JONATHAN FENBY (n. 1942), scriitor, jurnalist si analist britanic, a lucrat ca editor al ziarelor The Observer si South China Morning Post, apoi la Reuters World Service; a ocupat pozitii importante in redactiile publicatiilor The Economist, The Independent si The Guardian. In prezent este director executiv si director pentru China al serviciului de analiza Trusted Sources. Comandor al Ordinului Imperiu lui Britanic. Este Cavaler al Legiunii de Onoare si al Ordinului National de Merit al Frantei. Printre cartile sale se numara Dealing with the Dragon: A Year in the New Hong Kong (2001), Generalissimo: Chiang Kai-Shek and the China He Lost (2003), Alliance: The Inside Story of How Roosevelt, Stalin and Churchill Won One War and Began Another (2006), The Seventy Wonders of China (2007), Dragon Throne (2008), Tiger Head, Snake Tails: China Today, How It Got There and Where It Is Heading (2012), Will China Dominate the 21st Century? (2014), The History of Modern France (2015). The Penguin History of Modern China: The Fall and Rise of a Great Power, 1850 to the Present a fost selectata ca una dintre cartile anului 2008 de publicatiile The Economist si Financial Times.