Stephen Vines

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Stephen Vines is a journalist and author. He covered Hong Kong and China from 1987 to 2021 and has served as a regional correspondent for the Observer, Guardian, and Independent. Vines is the founding chief editor of Eastern Express and a regular contributor to Fortune, the Wall Street Journal Asia, the Daily Telegraph, ABC (Australia), Deutsche Welle, and Radio Vaticana. He has won several Human Rights Press Awards, and his work, Defying the Dragon: Hong Kong and World’s Largest Dictatorship, was endorsed by democracy activists Joshua Wong and Nathan Law.