Paul Mooney is an American freelance journalist who has reported on China, Taiwan and Hong Kong since 1985. He has a B.A. degree in East Asian Studies from Manhattanville College in New York, a master’s degree in International Affairs from The School of International Affairs at Columbia University, and a Certificate in East Asian Studies from Columbia’s East Asian Institute. At various times, Paul has been on staff at Newsweek, the Far Eastern Economic Review, Eastern Express and Knight-Ridder Financial News. Articles on the web site have appeared in publications around the world, including Newsweek, the Far Eastern Economic Review, Asiaweek, the International Herald Tribune, South China Morning Post, San Francisco Chronicle, Boston Globe, Washington Post, Asian Wall Street Journal, The Daily Beast, Global Post and many others. Paul, the author of a dozen travel books on Taiwan and China, has been based in Beijing since 1994.