Philip Pan

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Philip P. Pan
Born
New Jersey, U.S.
Occupation(s)Journalist and author

Philip P. Pan (born 20th century) is an American journalist, author,[1][2][3][4][5] and International Editor at The New York Times. He previously worked as bureau chief in Moscow and Beijing for The Washington Post.[6]

Early life

Pan was born and raised in New Jersey. He is the son of immigrants from Taiwan.[7]

Career

He won the Arthur Ross Book Award Gold Medal in 2009 for his bestselling book about political change in modern China, Out of Mao's Shadow: The Struggle for the Soul of a New China, which was also named a Best Book of 2008 by The Washington Post and The Economist. The New York Times literary critic Michiko Kakutani wrote that the book possessed "both the immediacy of first-rate reportage and the emotional depth of field of a novel".[8]

Pan was formerly a reporter for The Washington Post and headed its Beijing and Moscow bureaus. He also received the 2002

Atlanta Journal-Constitution and The Jersey Journal.[9] He joined The Washington Post's Beijing
bureau in 2000.

Pan's book profiles a dozen individuals caught in the struggle over China's political future, including a filmmaker trying to uncover the truth about the execution of a young woman named

shourong detention system, investigative journalism in China, and the publication and reception of An Investigation of China's Peasantry, by Chen Guidi and Wu Chuntao, which was later released as Will the Boat Sink the Water
(2006) in its English translation.

After leaving The Post, Pan joined The New York Times as Beijing bureau chief and assistant foreign editor in 2011 He helped launch the newspaper's Chinese-language website, its first online edition in a foreign language. On September 22, 2022, The New York Times announced Pan as its International Editor.[10]

Personal life

Pan is a graduate of Harvard University. He lives in Hong Kong with his wife and children.

See also

References

  1. ^ Pan, Philip P. (2008-07-03). "Books: 'Out of Mao's Shadow'". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2012-03-23.
  2. ^ "The Party vs. the People". Slate. Retrieved 2012-03-23.
  3. ^ "Philip Pan". Charlie Rose. Archived from the original on 2012-06-20. Retrieved 2012-03-23.
  4. ^ "Profile of Philip Pan". pbs.org. Retrieved 2018-07-24.
  5. ^ Kakutani, Michiko (2008-07-15). "Dispatches From Capitalist China". The New York Times. Retrieved 2012-03-23.
  6. ^ "Phil Pan Is Our Next International Editor". The New York Times Company. 2022-09-22. Retrieved 2023-01-01.
  7. ^ "Asia Society Announces 3rd Winner of the Osborn Elliott Prize". Asia Society. Retrieved 2023-01-01.
  8. ^ "Dispatches From Capitalist China". The New York Times.
  9. ^ [1] Archived 2010-07-23 at the Wayback Machine.
  10. ^ "Phil Pan Is Our Next International Editor". The New York Times Company. 2022-09-22. Retrieved 2023-01-01.

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