Cold War spy tales abound, but few true-to-life accounts of espionage that occurred in the last two decades have emerged — in large part due to the CIA's highly methodical declassification process.

NEW YORK, November 30, 2016 — John Pomfret of the Washington Post discusses his new book 'The Beautiful Country and the Middle Kingdom', which details the relationship between China and the United ...

As a senior executive in the 1970s, he was part of a management team that expanded the paper’s format, boosted advertising and ushered in computer technology. By Sam Roberts See more of our coverage ...

February 25, 2004 (New York City)—Asia Society announced tonight that John Pomfret of the Washington Post is the second recipient of the Osborn Elliott Prize for Excellence in Asian Journalism. Fareed ...

Commentator John Pomfret is a reporter for The Washington Post who has spent many years in China covering internal migrants. He says that people who are in the United States illegally are better off ...