The fourth "Wall Street Journal Journalism in Asia Fellowship" was awarded to two candidates, one of them Sun Yu, a mainland Chinese researcher.
Sun Yu joined the Financial Times’ Shanghai bureau in 2004 and moved to its Beijing bureau in 2005. He has focused on the impact of China’s market liberalization on its political and business environment.
Sun Yu previously interned at a number of domestic and international news outlets including The New York Times’ Shanghai bureau, the Shanghai Morning Post, the Shanghai Evening Post and the Shanghai Xinmin Evening News where he covered metro and national news. He holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Journalism from Fudan University in Shanghai.
