Michael Sheridan Michael Sheridan reported from Beirut, Damascus, Tehran and Jerusalem in the 1980s and 1990s as a foreign correspondent for Reuters and the Independent. He later served as Far East correspondent of the Sunday Times for 20 years, covering the rise of China. His work has also appeared in Vanity Fair, the Tablet, the Spectator and Engelsberg Ideas. He is the author of a critically acclaimed history of Hong Kong, The Gate To China, and most recently, The Red Emperor, described by the Financial Times as 'the most vivid and compelling' biography of Xi Jinping published to date and translated into 12 languages. Read More Read Less