Andrew Moody
Andrew Moody (2 September 1960 – 27 June 2021) was an English journalist and former UK national newspaper journalist specialising in business. He worked as the senior correspondent at China Daily, a Chinese English-language newspaper, where he covered politics, the economy, business, history and culture.
Early life
Moody was born on 2 September 1960 and was brought up in
Career
Moody's career started in regional news as a reporter at the Gainsborough News (which later became the Gainsborough Standard) in 1983, before he moved to the Scunthorpe Star in 1984. In 1985 he was promoted to Group News Editor for the
In February 2009, Moody became Senior Business Correspondent at China Daily, after covering the 2008 Beijing Olympics. He later became Senior Correspondent Overseas and Global editions. This involves writing for China Daily’s European and Africa Weekly editions, as well as China Watch, which is published in conjunction with The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Daily Telegraph and publications across the world.
During his time at China Daily Moody wrote 700 front page stories and covered political events including the Two Sessions Meeting, the CPC 19th National Party Congress, the 9th BRICS Summit in Xiamen, the World Economic Forum Summer Davos in Dalian and the High-Level Dialogue and Think Tank Forum: Fighting Against Poverty in Addis Ababa. He has written extensively on the Chinese economy and on China-Africa and China-UK relations. He has also interviewed former UK prime minister Tony Blair and covered the state visits of Chinese President Xi Jinping (including his state visit to the UK in October 2015 and South Africa in December 2015). He interviewed the late prime minister of Ethiopia Meles Zenawi, the former president of Ghana John Mahama and Sierra Leone president Ernest Bai Koroma.[3]
Moody was cited extensively by publications around the world. In February 2020, for example, he interviewed Nobel laureate Michael Levitt. The resulting article was quoted 172 times by international media organisations. He also wrote more than 150 profiles of leading thinkers such as the Harvard historian Niall Ferguson, and Edmund Phelps, the Nobel Prize winner for economics.
Moody was named[by whom?] a 'State High-End Project Foreign Expert'[when?].[4]
Articles
Notable articles Moody has written on China and other subjects include:[5]
- 'National rejuvenation' (5 July 2021)[6]
- 'Leading the way: China set to play crucial role in global recovery, experts say' (10 August 2020)[7]
- 'Huawei issue focuses spotlight on Sino-UK ties' (2 July 2020)[8]
- 'Krugman argues against 'zombies' (12 March 2020)[9]
Awards
In 2019 Moody was given the
Death
Moody died, aged 60, on 27 June 2021 in his Beijing apartment. He had lived with
References
- ^ CHEN YINGQUN and YANG FANG (8 October 2021). "The genuine article". China Daily.
- ^ "Top prize from the Chinese Government for a former Gainsborough News reporter". Gainsborough Standard.
- ^ "Former Scunthorpe journalist presented with major honour by Chinese government". Grimsby Telegraph.
- ^ "British journalist tells China's story to the world". China Daily.
- ^ "Andrew Moody Articles". Muckrack.
- ^ "National rejuvenation". China Daily.
- ^ "Leading the way: China set to play crucial role in global recovery". China Daily.
- ^ "Huawei issue focuses spotlight on Sino-UK ties". China Daily.
- ^ "Krugman argues against 'zombies'". China Daily.
- ^ "Former Retford schoolboy given major honour by Chinese Government". Lincolnshire Live.
- ^ Chen Yingqun, Yang Fang: "The genuine article", China Daily, 8 October 2021
- ^ Nick Jaspan (6 July 2021). "Obituary: Andrew Moody". Prolific North.