Qian Gang (; born 11 August 1953) is a

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non-fiction writer and journalist from

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who over four decades has written hundreds of articles and dozens of books.

Life

In 1969 Qian joined the

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and was stationed in

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, where he served as an officer and a reporter for the ''

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''. In 1976 Qian took part in the relief effort following the

1976 Tangshan earthquake The 1976 Tangshan earthquake () was a 7.6 earthquake that hit the region around Tangshan, Hebei, China, at 3:42 a.m. on 28 July 1976. The maximum intensity of the earthquake was XI (''Extreme'') on the Mercalli scale. In minutes, 85 percent ...

,David Bandurski. "Qian Gang: the war against disease in the disaster area has already begun."
hina Media Project 22 May 2008 an event that deeply affected him and the subject of many of his later works. Since 1979 he has been a member of China Association of Journalists, including serving as its director. He was also involved in the founding of the periodicals '' China Disaster Report'' (中国减灾报), '' Life Week'' (三联生活周刊), and the

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program ''News Probe'' (新闻调查). In 1984 Gang enrolled in the People's Liberation Army College of Art in

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and upon graduation in 1986 he became a journalist at the ''PLA Daily''. From 1998 to 2001 he served as deputy editor of the

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-based newspaper ''

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''. Qian is a member of the

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. Currently he serves as Director of the China Media Project at

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's Journalism and Media Studies Center and is a research fellow at

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's Peace and Development Research Center.

Works

From 1981 to 1984 Qian coauthored with Jiang Yonghong the "Blue Army Commander" (蓝军司令) and "Rushes to the Forefront" (奔涌的潮头), works that won the second and third prize for National Excellent Reporting. In 1986 he published "The Great Tangshan Earthquake" (唐山大地震), a work based on his university thesis. The book again won national accolades and was translated into

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, and French. Qian's other works include "Journal of the Qing American Education Mission" (大清留美幼童记), coauthored with Hu Supergrass; "The Qing Navy and Li Hongzhang" (大清海军与李鸿章), "Record of Twentieth Century Disasters in China" (二十世纪中国重灾百录), edited with Geng Qingguo eds), "Old News Reporter"(旧闻记者), "Chinese Media and Political Reform" (中国传媒与政治改革)， "The Media situation in China Recorded" (中国传媒风云录), coauthored with Chen Wanying.

References

External links

Qian Gang 钱钢
- China Media Project (includes author's articles)
Qian Gang's works
– World Cat {{DEFAULTSORT:Qian, Gang 1953 births People's Republic of China journalists Living people Writers from Hangzhou