Michael Rank (author)

Michael Rank (1950[1] – May 20, 2017) was a British author. He was a journalist in China in the early 1980s, and visited Tibet in 1983.[2]

This article is about the British author. For the American musician, see Michael Rank (musician).

Education

Rank graduated in 1972 from Downing College, Cambridge, University of Cambridge in Chinese studies. He also pursued studies in Peking University and Fudan University in Shanghai from 1974 to 1976.

Career

Based in London, Rank was Reuters correspondent in Beijing. He visited the city of Rason in North Korea in 2010.[3] He also published articles in The Guardian, "Asia Times Online", "BBC Wildlife",[4] and 'North Korea Economy Watch'.[5]

He later became a translator from Chinese to English and a freelance journalist. His interest in birds led him to study the life of Frank Ludlow[6] and the history of English School of Gyantse.[7] One of his articles on this subject was published by the Namgyal Institute of Tibetology.

He published three articles in the Royal Society for Asian Affairs.[8]

Articles

Footnotes
  1. Chinese press card, 1980 Archived 2014-10-31 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Michael Rank obituary Archived 2017-08-22 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Rank, Michael (26 September 2010). "North Korea: Beyond the capital lies a different world". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 15 April 2016. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
  4. BBC Wildlife: Volume 16, 1998. Michael Rank (China specialist) - "Wildlife of the Tibetan Steppe"
  5. Rank, Michael (2 April 2010). "Nothing to Envy by Barbara Demick". the Guardian. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
  6. Michael Rank Archived 2014-02-02 at the Wayback Machine, site of the "Royal Society for Asian Affairs"
  7. Ludlow Collection: ' Tibet, 1923-26'., site of the 'British Library'
  8. Lecturers and Authors Archived 2013-04-06 at the Wayback Machine, site of the "Royal Society for Asian Affairs"
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