- Andrew Higgins
- Staff Writer
Andrew Higgins has worked in Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia, Russia and China as a foreign correspondent. Born in Britain and raised in Chicago, he attended Cambridge University, Shandong University and Middlebury College. He speaks fluent French, Russian and Chinese and some Arabic. Before joining the Post in 2009, Higgins worked at The Wall Street Journal, The Independent and Reuters news agency. He co-authored a book on China’s 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre. His awards include a Pulitzer Prize, the Oversea Press Club’s Hal Boyle award for best foreign coverage and the German Marshall Fund’s Peter R. Weitz Prize for reporting on Europe.
- Chinese communist leaders denounce U.S. values but send children to U.S. colleges
- Chen Guangcheng’s family and friends face tempest of retribution
- Crisis over blind activist Chen Guangcheng pushes U.S. and China down familiar path
- Fraying deal on Chen Guangcheng shows power of China’s security apparatus
- Dissident drama recalls story of Fang Lizhi
- For blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng, a dramatic tale of escape
- Bo Xilai’s son defends lifestyle, says he’s concerned about scandal
- In China, relatives of Party officials build lucrative businesses on family contacts
- Fans of Bo Xilai rally to ousted chief in China
- After Bo’s ouster, a mysterious death adds to China’s churning rumor mill
- Hong Kong’s next leader, Leung Chun-ying, vows to protect freedoms, seeks to defuse anger
- China in a tug of war between two Sudans
- In Hong Kong, fears of China’s hidden hand overshadow election
- Hong Kong turns on its tycoons
- Bo Xilai’s ouster seen as victory for Chinese reformers
- Chinese Communist Party frets over a new threat: A book by an aged communist
- Fugitive Chinese businessman Li Jun details struggle over power and property
- ‘Underground palace’ roils Hong Kong leadership race
- For Xi Jinping, set to become China’s next leader, father’s past is sensitive
- Abduction of Chinese workers in Sudan stirs criticism of Beijing
- Rebels in Sudan capture Chinese workers
- Beijing professor and descendant of Confucius provokes anger by insulting Hong Kongers
- Tycoon prods Taiwan closer to China
- Taiwan unlikely to move to reunify with China, despite Ma Ying-jeou’s reelection
- Ma Ying-jeou, Taiwan’s pro-China president, wins reelection
- Taiwan elections stir hope for Chinese democrats
- China denounces ‘Hong Konger’ trend
- China finds promise and setbacks in pursuit of Russian energy
- Jailed Russian billionaire pioneered oil deals with China
- Oil interests push China into Sudanese mire
- China’s criticism of U.S. policy turns personal
- In Hong Kong drama, China’s Communist Party casts Virginian as a villain
- Chinese-funded hydropower project sparks anger in Burma
- Hollywood stirs outrage with comedy filmed in notorious Chinese city
- In Taiwan military, Chinese spy stirs unease
- China’s Communist Party accuses U.S. diplomats in Hong Kong of meddling
- In South China Sea, a dispute over energy
- White House offer to Taiwan doesn’t include new fighter jets
- Taiwan getting F-16s refurbished but no new jets
- For China, relations with Libya a balancing act
- A showdown over traditional throat singing divides China and Mongolia
- Saudi beheading fuels backlash in Indonesia
- China seeks to silence dissent overseas
- China, rich with coal, seeks more next door in Mongolia to meet its energy needs
- Oil interests tie China to Sudan leader Bashir, even as he faces genocide charges
- In Mongolia, lessons for Obama from Genghis Khan
- Thaksin’s sister is front-runner to become Thai prime minister
- Hong Kong remembers Tiananmen as Beijing cracks down
- In China, a long path of writing the Communist Party’s history
- In China, a long path of writing the Communist Party’s history
- From China, an end run around U.S. tariffs
- A booze blowout for China’s oil giant
- China's trade union takes up a new cause — workers
- Early disorder added to Japan’s nuclear crisis
- Chinese leaders’ pursuit of money and morality collide over bawdy classic novel
- Powerful aftershock puts Japan on high alert
- Amid nuclear crisis, Japan’s Tepco planned new reactors
- Peace of mind, livelihood gone as Japanese city withers in shadow of nuclear plant
- In Japan, evacuees direct anger at nuclear-plant owner Tokyo Electric Power Co.
- In Ishinomaki, Japan, stories of survival and loss
- Vanishing act by Japanese executive during nuclear crisis raises questions
- In Ishinomaki, news comes old-fashioned way: Via paper
- Search for food numbs Japan’s nuclear anxiety
- Japan’s slow tsunami response stirs anger
- In Onagawa, Japan’s tsunami destroys community
- In Sendai, long lines of quiet desperation
- Japan earthquake, tsunami leave scenes of destruction in northeastern city of Sendai
- Nuclear plant worker worries about colleagues, future
- In Japan, damaged nuclear plants create fears of radioactive threat
- In China, NBA’s Marbury moves from bad boy to big shot
- Chinese parliament opens with grand pledges
- Macau's casinos rake in cash from Chinese who see gambling as an investment
- Macau's casinos rake in cash from Chinese who see gambling as an investment
- Kabul Bank employees flee to Pakistan amid investigation into lending, officials say
- China mulls impact of Mideast uprisings
- Kabul Bank employees flee to Pakistan amid investigation into lending, officials say
- Hu's visit spotlights China's two faces
- In China, a sometimes opaque divide between power of party and state
