Claudia Mo
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The Honourable Claudia Mo |
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| 毛孟靜 | |
Claudia Mo in 2013
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| Member of the Legislative Council | |
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Assumed office 1 October 2012 |
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| Preceded by | Frederick Fung |
| Constituency | Kowloon West |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
18 January 1957 Hong Kong |
| Nationality | Hong Kong Chinese |
| Political party |
Civic Party (2006–2016) HK First (2013–present) |
| Spouse(s) | Philip Bowring |
| Children | Two sons |
| Residence | Repulse Bay, Hong Kong Island |
| Alma mater | Carleton University |
| Occupation | Legislative councillor Journalist Columnist Television presenter |
| Claudia Mo | |||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 毛孟靜 | ||||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 毛孟静 | ||||||||||||
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Máo Mèngjìng |
| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Yale Romanization | Mòuh Maahng jihng |
| Jyutping | Mou4 Maang6 zing6 |
Claudia Mo (born Mo Man-ching on 18 January 1957), also known as Claudia Bowring, is a Hong Kong journalist and politician, a member of Pan-democracy camp. She is a member of Hong Kong Legislative Council, representing the Kowloon West geographical constituency.
Mo was born in Hong Kong and has family roots in Ningbo, Zhejiang. Mo is married to journalist Philip Bowring, former editor of the Far Eastern Economic Review, and they have two sons. She is also known as Claudia Bowring.
She attended high school in Toronto, and in 1979 graduated from Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada with a Bachelor's degree in journalism with English studies. After graduating she worked at Agence France-Presse (AFP) translating French wires into Chinese. She was later promoted to chief Hong Kong correspondent for AFP, covering in this role the Tiananmen Square massacre, an event which she describes as a "watershed [...] that cemented my journalistic principles and political beliefs".
Mo is a former journalist, having worked at Agence France-Presse, The Standard and TVB. She also hosted a number of RTHK TV and radio programmes, including "Media Watch" and "City Forum".
Mo wrote a book called "We Want True Democracy" published in 2015, and has also authored English language learning books.
Mo is a founding member of the Civic Party in 2006. She first ran in the Kowloon West geographical constituency in the 2008 Legislative Council election but unsuccessful.
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