Antoaneta Becker

Antoaneta Becker is IPS’s senior China writer. After twelve years of field reporting in China, in 2010 Antoaneta relocated to the U.K. where she covers China’s interactions with the outside world, the new paradigms of E.U.-China-Africa relations, China’s attempts to forge a new development model and the country’s impact on global markets for commodities. Antoaneta studied at Beijing University—China’s most prestigious academy—obtaining a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in Chinese contemporary literature and film. She has reported on China for IPS, USA Today, The Economist Intelligence Unit, Outlook magazine and others. Fluent in Mandarin, Antoaneta has travelled extensively in greater China researching topics from environmental degradation to the overhaul of the country’s state industries, the reform of the welfare system and the country’s increasingly large regional footprint.