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Rob Gifford is a British radio correspondent and journalist. He has degrees in Chinese Studies from Durham University and in Regional Studies (East Asia) from Harvard University. He began to learn Mandarin Chinese in 1987 whilst in China.Gifford was on staff at the BBC World Service for three years. In the United States he worked for two years at WGBH in Boston. From 1999 to 2005 Gifford was the China correspondent for National Public Radio (NPR).