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Jonathan Kaiman

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Jonathan Kaimanis a journalist specializing in East Asia, especiallyChina.He has also reported on Chinese activity in Africa as a grantee of thePulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting,[1]and has written forThe New York Times,The Atlantic,[2]Foreign Policy,[3]andReasonmagazine.[4]

A 2001 graduate ofThe Hudson Schoolin New Jersey,[5]he went on to graduate fromVassar Collegein 2009 after which he spent a year as aFulbright scholarinvestigating the impact of modernization on ethnic folk music in China.[6]From September 2012 to February 2015, he was the China correspondent forThe Guardian.From March 2015 through August 2016, he was the Asia correspondent for theLos Angeles Times.In early 2017,National Public Radionoted that Kaiman was "Granted Rare Access To Pyongyang Celebration."[7]In 2017, he was elected President of theForeign Correspondents Clubof China;[8]that same year, he was a Foreign Press Center Japan fellow.[9]From August 2016 until September 2018, he was Beijing Bureau Chief for theLos Angeles Times.[10][11]

Kaiman resigned from theLos Angeles Timesas a result of allegations byFelicia Sonmezand another woman of sexually aggressive behavior.[12][13]The accusations against him and his downfall have been a subject of continuing debate,[14]in large part due to the decision ofAmbra Battilana Gutierrez,one of the first women to accuseHarvey Weinsteinof sexual misconduct, to interview him on her podcast.[15][16]

He is currently a law student at theUCLA School of Law.[17]

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  1. ^"Jonathan Kaiman".
  2. ^"Jonathan Kaiman".The Atlantic.
  3. ^"Hack Tibet".
  4. ^"The Tear of Allah".8 February 2020.
  5. ^"JONATHAN KAIMAN".based in Beijing for the past five years, working mainly as a journalist but with short stints as an academic researcher, a consultant, and a freelance translator [...] new job as an Asia correspondent for The Los Angeles Times, still based in Beijing
  6. ^"Jonathan Kaiman".Los Angeles Times.
  7. ^"'LA Times' Journalist Was Granted Rare Access to Pyongyang Celebration ".NPR.org.
  8. ^"'I'm Radioactive'".August 23, 2019.
  9. ^"Fellowship Program: USA, the Los Angeles Times, Jonathan Kaiman, Beijing bureau chief | công ích tài đoàn pháp nhân フォーリン・プレスセンター ( FPCJ )".20 November 2017.
  10. ^https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathankaiman/[self-published source]
  11. ^"LA Times Beijing bureau chief quits after sex investigation".Associated Press.19 September 2018.
  12. ^Chmielewski, Dawn C. (September 19, 2018)."Former LA Times Beijing Bureau Chief Resigns Following Sexual Misconduct Investigation".
  13. ^Stevenson, Alexandra (September 18, 2018)."Ex-L.A. Times Beijing Bureau Chief Resigns Amid Sexual Misconduct Claims".The New York Times.
  14. ^Christine Rosen (May 2021)."Help! Help! We're Being Oppressed!".Commentary.Retrieved11 June2022.she decided to destroy the reputation of a fellow male journalist, Jonathan Kaiman
  15. ^Elaine Yau (October 3, 2018)."LA Times China journalist who quit over sexual misconduct inquiry given voice by Weinstein accuser".South China Morning Post.Retrieved19 February2020.
  16. ^Christina Cauterucci (October 3, 2019)."The Myth of the Woman Scorned Returns".Slate.RetrievedFebruary 19,2020.
  17. ^"Jonathan Kaiman".
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