SCMP Editor-In-Chief Steps Down, Is Replaced by Deputy

(Beijing) – The editor-in-chief of the South China Morning Post stepped down on November 6 and will be succeeded by his deputy, Hong Kong's leading English-language newspaper said in a statement.

Wang Xiangwei, who held the position for the last four years, told Caixin he is resigning to spend more time with his family.

The SCMP said that Wang's deputy, Tammy Tam, will take over as editor-in-chief.

Tam, deputy editor of the SCMP since 2012, used to work at the Hong Kong TV news providers i-Cable and ATV. She led a 300-strong newsroom at ATV that started Hong Kong's first free-to-air 24-hour news channel.

She is also "well versed with Hong Kong and mainland China political development," the SCMP's statement said.

Wang was the newspaper's first mainland-born editor. He was a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Congress, moved to Hong Kong in 1993 and worked at the Eastern Express.

Wang joined the SCMP in 1996 to cover business news. He took charge of the Post's China section in 2000, and was promoted to deputy editor in 2007 and then editor-in-chief in 2011.

The SCMP statement credited Wang with contributions to the paper's China coverage.