China Daily/AUT exchange journalist
Chen Bei is brushing up on her journalism for a semester in the School of Communication Studies at AUT University.
Chen comes from the Beijing-based China Daily, China's first English-language newspaper. She is now deputy editor for China Daily's bilingual mobile newspaper in the state-owned media outlet's Mobile Newsroom.
Chen started her career in China Daily in 2002 after earning her master's degree in English language and literature. She regularly contributed stories for the Beijing Olympics in 2008.
She is on the AUT/China Daily Exchange Programme and is attached to the Pacific Media Centre.