Hamish McDonald
Encyclopedia
Hamish McDonald is a print journalist
and author of a series of polemic political commentaries on various Asia-Pacific subjects. He is currently based in Beijing
as correspondent for The Age
for several years, and as Foreign Editor for the Sydney Morning Herald.
In 2005 he won the Walkley Award for Newspaper Feature Writing for his article "What's Wrong With Falun Gong" for the Sydney Morning Herald.
Journalist
A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...
and author of a series of polemic political commentaries on various Asia-Pacific subjects. He is currently based in Beijing
Beijing
Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's...
as correspondent for The Age
The Age
The Age is a daily broadsheet newspaper, which has been published in Melbourne, Australia since 1854. Owned and published by Fairfax Media, The Age primarily serves Victoria, but is also available for purchase in Tasmania, the Australian Capital Territory and border regions of South Australia and...
Career
Served as the Delhi bureau chief for the Far Eastern Economic ReviewFar Eastern Economic Review
The Far Eastern Economic Review was an English language Asian news magazine started in 1946. It printed its final issue in December 2009. The Hong Kong-based business magazine was originally published weekly...
for several years, and as Foreign Editor for the Sydney Morning Herald.
In 2005 he won the Walkley Award for Newspaper Feature Writing for his article "What's Wrong With Falun Gong" for the Sydney Morning Herald.
Books
- Suharto's Indonesia, 1980
- The Polyester Prince, 1998. An unauthorised biography of Dhirubhai AmbaniDhirubhai AmbaniDhirajlal Hirachand Ambani also known as Dhirubhai, was an Indian-Gujarati business magnate and entrepreneur who founded Reliance Industries, a petrochemicals, communications, power, and textiles conglomerate and the only privately owned Indian company in the Fortune 500. Ambani took his company...
in which both his subject's achievements and shortcomings were reported, but the Ambanis threatened legal action if the book were published in India, so it was never sold in India.
- Death in Balibo, Lies in Canberra, 2001 (co-authored with Desmond Ball
- Masters of Terror: Indonesia's Military & Violence in East Timor in 1999, 2002
- Ambani and Sons, 2010 http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?267219 - 396 pages - Rs 395
- Mahabharata in Polyester: The Making of the World’s Richest Brothers and Their Feud, 2010 http://www.economist.com/node/17414013/print - 432 pages - A$35