Damian Grammaticas (born June 1970 in

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) is a Kenyan-born British journalist, working for the

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Early life and education

and grew up in Kenya. Having studied at

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and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, in 1992 he graduated with a degree in English literature. He subsequently studied for and obtained a diploma in broadcast journalism at Cardiff University..

Career

In 1994, Grammaticas joined

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as a trainee reporter. In the years 1995–1997, his work included reporting for the regional TV news programme '' Look East'' and for BBC Radio Cambridgeshire. He moved to London in 1998 and reported for

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and BBC Television News. Grammaticas subsequently became a foreign correspondent. He became the BBC's Hong Kong correspondent from 2000, covering stories from Hong Kong, China, Taiwan, Korea, Japan, Thailand, Australia and the Philippines. In June 2003, he became the BBC's Moscow correspondent, in 2006 the South Asia correspondent, based in Delhi, and in 2009 the BBC's China correspondent, moving to Beijing. He later reported from Brussels and covered the issue of the United Kingdom leaving the

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References

1970 births Alumni of Cardiff University Alumni of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge People educated at Oundle School BBC newsreaders and journalists British people of Greek descent Kenyan people of Greek descent Living people {{UK-journalist-stub