Bill Hayton

Dr Bill Hayton is the author of The South China Sea: The struggle for power in Asia (Yale University Press, 2014). He is an Associate Fellow with the Asia-Pacific Programme at Chatham House. He worked for BBC News for 22 years, including periods as a reporter in Vietnam and a media advisor in Myanmar. His other books include Vietnam: Rising dragon (Yale University Press, 2010) and The invention of China (Yale University Press, 2020).