Photo: Shizhao / CC BY-SA 3.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Michael Anti earns my unreserved admiration. A Nanjing-born journalist writing under a pen name, with Jing Zhao behind it, he became perhaps the most prominent political blogger on China's internet in the mid-2000s, pressing relentlessly on press freedom. A 2008 Nieman Fellowship at Harvard underscores how seriously the wider world took his voice. Doing journalism of that kind in China is not a career choice so much as an act of courage with real consequences. I find his willingness to keep speaking where others stay silent genuinely moving, and his integrity is the sort I wish were more common.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Michael Anti
- Name (Japanese)
- 安替
- Reading
- あんてぃ
- Born
- January 1, 1975 (age 51)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Capricorn / Rabbit
- Origin
- Nanjing, People's Republic of China
- Occupation
- journalist / columnist / blogger
2. Background
- University
- Harvard University
Awards & achievements
- 2008 Nieman Fellowship
- 2011 M100 Media Award
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Xhttps://x.com/mranti
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%AE%89%E6%9B%BF
Frequently asked questions
When was Michael Anti born?
Born January 1, 1975 (age 51).
Where is Michael Anti from?
Michael Anti is from Nanjing, People's Republic of China.
What does Michael Anti do?
Michael Anti works as journalist, columnist, blogger.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.