Michael Anti

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.

Jing Zhao (simplified Chinese: 赵静; traditional Chinese: 趙靜; pinyin: Zhào Jìng, born 1975), also known by his pen name Michael Anti, is a Chinese journalist and political blogger, recognized for his posts about freedom of the press in China. He has been described in mid-2000s as "at one time perhaps the most famous political blogger on China's Internet."

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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

Blood type

Private

Height

Private

Agency

Private

Occupation

journalist / columnist / blogger

Elementary school

Private

Junior high

Private

High school

Private

University

Harvard University

Awards & achievements

• 2008 Nieman Fellowship
• 2011 M100 Media Award

Spouse

Private

Children

Private

Parents

Private

Siblings

Private

Motto

Private

• Xhttps://x.com/mranti
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%AE%89%E6%9B%BF

Tags

• journalist
• columnist
• blogger

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.