Anthony Grey

Anthony Grey became a foreign correspondent with Reuters after a career in provincial journalism. He reported the Cold War from East Berlin, Prague, Warsaw, Budapest, Sofia and Bucharest before being assigned to China in early 1967 to cover the Cultural Revolution. He became the focus of worldwide headlines for two years when seized as a hostage by Mao Tse-tungs's Red Guards. Since his release he has gone on to establish himself as a radio and television broadcaster, an international...See more

Anthony Grey became a foreign correspondent with Reuters after a career in provincial journalism. He reported the Cold War from East Berlin, Prague, Warsaw, Budapest, Sofia and Bucharest before being assigned to China in early 1967 to cover the Cultural Revolution. He became the focus of worldwide headlines for two years when seized as a hostage by Mao Tse-tungs's Red Guards. Since his release he has gone on to establish himself as a radio and television broadcaster, an international bestselling novelist translated into 17 languages, an after dinner speaker and an independent publisher (see ... for more details). See less