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Nectar Gan - Senior News Desk Reporter, China, CNN International

Nectar Gan

Senior News Desk Reporter, China, CNN International

Nectar Gan is a Senior News Desk Reporter, China, for CNN International based in Hong Kong.

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Two-year-old female giant panda Qing Bao in her habitat at Dujiangyan Base in Sichuan, China May 17. Photo 2 credit: Roshan Patel, Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute.

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Taiwan President Lai Ching-te delivers a speech during his visit to inspect Taiwanese navy on the outlying Penghu Island, Taiwan, Friday, September 6, 2024.

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China's President Xi Jinping speaks during a National Day reception on the eve of the 75th anniversary of the People's Republic of China, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on September 30, 2024.

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National flags are displayed in the streets of of Nanjing to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China.

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Nectar Gan is a Senior News Desk Reporter, China, for CNN International based in Hong Kong.

Before joining CNN in 2020, Nectar was a senior China reporter at the South China Morning Post. She has covered a wide range of topics from diplomacy to the environment, and written extensively on politics and religion.

Nectar has been based in Hong Kong since 2010.