Lifen Zhang (born in 1962) is a Chinese journalist, author and broadcaster.
Biography
Born in Shanghai, China, Lifen received his BA degree in
Journalism (1984) at
Fudan University
Fudan University () is a national public research university in Shanghai, China. Fudan is a member of the C9 League, Project 985, Project 211, and the Double First Class University identified by the Ministry of Education of China. It is als ...
, Shanghai, where he had also taught
for a few years. He came to Britain to pursue postgraduate studies in 1988
on winning the Sino-British Friendship Scholarship; then obtained his PhD in
Mass Communications (1994) at
University of Leicester
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, England. His first
book,
Wondering by the End of Century (co-authored) was published in 1988.
Upon completing his doctorate, Lifen worked for 10 years at the
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as
assistant producer for TV, producer, senior producer, presenter,
news/current affairs editor and senior journalism-production trainer for
the BBC World Service.
Lifen Zhang is associate editor,
FT's Chinese language website. He is also founding editor and editor-in-chief for FTRui (FT's Chinese-language lifestyle and wealth management magazine).
Lifen was a visiting scholar at Department of Journalism, the National
, Taipei, in 2003. He is also member of the
International Advisory Committee for Department of Journalism, Hong Kong
Baptist University.
In early 2010, Lifen is visiting professor at Dept of Journalism, Hong Kong Baptist University.
He sits on the Executive Committee of the Great Britain-China Centre (GBCC)
based in London.
Also, he is on the advisory board of OMFIF where he is regularly involved in meetings regarding the financial and monetary system.
He has received various journalism awards including a National Reportage
Prize in China in 1988 and the BBC Onassis Travel Award in 2001.