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Mei Fong (Traditional Chinese: 方鳳美, Phoneticized Cantonese: Fong Foongmei; born August 8, 1972) is a Malaysian Chinese journalist who was staff reporter for the China bureau for ''The Wall Street Journal''. In April 2007, she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting as part of the bureau's "sharply edged reports on the adverse impact of China's booming capitalism on conditions ranging from inequality to pollution."〔(Pulitzer organization ).〕 She is "believed to be the first Malaysian ... to achieve this distinction."〔http://dapmalaysia.org/english/2007/may07/lge/lge615.htm〕 Her story on China's migrant constructions workers that won the Pulitzer Prize also garnered a 2006 Human Rights Press Award from Amnesty International and the Hong Kong Correspondents Club.〔http://ppww.hkbu.edu.hk/eng/BIO/BIO_meifong.html〕 Mei Fong's forthcoming book about China's one-child policy, One Child: The Past And Future Of China’s Most Radical Experiment,〔http://www.meifong.org/2015/10/29/on-the-end-of-the-one-child-policy/〕 was published as a Kindle e-book on November 3, 2015〔http://www.npr.org/2015/10/29/452909212/the-unintended-consequences-of-chinas-birth-policy-in-one-child〕 and will released as a hard cover book (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, ISBN 9780544275393) on February 1, 2016.〔http://www.hmhco.com/shop/books/One-Child/9780544275393〕 ==Life== She grew up in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and attended National University of Singapore for undergraduate studies. After working for ''The New Paper'' (Singapore), she went on to attend Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs and received a Masters of International Affairs in 2001.〔http://www.thestar.com.my/story.aspx?file=%2f2007%2f5%2f7%2fnation%2f17650246&sec=nation〕 While working at Forbes Digital in 2000 she created the Top-Earning Dead Celebrities list, which is still published every year by the business magazine.〔http://www.forbes.com/special-report/2012/1024_dead-celebrities.html〕 Fong joined The Wall Street Journal full-time in 2001, and in the wake of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center, served in the unusual capacity of City Hall reporter covering the aftermath and recovery of New York City.〔http://ppww.hkbu.edu.hk/eng/BIO/BIO_meifong.html〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mei Fong」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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