Jonathan Mirsky

Jonathan Mirsky, was the China correspondent of The Observer [London] and East Asia Editor of The Times [London]. In 1989 he was named the British editors' International Journalist of the Year for his reporting from Tiananmen. He lives in London.

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Hong Kong Patriotism

03.19.2004 Jonathan Mirsky

Rather like George Bush and his division of the world into "Us and Them," China has stopped trying to persuade the people of Hong Kong...

Publication China Brief

SARS: CHINA COMPOUNDS CRISIS FOR TAIWAN

05.06.2003 Jonathan Mirsky

Beijing insists that Taiwan can participate in the global struggle to contain Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) only as a part of the People's Republic...

Publication China Brief

XU WENLI, INTO AMERICAN EXILE

01.14.2003 Jonathan Mirsky

By Jonathan Mirsky On Christmas Eve the Chinese government released Xu Wenli, the founder of the country's tiny Democratic Party, into American exile. Xu has...

Publication China Brief

THE NEW LEADERS

11.21.2002 Jonathan Mirsky

By Jonathan Mirsky China's new rulers, the nine members of the Politburo Standing Committee, confront critical problems bequeathed to them by their predecessors. These problems,...

Publication China Brief