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DameFu XiaotianOSI
Fu Xiaotian in 2019
Born	(1983-06-12) 12 June 1983 (age 41) Chongqing, China
Citizenship	Chinese, China (Hong Kong)
Alma mater	Beijing Language and Culture University Peking University University of Cambridge
Occupation(s)	Journalist, TV Host and Producer
Years active	2009-
Television	Talk with World Leaders
Website	fuxiaotian.com (Archived 10 January 2022 at the Wayback Machine)

Order of the Star of Italy - OSI
Ribbon of the order
Type	Knighthood
Awarded for	Ms. FU Xiaotian
Presented by	Italy
First awarded	2017

Fu Xiaotian (simplified Chinese: 傅晓田; traditional Chinese: 傅曉田; pinyin: Fù Xiǎotián, born 12 June 1983) is the presenter and producer of Talk with World Leaders. She is a recipient of the Order of the Star of Italy. Fu worked in London when she first joined Phoenix TV, taking on the roles of chief correspondent and bureau chief. In 2011, she journeyed twice to Libya as a wartime reporter. The following year, she transferred to Phoenix TV's Hong Kong headquarters, where she worked as a senior reporter, covering major political events internationally. In 2023, she was disappeared from public view.

Early life

Fu Xiaotian was born in Chongqing, China. She received a bachelor's degree from Beijing Language and Culture University and another from Peking University. She received a master's degree in Education from Churchill College, Cambridge, in 2007.

Talk with World Leaders

Talk with World Leaders is a one-on-one interview program on Phoenix TV, aiming to provide a platform for international leaders to communicate their views directly to Chinese audiences. The 32-minute program broadcasts worldwide on Phoenix Chinese Channel, Phoenix North American Channel, Phoenix European Channel, as well as Phoenix Hong Kong Channel on a weekly basis. Past guests include Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (Iran), Shimon Peres (Israel), Muammar Gaddafi (Libya), Yasser Arafat (Palestine), Vladimir Putin (Russia) and Ronald Reagan (United States).

Fu headed the program from 2014 to 2022, interviewing major personalities such as Ban Ki-moon, Shinzo Abe, John Kerry, Henry Kissinger and Bashar al-Assad. Her final interview in the Talk with World Leaders series was in March 2022 with Chinese diplomat Qin Gang, who at the time was Chinese ambassador to the United States.

Awards and recognition

Fu was knighted with the Order of Stella d'Italia (Star of Italy) by President Sergio Mattarella of Italy in 2017. Italy's Ambassador to China at the time, Ettore Sequi, delivered a speech at the ceremony, saying: "Fu Xiaotian is a star. She's not only a star for Chinese television, but she's a star for those who have the chance to meet her. It's sort of a polar star of Italy in China, and I would say beyond. As far as I remember, she has interviewed one Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs, two Italian Prime Ministers, and the President of the Italian Republic. I think that no one in the world has such a record. She always did it with grace, with extreme professionalism, and with a committed heart, so that our President, our Prime Ministers, and our Minister of Foreign Affairs have kept the interview as one of their most meaningful experiences in China."

In 2020, Fu was an award presenter for the International Emmy award for Best Documentary.

Philanthropy

Fu has participated in a variety of philanthropic endeavors. In 2016, her alma mater, Churchill College at the University of Cambridge named a garden after her – the Xiaotian Fu Garden – in recognition of her gifts to support education, learning and research. The then Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, sent a message of congratulation on the occasion of the naming ceremony, saying it was "a recognition of what Ms. Xiaotian Fu is doing. Meeting through her program Talk with World Leaders, to encourage international cooperation; to encourage young people to be more engaged to participate in the life of their communities; to achieve excellence in higher education. I think this is what we need nowadays, in a world that is globalized, that is full of challenges, but of course with a lot of opportunities, and we have to use these opportunities for young people to make them part of the answer to the pressing needs that we have nowadays."

Disappearance

In July, 2023 China's foreign minister Qin Gang disappeared amid speculation over an alleged affair with Fu. Around the same time, Fu also disappeared from public view.

Personal life

Fu has a son who she calls "Er-Kin".

Publications

• Talk with World Leaders on China (世界政要谈中国：晓田访谈录) ISBN 978-7-5085-3675-0 (2017)
• Meeting World Leaders (风云之交) ISBN 978-7-5146-1780-1 (2020)

References

1. "傅晓田_凤凰卫视主持人". phtv.ifeng.com. Retrieved 2020-11-18.
2. "《风云对话》主持人傅晓田新书发布 讲述背后故事-中新网视频". www.chinanews.com. Retrieved 2020-11-18.
3. "Churchill alumna Xiaotian Fu knighted with the Order of the Star of Italy". 5 July 2017.
4. "Transcript of Ambassador Qin Gang's Interview with "Talk With World Leaders"". Embassy of the People's Republic of China in the United States of America. 27 March 2022.
5. Fu,Xiaotian.; 傅晓田. (2020). Feng yun zhi jiao : Xiao tian guan shi jie = Meeting world leaders by Fu Xiaotian (Di 1 ban ed.). Beijing: Zhong guo hua bao chu ban she. ISBN 978-7-5146-1780-1. OCLC 1178935778.
6. "Churchill alumna Xiaotian Fu knighted with the Order of the Star of Italy – Churchill College". www.chu.cam.ac.uk. 5 July 2017. Retrieved 2020-11-18.
7. "The Xiaotian Fu Garden – Churchill College". www.chu.cam.ac.uk.
8. McDonell, Stephen (26 July 2023). "Qin Gang: The swift rise and mysterious fall of China's missing foreign minister". BBC. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
9. Malleck, Julia (25 July 2023). "China confirmed its missing foreign minister Qin Gang has been sacked from the government". Quartz (publication). Retrieved 26 July 2023.
10. Fu Xiaotian (April 10, 2023). "This time to fly out with this aircraft was also from LA, but with precious baby son Er-Kin🥹" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
11. 傅晓田 (2017). 世界政要谈中国: 傅晓田访谈录. ISBN 978-7508536750.
12. sina_mobile (2019-12-11). "《风云对话》主持人傅晓田新书发布 讲述背后故事". news.sina.cn. Retrieved 2020-11-18.

External links

"Fu Xiaotian Speaking on her Gift to Churchill College, University of Cambridge" on YouTube

• Chinese television presenters
• Living people
• 1983 births
• People from Chongqing
• Beijing Language and Culture University alumni
• Peking University alumni
• Alumni of Churchill College, Cambridge