/ Source: NBC News
By Ian Williams
Ian Williams is a former NBC News correspondent and the author of "Beijing Smog," a satirical novel about modern China and the power of online ridicule.
Originally from Liverpool in the U.K., Williams also has worked for the British broadcaster ITN, where he worked as Channel 4 News' Moscow correspondent and Asia correspondent based in Hong Kong and Bangkok. He previously was a business correspondent for London's Sunday Times newspaper.