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Paul Mooney

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US journalist in Asia 1985-2021. US Army Vietnam vet, USMCR. 自由撰稿人,在台北,香港,北京, 仰光, 河内 工作30多年

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Paul Mooney is an American freelance journalist who has reported on Burma, China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong since 1985. He has been on staff at Reuters, Newsweek, the Far Eastern Economic Review, Eastern Express, the South China Morning Post, and Knight-Ridder Financial News. His articles have appeared in leading publications and web sites around the world. Paul, the recipient of a 11 journalist awards for his reporting on China, was based in Beijing from 1994-2012. In 2013, the Chinese government …

Have you ever used a typewriter?

I began working in journalism in 1980, a few years before we began using computers.

Who's your favorite fictional journalist?

I have a few. Fowler/The Quiet American, William Boot/Scoop, and although not a journalist, Sherlock Holmes for his keen perception.

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