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Mo was born in Hong Kong, to where her parents had arrived as refugees from [[Ningbo]], [[Zhejiang]], in 1950. She is married to journalist [[Philip Bowring]], former editor of the ''[[Far Eastern Economic Review]]'', and they have two sons.<ref name="ft_20220623">{{cite web|url=https://www.ft.com/content/439fb015-8fc7-4d2d-9c7f-8764863090ae|title=She was loved for standing up to China. She may die in jail|first1=Primrose|last1=Jordan|first2=Ho-him|last2=Chan|work=[[Financial Times]]|date=23 June 2022|access-date=23 June 2022}}</ref> |
Mo was born in Hong Kong, to where her parents had arrived as refugees from [[Ningbo]], [[Zhejiang]], in 1950. She is married to journalist [[Philip Bowring]], former editor of the ''[[Far Eastern Economic Review]]'', and they have two sons.<ref name="ft_20220623">{{cite web|url=https://www.ft.com/content/439fb015-8fc7-4d2d-9c7f-8764863090ae|title=She was loved for standing up to China. She may die in jail|first1=Primrose|last1=Jordan|first2=Ho-him|last2=Chan|work=[[Financial Times]]|date=23 June 2022|access-date=23 June 2022}}</ref> |
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She attended St. Paul's Secondary School in Hong Kong.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/3050259/hong-kong-legislator-claudia-mo-tiananmen-square|title=Hong Kong legislator Claudia Mo on Tiananmen Square, Junius Ho and why 'you have to take sides in life'|first=Kate|last=Whitehead|work=[[South China Morning Post]]|date=18 February 2020|access-date=16 January 2021}}</ref> After graduating in 1975, she went to Toronto for pre-university qualifications and in 1979 she obtained a [[Bachelor's degree]] in journalism with [[English studies]] from [[Carleton University]] in Ottawa, Canada. |
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After graduating and returning to Hong Kong in 1980<ref name="ft_20220623"/> she worked at [[Agence France-Presse]] (AFP) translating French wires into Chinese. She was later promoted to chief Hong Kong correspondent for AFP, covering in this role the [[Tiananmen Square protests of 1989|Tiananmen Square massacre]], an event which she describes as a "watershed [...] that cemented my journalistic principles and political beliefs".<ref>{{cite news|last1=Chan|first1=Yannie|title=Claudia Mo|url=http://hk-magazine.com/city-living/article/claudia-mo|work=HK Magazine|date=7 November 2013}}</ref> |
After graduating and returning to Hong Kong in 1980<ref name="ft_20220623"/> she worked at [[Agence France-Presse]] (AFP) translating French wires into Chinese. She was later promoted to chief Hong Kong correspondent for AFP, covering in this role the [[Tiananmen Square protests of 1989|Tiananmen Square massacre]], an event which she describes as a "watershed [...] that cemented my journalistic principles and political beliefs".<ref>{{cite news|last1=Chan|first1=Yannie|title=Claudia Mo|url=http://hk-magazine.com/city-living/article/claudia-mo|work=HK Magazine|date=7 November 2013}}</ref> |