Mark Andrews
Freelance writer based in Shanghai
My first paid travel article appeared in 2000 and since then I have written about everything from Japanese houses to heli hikes on New Zealand glaciers, test drives of Chinese cars to bar and restaurant reviews.
Currently I specialise in travel articles and reviews of Chinese cars plus articles about the Chinese auto industry.
Originally hailing from the south west of England I have travelled extensively throughout Asia and Australasia. After stints of living in Tokyo and Seoul I now call Shanghai home.
Previous work experience includes a year in a former FTSE100 company’s marketing department, various English teaching jobs and working for a British university in China.
My writing on travel includes such aspects as food and drink, festivals, quirky museums, transportation, culture, history, and wildlife.
Furthermore I am one of the leading China based English language writers and reviewers of the Chinese auto industry.
In addition I am currently in the process of working on a number of book projects including my first novel.
Published articles have appeared in the following publications:
Airline inflight magazines: American Way, Hemispheres, Blue Wings, Morning Calm, Open Skies, Colours, Silkroad, Discovery, Silkwinds, Going Places, Scoot, Tiger Tales, Paradise, Selamta, Serendib, Tengri, Renaissance, Travel 3 Sixtyº, Jetstar, UO Magazine, Priority.
Newspapers: The Sunday Times, Telegraph, South China Morning Post (plus the Post Magazine), Sydney Morning Herald, Japan Times, Straits Times, The National, Gulf News, Korea Herald, New Seoul News, Jerusalem Post Magazine
Magazines: Vacations & Travel, British Heritage, Australia & New Zealand Magazine, BNE Magazine, World Travel Magazine, SALT, Preferred Travel Magazine, Nikkei Asian Review, Auto Express, Autocar, Audi Magazine, Audi Magazine (Hong Kong), Classic Cars, Devon Life, Transitions Abroad, Stardom, Metropolis (Tokyo Classified), Kansai Time Out, Kansai Scene, att, Eat Japan, That’s Shanghai, That’s Beijing, That’s China, That’s PRD, City Weekend, Laowai, Talk, Shanghai Family, Vantage Shanghai, Eurobiz, The Bridge, China Economic Review, BizShanghai, Shanghai Business Review (SBR), China Automotive Review, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business Magazine, Lenzing Inside, South East Asia Globe, Aggregates Business International, MG Enthusiast, Skin Deep
Online or mobile phone content: Vertu Select, TripAdvisor (content for mobile phone I believe), Rail.co, Inner Circle, Great Escape Publishing, World Highways, Sixth Tone, International Living, HKTDC Research (articles appear under a different writer’s name), Men With Style Asia, Lightfoot Travel, Car Design News, CBD Intel
Recent Articles
ECigIntelligence. Hong Kong’s effective e-cig prohibition ‘puts smoking reduction target at risk’
How Hong Kong has effectively banned e-cigarettes and vaping and what effect this is likely to have.
DirectIndustry. How Digitization is Changing the Way to Manufacture Cars.
How technologies such as large scale die-casting, digitalization and new battery technologies are changing auto production.
Carsales. China: World’s biggest car market grinding to a halt.
How the Covid lockdowns in China especially Shanghai have affected the car industry and what effect this will have on Australia.
Wired. This Chinese EV Sells At Just Over $5,000. So We Tried It.
Review of the Wuling Hongguang Mini EV the cheapest EV in China in a joint venture with General Motors.
ECigIntelligence. Smoore puts faith in new testing lab to meet Chinese and export standards.
Vaping company Smoore is investing in research into e-cigarette safety in China.
DirectIndustry. Shanghai’s COVID-19 Lockdown: Effects on Auto Industry.
How the lockdowns in China including Shanghai are affecting the automotive industry in China.
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All articles and photographs displayed on this web site are available for purchase with rights varying according to what has previously been sold. For most published articled this means first serial rights for the country that the publication appears in.
If you wish to speak to me about anything on this website or to discuss commissioning any work I can be contacted by:
Mobile phone
0086 13564588224
This is a Chinese mobile number. Please remember that China’s time zone is eight hours ahead of GMT.
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