Luqiu Luwei

executive television journalist statesmen

September 19, 1969

She was the first female reporter to cover the 2001 Afghan war. Lüqiu entered into Number. 2 High School of East China Normal University in 1982, where she worked on the Shanghai Middle school students press corps and later became the head In 1988, Lüqiu was admitted to Fudan University. On graduation from university, she taught herself accounting and was hired by an accounting company PricewaterhouseCoopers. In 1997, she joined Phoenix Television and became one of its first reporters. At Phoenix satellite television, she interviewed statesmen, such as President Hu Jintao, Premier Wen Jiabao and many foreign leaders in different countries and broadcast on events both at home and abroad. She has been to Europe, America and Asia and interviewed of President Jiang Zemin, Premier Zhu Rongji and George West. Bush, the former United States President. In 2001, she was the first woman-journalist who headed to Kabul, Afghanistan to broadcast on the events there following the September 11 attacks in the United States. In February 2002 and end of the year, she had been to Afghanistan for two times. She became the only Chinese woman-journalist who had been to Afghanistan for three times. In 2003, the Iraq War of 2003 broke out. She was the only one woman journalist broadcasting live from the center of Baghdad where the United States army bombed. In 2007 Lüqiu was awarded a Nieman Fellowship by the Nieman Foundation for Journalism, at Harvard University in the United States. She has written several books, such as Rose in the Journey and Not Telling East and West. In these books, she expresses her attitude towards life and abundant experiences.

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executive television journalist statesmen

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Harvard University; Fudan University. The University of Hong Kong.

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She was the first female reporter to cover the 2001 Afghan war. Lüqiu entered into Number. 2 High School of East China Normal University in 1982, where she worked on the Shanghai Middle school students press corps and later became the head

In 1988, Lüqiu was admitted to Fudan University.

On graduation from university, she taught herself accounting and was hired by an accounting company PricewaterhouseCoopers. In 1997, she joined Phoenix Television and became one of its first reporters.

At Phoenix satellite television, she interviewed statesmen, such as President Hu Jintao, Premier Wen Jiabao and many foreign leaders in different countries and broadcast on events both at home and abroad. She has been to Europe, America and Asia and interviewed of President Jiang Zemin, Premier Zhu Rongji and George West. Bush, the former United States President.

In 2001, she was the first woman-journalist who headed to Kabul, Afghanistan to broadcast on the events there following the September 11 attacks in the United States.

In February 2002 and end of the year, she had been to Afghanistan for two times. She became the only Chinese woman-journalist who had been to Afghanistan for three times. In 2003, the Iraq War of 2003 broke out.

She was the only one woman journalist broadcasting live from the center of Baghdad where the United States army bombed.

In 2007 Lüqiu was awarded a Nieman Fellowship by the Nieman Foundation for Journalism, at Harvard University in the United States. She has written several books, such as Rose in the Journey and Not Telling East and West.

In these books, she expresses her attitude towards life and abundant experiences.

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