Dan Collyns covers the Andean region for CGTN America.
Collyns joined CGTN America in November of 2011 and is based in Lima, Peru. He has also reported for CGTN from Ecuador, Bolivia and Chile.
Collyns was formerly the BBC’s correspondent in Peru where he has been based since 2006. He also worked for AFP as a video-journalist, The Guardian newspaper and for PRI, NPR and CBC among other networks. Dan has covered earthquakes, mine cave-ins, summits, elections, the drug war, human rights trials and he interviewed the last fugitive leader of Peru’s Shining Path guerrilla group.
Before moving to South America, Dan worked at BBC World Service radio as a writer and producer. He began his career in print, filing newspaper reports from Tanzania.
He studied English Literature at Goldsmiths College at the University of London.
China’s trade relationship with Latin America is going strong. Free trade agreements have been the backbone of the commercial ties for two decades as China has become the first trade partner for nearly every country in the region. Dan Collyns reports from Lima. Read More...
A new mega port is nearing completion on Peru’s Pacific coast. It’s being billed as the gateway to Asia. Built by the Chinese state-owned company Cosco Shipping, the multi-purpose port just north of the Peruvian capital Lima in Chancay is expected to open at […] Read More...
Archeological treasures abound and Lima is one of the world’s gastronomic capitals. But the tourism industry struggled in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Chinese and Peruvian readers met in the Peruvian capital to discuss Chinese President Xi Jinping’s book: The Governance and Administration of China, on Tuesday, Nov. 5. CGTN Correspondent Dan Collyns reports. Read More...
Historians are fond of saying that Peru is one of the most Chinese countries in South America. That originates from the time when the first Chinese laborers arrived in the middle of the 19th century. Since then, their descendants have made their mark on […] Read More...
Traditional Chinese medicine is popular and accepted in Peru. In fact, it has been practiced for more than 150 years in the country, since the first Chinese immigrants arrived. In the Peruvian capital Lima, CGTN’s Dan Collyns takes a closer look. Read More...
A new mega port is nearing completion on Peru’s Pacific coast. It’s being billed as the gateway to Asia. Built by the Chinese state-owned company Cosco Shipping, the multi-purpose port just north of the Peruvian capital Lima in Chancay is expected to open at the […] Read More...
Archaeologists using artificial intelligence have discovered hundreds of new geoglyphs near the famous Nazca Lines in Peru - shedding new light on the ancient culture which dates back 2,000 years. Read More...
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