BARCLAY BRAM IS A PHOTOJOURNALIST WHOSE WORK HAS APPEARED FOR THE FINANCIAL TIMES, GRANTA, THE LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS, WIRED, VICE, DAZED, SIXTH TONE, ROADS&KINGDOMS, THE HUFFINGTON POST, THE DIPLOMAT, THE MILLIONS, MIXMAG, AND MORE. HE WAS SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2019 FT/BODLEY HEAD ESSAY PRIZE. HE HAS WRITTEN FEATURES ARTICLE IN MANDARIN FOR VICE CHINA. HIS WORK CAN ALSO BE FOUND ON HIS INSTAGRAM @BARCLAYBRAM HE HAS AN MSCI IN CONTEMPORARY CHINESE STUDIES FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD AND IS CURRENTLY READING FOR A DPHIL IN OXFORD'S SCHOOL OF OVERSEAS AND GLOBAL AREA STUDIES. HE IS CONDUCTING ETHNOGRAPHIC RESEARCH INTO MENTAL HEALTH IN CHINA. HE HAS A FULL SCHOLARSHIP FROM THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH COUNCIL, AND IS CURRENTLY IN CHENGDU ON AN ESRC FUNDED DIFFICULT LANGUAGE TRAINING GRANT. IN 2013-2014 HE WAS A BRITISH COUNCIL GENERATION UK SCHOLAR BASED AT FUDAN UNIVERSITY IN SHANGHAI . HE HAS WRITTEN ACADEMIC PIECES PUBLISHED BY TAYLOR & FRANCIS IN THE PEER REVIEWED INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS FORUM JOURNAL AND WAS THEIR STUDENT WRITER OF THE YEAR IN 2014.