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Jonathan Fenby

CBE
(born 11 November 1942) is a British writer, analyst, historian and journalist who edited major newspapers in Britain and Asia.

He was Editor of Reuters World Service from 1973 to 1977 and then held senior editorial posts at major news organisations in Britain, Europe and Hong Kong. He headed the China Team at the research service Trusted Sources from 2006 to 2022 where he was also a founding partner and a managing director at Trusted Sources

Lombard Street Research in 2016. His investment and strategy research was focused towards policy interpretation, politics and the broader political economy including East Asian politics and strategy.[2]

He has written twenty books, including

Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur for his contributions promoting Anglo-French understanding.[3]

Education

Fenby was educated at

King Edward VI School, Birmingham and at Westminster School, an independent school for boys in central London, followed by New College at the University of Oxford.[4]

Career

Fenby joined Reuters in 1963, and reported from Europe and Vietnam as well as working as an editor at the head office in London. He was Paris bureau chief from 1968 to 1973 before being appointed as Editor of the agency's World Service in 1973. After leaving Reuters in 1977, he joined The Economist where he was chief correspondent in both Paris and Bonn (1981-1986) and wrote three books. He then became the first home editor of The Independent (1986–1988) and then deputy editor of The Guardian (1988–1993), followed by the editorship of The Observer from 1993 to 1995[4] and then of the South China Morning Post from 1995 to 2000[5] during the return of Hong Kong to Chinese sovereignty.

After returning to London from Hong Kong in 2000, Fenby wrote extensively about China for British and other publications as well as working at various on-line services and as associate editor of the newspaper Sunday Business.[5] In 2006, he was a founding partner at Trusted Sources in charge of the analytical service on China, which he visited frequently.

Between 1998 and 2019, he published 17 books, nine on China, four on France and others on the

Second World War and the shaping of the world after 1945. He is quoted in press[6] in the UK, US and Far East and broadcasts,[7] as well as speaking at conferences and lecturing at universities and public forums on China.[8]

Fenby was appointed a

OMFIF
.

Personal life

He is married to Renée. He has two children, Alex and Sara, and five grandchildren, Alice, Max, Lola, Kate and Ella.[14]

Bibliography

See also

References

  1. ^ "Jonathan Fenby Profile". Trusted Sources. London. 1 March 2012. Retrieved 1 March 2012.
  2. ^ "Bo Xilai Sideshow". The New York Times. Retrieved 11 April 2012.
  3. ^ "Johnathan Fenby". Macmillan Publishers. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  4. ^
    ISBN 0-330-39376-6
    Retrieved: 17 November 2012.
  5. ^ a b "Inside Story: The ex-editors' files". The Independent. 9 May 2005. Archived from the original on 14 June 2022.
  6. ^ "Are Trump's New Trade Threats Just the Art of the Deal? Analysts See Reason to Worry".
  7. Washington Post. London. 23 March 2012. Archived from the original
    on 9 February 2013. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
  8. ^ "Contextual Lecture: Crucible – the Post-War World | Dulwich Picture Gallery".
  9. ^ "No. 55710". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 1999. p. 34.
  10. ^ "ORDRE NATIONAL DU MERITE". Journal officiel de la République française. 15 November 1997.
  11. ^ "Un ancien rédacteur du groupe Guardian décoré". Embassy of France in London. 25 March 2013.
  12. ^ "Stocks". Bloomberg News.
  13. ^ "Mr Jonathan Fenby | Staff | SOAS University of London".
  14. ISBN 9780786739844
    .

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Preceded by Deputy Editor of The Guardian
1988–1993 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Editor of The Observer
1993–1995 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
 Editor of South China Morning Post
1995–2000 		Succeeded by
Robert Keatley
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