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
Auto Express.New Zeekr X 2023 review.
Review of the Zeekr X a small Chinese crossover from Geely which should go on sale in Europe soon.
CKGSB Knowledge. Transforming Industry – SANY company profile.
Company profile of Chinese construction machinery group SANY looking at how the second largest Chinese company hopes to use digitalization to help it grow.
SCMP. Best apps for foreign visitors in China and which are useless – like Google Maps.
Which apps are needed for a successful trip to China given that your usual options like Google are likely to be useless.
Carsales. Neta S 2023 Review – International
Test drive of the Neta S a performance orientated Chinese electric saloon which is likely to be exported soon.
Car Design News. Inside the studio: General Motors Advanced Design, China.
A look at the Proxima concept and the work of General Motor’s Shanghai studio two years’ after its revamp.
Vera (Virgin Airlines). Sky-High Shanghai.
A tour of the highest restaurants, bars, hotels and tourist attractions in Shanghai from Vera the inflight magazine of Virgin Airlines.
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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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