynge
James Kynge was an American and British journalist.
James Kynge is the principal of China Confidential and Renminbi Compass, proprietary research services from the Financial Times.
Kynge speaks fluent Mandarin, and is a regular commentator on Chinese and Asian issues for media outlets including NPR, CNN and the BBC.
His first book China Shakes The World: A Titan's Rise and Troubled Future - and the Challenge for America describes the development of China as a superpower; it has been translated into 19 languages.
Personal life Kynge lives in Beijing, is married and has three children.
Awards and honors In 2016, he won the 2016 Wincott Foundation award for Financial Journalist of the Year. China Shakes The World won the 2006 Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award.
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