Liao Baming

Japan-based freelance writer and specialist in Chinese media. Born in Chengdu, China in 1958. Graduated from Luoyang University in 1982 with a degree in Japanese literature. Worked as a translator in the telecommunications and science arenas and as a writer for Jinmin Chūgoku (People’s China), a monthly Japanese-language magazine released by the China Foreign Languages Publishing Administration. Came to Japan in 1993 to study at the University of Tokyo; from 1996 taught at institutions including Shibaura Institute of Technology and Nit-Chū Gakuin. Author of several books, including (as coauthor) Ten’anmon moyu—Gekidō no Pekin genchi hōkoku (Tiananmen Is Burning: Ground Reports of Unrest in Beijing.)

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Jun 25, 2014