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Victor Mallet is Asia editor of the Financial Times, based in Hong Kong. He writes editorials, columns and feature articles on a range of subjects concerning the Asia-Pacific, including security, politics, economics and business. He won the Society of Publishers in Asia award for opinion writing in both 2005 and 2006.
In 20 years at the FT, he has worked in Africa, Europe and the Middle East as well as in Asia. In 1990 he escaped from Kuwait after being one of the few foreign correspondents there when Iraq invaded. His book on the south-east Asian industrial revolution and the 1997-98 Asian financial crisis, The Trouble with Tigers (HarperCollins), was published in 1999.
Born on May 14, 1960, he went to school in England and earned a degree in English language and literature from Oxford University. He is married, with two children.
Victor Mallet also writes a regular column on sailing and yachting in the Weekend FT.
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Free the Olympic spirit, detained in China
Provision of the hard infrastructure has been exemplary, but on the ‘soft’ side Beijing has been a disappointment, writes Victor Mallet
American candidates ignore Asia at their peril
As home to over half the world’s people and many of its conflicts, Asia has a habit of mugging unwary US presidents, writes Victor Mallet
The downside of joining the superpower club
China is feeling some of the political heat that has been directed exclusively at the US since the end of the Soviet Union, writes Victor Mallet
Setting a new course
Sailing is in remarkably good health, and there is every sign that it will grow further, writes Victor Mallet
A modest proposal for preventing world famine
You do not need to be a neo-Malthusian to worry about the demands of a global population rising by 80m a year, writes Victor Mallet
The rebalance of power
The west is approaching Asia’s return to economic pre-eminence with cautious optimism, writes Victor Mallet
Sailing yachts v stinkpots
Sailors, who trumpet the joys and environmental benefits of sail, have an ingrained prejudice against motorised pleasure craft – but few can deny running their own engines, writes Victor Mallet
Malaysian lessons for authoritarians
Eventually, the impact of this month’s election will reach beyond business and the narrow issue of racial preferences, writes Victor Mallet
A sea change we must all fear
Even the most sober scientific reports regarding the state of the oceans make alarming reading for Victor Mallet
Why China should not fear open debate
There is a more vibrant discussion of Chinese topics – whether Darfur, democracy or dirty air – in London or Paris than there is in Beijing or Shanghai, says Victor Mallet
