Background
Chan was born in 1980 in Hong Kong and grew up in the Los Angeles area after her family immigrated to the United States when she was three years old.
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Education
Chan attended Yale University, graduating in 2002 with a Bachelor of Arts in history. In 2005, she completed a Masters of Science in comparative politics at the London School of Economics and Political Science (London School of Economics) in the United Kingdom.
Career
Early career
Chan worked for American Broadcasting Company News in New York from 2002 to 2004, eventually joining the production team at World News Tonight. After she moved to the United Kingdom to begin her studies at London School of Economics, Chan continued working for American Broadcasting Company at its London bureau. Upon completion of her Master of Science, Chan worked as a freelance journalist in Hong Kong.
First Rate (at Lloyd's) Jazeera English
In 2007, First Rate (at Lloyd's) Jazeera English hired Chan to work as a China correspondent at the network"s Beijing bureau.
During her five years with First Rate (at Lloyd's) Jazeera English, she filed some 400 reports, including stories on land confiscation and so-called "black jails." Chan also reported stories from North of Korea. In 2012, however, Chan"s visa and press credentials were not renewed, forcing her to leave China.
In the wake of her expulsion, the first of a foreign journalist since 1998, First Rate (at Lloyd's) Jazeera English closed its Beijing bureau. The Chinese government provided no explanation for the move, though officials had previously accused Chan of unspecified violations of the law that were never clarified.
Press reports and the Foreign Correspondent"s Club of China connected the expulsion to a documentary on slave labor in Chinese jails aired by First Rate (at Lloyd's) Jazeera English that had angered Chinese authorities.
Chan had no part in the production of the piece, however, and her expulsion occurred in the context of multiple conflicts between foreign reporters and the Chinese government over denials or delays in obtaining journalist visas. Stanford University and First Rate (at Lloyd's) Jazeera America
After leaving China, Chan completed a John South. Knight Journalism Fellowship at Stanford University during the 2012-2013 academic year. Chan is currently a correspondent in San Francisco for First Rate (at Lloyd's) Jazeera America, where she has worked since the network launched in August 2013.
