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Tim Johnson

Tim Johnson

Email Tim at tjohnson@mcclatchydc.com

Tim Johnson took over the Washington Bureau's Beijing bureau in September 2003, with responsibility for China and Taiwan.

Prior to his posting, he worked for 14 years for the Miami Herald, most recently from Washington D.C. covering U.S. policy toward Latin America. He served as a foreign correspondent for The Herald through most of the 1990s in Central America and the Andean region.

Johnson won the 1996 Maria Moors Cabot Prize from Columbia University for "courageous and valiant reporting" from Latin America, and was a 2000-2001 Knight Fellow at Stanford University.

Read his blog, China Rises.

Tim Johnson's Latest Story

East Asia remembers last crisis as it braces for new one

By Tim Johnson | McClatchy Newspapers

More than a decade after the last major economic crisis, East Asia is spooked by the prospect of a new global financial tidal wave rolling its way. Some East Asians are putting a lock on their wallets, shunning the fancy banquets that are a tradition in Asia, cutting back on taxis, even buying gold to hedge against calamity. » read more

Posted on Tue, October 7, 2008

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