Kerry Brown
Professor of Chinese studies
Kerry Brown is a China specialist who has directed the Lau China Institute at King's College, London. He is a former British diplomat who served in Beijing.
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About Kerry Brown
Kerry Brown is a professor of Chinese studies, author and columnist. He has directed the Lau China Institute at King's College, London. Earlier he led the China Studies Centre at the University of Sydney. He studied at Cambridge, London and Leeds, and worked in Japan and Inner Mongolia before joining the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1998. He served as First Secretary in Beijing from 2000 to 2003, then headed the Indonesia East Timor Section. His commentary on China and Asia has appeared in newspapers including the New York Times, The Guardian and the Financial Times. He is the author of Why Taiwan Matters.