Jasper Becker

Jasper Becker ( born May 19, 1956 in London) is an author and correspondent from London. His books deal with the PRC and North Korea.

Life

He studied at the University of London and the Ludwig- Maximilians- University of Munich. He is a sinologist and speaks further French and German. He is a citizen of Great Britain.

From 1985 to 1990 he was China correspondent in Beijing for the Guardian. Since then, he continues to work for BBC World and for newspapers in the UK and Hong Kong.

His analyzes are also broadcast by Deutsche Welle, the ARD, Radio France International, KBS Korea and RTE Ireland.

• The Lost Country (1992 ) of Mongolia
• China 's Hungry Ghosts ( 1996) on the famine of 1958-1962 in China; awarded the PIOOM Prize for Human Rights of the Netherlands
• The Chinese (2000), an introduction to the PRC and their people
• Rogue Regime: Kim Jong Il and the Looming Threat of North Korea ( 2004) on the tragedy of North Korea and its dictator Kim Jong Il (Oxford University Press)
• Dragon Rising (2006), China National Geographic
• A Farewell to Beijing (2007)