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Rowan is an Australian/British journalist, author and speaker, whose work and interests focus primarily on China and the rest of Asia, and on Papua New Guinea and the Pacific islands – having lived for several years in both China and PNG. He is also a keen Anglican, a member of academic and other boards focused on development issues, and a follower of the arts.

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