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D. L. Kung worked as China bureau chief for The Economist and Hong Kong-based bureau chief for Business Week in the 1980's. Kung also reported for over twenty years from China for various publications, including The South China Morning Post, The Washington Post and The International Herald Tribune and won the Overseas Press Club Award for Best Human Rights Reporting in 1991, as well as a nomination for the Orange Prize for Fiction in the UK in 2004.
Kung is the author of six novels to date as well as a play based on the true story of Chinese writer-in-detention He Depu, "Dear Mr Rogge" (available on Kindle) which won a "commendation" from the BBC World Service/British Council Playwriting Contest in 2009.

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Average rating: 3.97 · 108 ratings · 13 reviews · 4 distinct works

	The Wardens of Punyu 4.10 avg rating — 60 ratings — published 2011 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Shadows of Shigatse 4.13 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The End of May Road (Handover Mysteries, #2) 3.52 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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