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Richard McGregor

リチャード・マクレガー

Richādo Makuregā

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1958 (Sydney, Australia)
Nationality
Australian
Languages
English
Religion
Unknown
Residence History
Sydney → Taiwan → Shanghai → Japan → Melbourne → Canberra → Washington, D.C. → London

Career

Occupations
Journalist, Writer, Author
Active Years
1985-2024
Affiliations
Lowy Institute, Financial Times

Awards

SOPA Editorial Excellence Award
2010
Work: Reporting on the Xinjiang Riots
Category: Editorial Excellence
Organization: Society of Publishers in Asia (SOPA)
Result: 受賞
SOPA Award
2008
Category: Editorial Intelligence
Organization: Society of Publishers in Asia (SOPA)
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Japan Swings: Politics, Culture and Sex in the New Japan

1996 Non-fiction

Book on politics, culture, and sex in 1990s Japan

Japanese politicsCultureSociety

The Party: The Secret World of China's Communist Rulers

2010 Non-fiction

Book revealing the secret world of China's Communist rulers

Chinese Communist PartyPoliticsPower

Asia's Reckoning: China, Japan, and the Fate of U.S. Power in the Pacific Century

2017 Non-fiction

Book on China, Japan, and US power in the Pacific

GeopoliticsChinaJapanUnited States

Xi Jinping: The Backlash

2019 Non-fiction

Book on backlash against Xi Jinping

Xi JinpingChinese politics

Style & Themes

Literary Style
JournalisticAnalytical
Recurring Motifs
Chinese politicsAsian geopolitics

Legacy

Known as a journalist specializing in China, famous for books on the Chinese Communist Party

Trivia

  • Won SOPA award for Xinjiang riots reporting
  • Senior Fellow at Lowy Institute