Edward White joined the Financial Times in 2017. He was previously the FT’s Seoul bureau chief, covering North Korea and South Korea, a correspondent in Taiwan and breaking news reporter. He has won awards from the Society of Publishers in Asia for coverage of North Korean human rights abuses and the dark side of South Korea's entertainment industry. He has also received a Citation for Excellence from the Overseas Press Club of America for magazine feature writing. Based in Shanghai since 2023, his coverage includes China’s clean technology sector, elite politics in the Chinese Communist party and corruption, as well as foreign policy, the environment and human rights.