Suzanne Pepper (1939 – 29 June 2022[1]) was a Hong Kong–based American political scientist and journalist.
[2] Pepper left the United States for Hong Kong in the 1960s to begin Chinese language studies.
There she met fellow languages student VG Kulkarni, an Indian army officer posted to India's consulate in Hong Kong.
[1][3] Pepper earned a PhD in political science from University of California at Berkeley in 1972.
[1] She authored a number of political science works focusing on China in general, and Hong Kong in particular.