Andrew Moody (2 September 1960 – 27 June 2021) was an English journalist and former UK national newspaper journalist specialising in business. He worked as the senior correspondent at China Daily, a Chinese English-language newspaper, where he covered politics, the economy, business, history and culture. Early life Moody was born on 2 September 1960 and was brought up in West Stockwith, Nottinghamshire. He attended West Stockwith Primary School and later the King Edward VI Grammar School, Retford. He studied economics at Coventry University graduating with a BA in 1983 before studying journalism at Darlington College of Technology. He had a sister Jayne Graham, who later recalled that his interest in journalism began at age 15, when he became the press officer for a pigeon club. Career Moody's career started in regional news as a reporter at the Gainsborough News (which later became the Gainsborough Standard) in 1983, before he moved to the Scunthorpe Star in 1984. In 1985 he was promoted to Group News Editor for the Lincolnshire Standard Group (which owned 20 local titles) before moving to be business correspondent at Gulf News (Dubai). In 1987 he became the business correspondent for the Manchester Evening News before becoming City and Political correspondent at the Daily Express. In 1995 he became a freelance business journalist writing for national newspapers and magazines including the Daily and Sunday Express, Mail on Sunday and The Observer. His interest in China began in the 1990s with a number of assignments to Hong Kong, including covering the handover to China of the British colony in 1997. In February 2009, Moody became Senior Business Correspondent at China Daily, after covering the 2008 Beijing Olympics. He later became Senior Correspondent Overseas and Global editions. This involves writing for China Daily’s European and Africa Weekly editions, as well as China Watch, which is published in conjunction with The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Daily Telegraph and publications across the world. During his time at China Daily Moody wrote 700 front page stories and covered political events including the Two Sessions Meeting, the CPC 19th National Party Congress, the 9th BRICS Summit in Xiamen, the World Economic Forum Summer Davos in Dalian and the High-Level Dialogue and Think Tank Forum: Fighting Against Poverty in Addis Ababa. He has written extensively on the Chinese economy and on China-Africa and China-UK relations. He has also interviewed former UK prime