Our team

Meet the team
Isabel Hilton – Director
team_isabel_hiltonIsabel Hilton is a London based writer and broadcaster. She has reported from China, South Asia, Latin America, Africa, the Middle East and Europe and has written and presented several documentaries for BBC radio and television. She has authored and co-authored several books and holds honorary doctorates from Bradford and Stirling Universities.
Joydeep Gupta – South Asia Director
team_joydeepJoydeep Gupta is a New Delhi-based journalist and media trainer. He reports on environmental issues including climate change, biodiversity, food and water security, wildlife and pollution.
Liu Jianqiang – China Director
team_jianqiangLiu Jianqiang is a former reporter for Southern Weekend newspaper and one of China’s best known investigative journalists. He has reported extensively on China’s environmental movement and Tibet. He is author of Heavenly Beads: a Tibetan Journey.
Beth Walker – UK Editor
team_bethBeth Walker is a London-based editor and researcher. She has a BA in Chinese Studies from Oxford University, an MSc in Development Management from the London School of Economics. She has worked in Shanghai, Beijing and for an HIV/AIDS NGO in Yunnan Province.
Tom Saunders – Development Manager
Tom Saunders studied at the University of Sheffield where he obtained a BA degree with first class honours in Chinese studies. He has spent several years living in China, where he held a variety of jobs, including freelance photographer, English teacher and translator.
Olivia Boyd – Associate Editor
oliviaboydOlivia Boyd is managing editor at chinadialogue.net, based in London. She has written for a number of other titles, including Chinese newspaper Southern Weekend and business magazine Building, where she was formerly senior reporter. Olivia studied Chinese at Oxford University.
Sam Geall – Associate Editor
team_sam_geallSam Geall is deputy editor at chinadialogue.net. His writing on Chinese affairs has appeared in international publications including The Guardian, Index on Censorship, and Foreign Policy. He is author of Climate-Change Journalism in China: Opportunities for International Cooperation, published in 2011.
Huang Lushan – Production Manager
team_lushanHuang Lushan has a BA in English literature from South-Central University for Nationalities in China, and an MA in Chinese/English translation & interpreting from University of Nottingham. She likes watching football in her local pub, and like many Chinese people, has a particular interest in pandas.
Advisory board
Darryl D’Monte

Chairman Emeritus of the Forum of Environmental Journalists in India (FEJI) and Founder President of the International Federation of Environmental Journalists (IFEJ).

Wsant Techawongtham

Freelance journalist and editorial director for Milky Way Press. Formerly, he was a deputy news editor for Thailand’s English daily newspaper The Bangkok Post.

Dipak Gyawali

Former Minister of Water Resources and Chair of Nepal Water Conservation Foundation, and currently an academic who studies society-technology-resource base interface using Cultural Theory.

Mark Runacres

British diplomat for 25 years, now lives and works in India in the private sector and civil society, in particular as the India Adviser for the Confederation of British Industry.

Daanish Mustafa

Reader in Politics and Environment at the Department of Geography, King’s College, London.

Anna da Costa

Freelance writer and sustainability professional based in New Delhi.