From 1999 to 2005, Gifford was the China correspondent for National Public Radio (NPR).
He took leave of absence from NPR to write his first book, China Road, (2007; ISBN 1-4000-6467-8), which was based on his six-week trip on National Highway 312, China's 3,000 miles (4,800 kilometres) "mother road" stretching from Shanghai to the Gobi Desert.
Gifford initially covered this journey in a seven-part radio series for NPR's program Morning Edition, as one of his last journalistic projects in China.
[1][2][3] Gifford is currently the China editor of The Economist (beginning August 2011), and was previously the London bureau chief for NPR.
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