Rowan  Callick    Asia  Pacific  Editor  The  Australian    Rowan   Callick   grew   up   in   England,   graduating  with   a   BA   Honours   from   Exeter   University.   He  worked  for  a  daily  newspaper   in  the  north  east  before   moving   in   1976   to   Papua   New   Guinea,  where  he  became  general  manager  of   a   locally  owned  publishing,  printing  and  retail  group.      In   1987   he  moved   to   Australia,  working   for   almost   20   years   for   The   Australian   Financial  Review,   finally   as   Asia   Pacific   Editor.   He  was   China   Correspondent   for   the   AFR,   based   in  Hong  Kong,  from  1996-‐2000.      From  1990-‐1992  he  was  a   senior  writer  with  Time  magazine.  He   joined  The  Australian  at  the   start   of   2006,   as   China   Correspondent.   After   three   years   in   Beijing,   he   became   The  Australian's  Asia-‐Pacific  Editor  at  the  start  of  2009.    He  was   a  member  of   the  National  Advisory  Council   on  Aid  Policy   from  1994-‐96,   a   board  member  of  the  Australia  Indonesia  Institute  from  2001-‐2006,  and  a  member  of  the  Foreign  Minister's   Foreign  Affairs   Council   from  2003-‐2006.  He  became  an  honorary   fellow  of   the  Australian  Institute  of  International  Affairs  in  2012.      His  book   "Comrades  &  Capitalists:  Hong  Kong  Since   the  Handover"  was  published  by   the  University   of   NSW   Press   in   1998.   And   "Party   Time:   Who   Runs   China   and   How"   was  published  by  Black  Inc   in  February  2013,  and  will  be  published  internationally  by  Palgrave  Macmillan   in  September.  He  won  the  Graham  Perkin  Award   for   Journalist  of   the  Year   for  1995,  and  two  Walkley  Awards,  for  Asia-‐Pacific  coverage,  for  1997  and  2007.