Paul French (author)
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Paul French is a British author of books about modern Chinese history and contemporary Chinese society.
, North London. He gained an M.Phil from the University of Glasgow
and studied Chinese at the City Literary Institute. After university French worked briefly for Time Out magazine in London before co-founding the London, Shanghai and Kuala Lumpur based independent research firm Access Asia that specialises in analysing Chinese consumer and retail markets.
French is a regular columnist for the China Economic Quarterly and the China Economic Review as well as being a regular columnist for and the China Editor of Ethical Corporation Magazine. He is also a former board member of the Shanghai Foreign Correspondents Club and a member of the Korea Research Hub (KRH) based within Leeds and Sheffield universities. French is also a member of the editorial advisory board for Anthem Press’s ‘China in the Twenty First Century’ series and the Honorary Research and Publications Director for the Royal Asiatic Society – China Branch. In 2011 French launched the Asian Arguments series of books for Zed Books acting as the Series Editor.
Biography
French was born in EnfieldLondon Borough of Enfield
The London Borough of Enfield is the most northerly London borough and forms part of Outer London. It borders the London Boroughs of Barnet, Haringey and Waltham Forest...
, North London. He gained an M.Phil from the University of Glasgow
University of Glasgow
The University of Glasgow is the fourth-oldest university in the English-speaking world and one of Scotland's four ancient universities. Located in Glasgow, the university was founded in 1451 and is presently one of seventeen British higher education institutions ranked amongst the top 100 of the...
and studied Chinese at the City Literary Institute. After university French worked briefly for Time Out magazine in London before co-founding the London, Shanghai and Kuala Lumpur based independent research firm Access Asia that specialises in analysing Chinese consumer and retail markets.
French is a regular columnist for the China Economic Quarterly and the China Economic Review as well as being a regular columnist for and the China Editor of Ethical Corporation Magazine. He is also a former board member of the Shanghai Foreign Correspondents Club and a member of the Korea Research Hub (KRH) based within Leeds and Sheffield universities. French is also a member of the editorial advisory board for Anthem Press’s ‘China in the Twenty First Century’ series and the Honorary Research and Publications Director for the Royal Asiatic Society – China Branch. In 2011 French launched the Asian Arguments series of books for Zed Books acting as the Series Editor.
Co-authored Works
- One Billion Shoppers: Accessing Asia’s Consuming Passions After the Meltdown (Nicholas Brealey Publishing, 1998) – with Matthew Crabbe
- Oil on Water: Tankers, Pirates and the Rise of China (Zed Books, 2010) – with Sam Chambers
- Fat China: How Expanding Waistlines are Changing a Nation (Anthem Press, 2010) – with Matthew Crabbe
Sole Authored Works
- North Korea The Paranoid Peninsula: A Modern History (Zed Books, 2005 – updated edition, 2007)
- Carl Crow: A Tough Old China Hand – The Life, Times and Adventures of an American in Shanghai (Hong Kong University Press, 2006)
- Through the Looking Glass: China Foreign Journalists From Opium War to Mao (Hong Kong University Press, 2009)
- The Old Shanghai A-Z (Hong Kong University Press, 2010)
- Midnight in Peking: How the Murder of a Young Englishwoman Haunted the Last Days of Old China (Penguin, 2011)