Chinese journalist (b. Dec. 1, 1920, Shanghai, China—d. Jan. 30, 2006, Beijing, China), was an American-educated writer who after the 1949 Communist Revolution returned to China and later became a founder of the first English-language newspaper published in Communist China, the China Daily, whose publication began in 1981. While serving as managing editor and then editor in chief (1984–87), Feng relied on people-oriented features rather than those dealing with policies, and he encouraged writers to eschew political jargon. The paper was credited with adopting more compelling images and incorporating foreign news coverage. Feng later became (1997) a senior adviser with the South China Morning Post, Hong Kong’s English-language paper. Though some changes occurred, his tenure did not mark a dramatic shift in that newspaper’s policies.
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