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Joanna Chiu is a senior reporter covering national and foreign stories for the Toronto Star and the author of China Unbound: A New World Disorder.

"Doggedly reported and fiercely argued, according to Publishers Weekly, the book details China's rapid international rise, and the ways Western nations have contributed to a state of global disorder. China Unbound is the winner of the 2022 Writers’ Trust Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing. Chiu previously served as bureau chief of the Star Vancouver.

As a globally-recognized authority on China, Chiu is a regular commentator for international broadcast media. She was previously based in Beijing as a foreign correspondent, including for Agence France Presse (AFP) and Deutsche Presse-Agentur (DPA) specializing in coverage of Chinese politics, economy and legal affairs.

In Hong Kong, she reported for the South China Morning Post, The Economist magazine and The Associated Press. 

As a passionate connector within the global China experts' community, she is the chair of the NüVoices editorial collective, which celebrates the creative and academic work of women working on the subject of China. 

Archives: Reporting from 2012 on China

Archives: Writing in the Toronto Star