About Shi Ming
Born in 1957 in Beijing, Shi Ming has lived in Germany since 1990. He works as a freelance journalist for media including broadcasters ARD, Deutsche Welle, ZDF and Deutschlandfunk as well as print publications such as Süddeutsche Zeitung, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, taz and Der Spiegel. Since 1995, he has also worked as a communications consultant for companies such as Porsche and Daimler-Benz. He also works for ARD, GIZ, the Asian Foundation and others in the area of intercultural discourse analysis. From 2004 to 2012, he was on the executive committee of P.E.N. Center Germany. He has won accolades including the Civis Award (1995), the Bavarian Television Award (2008) and the Grimme Award (2010).
