The Information opens Hong Kong bureau; hires Bloomberg’s Oster

Tech news site The Information has opened a Hong Kong bureau and hired Bloomberg News reporter Shai Oster to run the office.

Asia is one of the fastest-growing regions for The Information subscriptions.

Oster joins The Information after reporting on venture capital and technology in China for Bloomberg, where he had earlier been an investigative reporter. Prior to this, Oster reported from China on behalf of the Wall Street Journal, and he was part of the team that won a Pulitzer Prize for reporting about the effects of China’s capitalism boom on inequality.

“Leading technology and finance executives among our subscribers tell us that they want to understand the Asian market better,” said Jessica Lessin, founder and CEO of The Information, in a statement. “Shai is a legendary reporter whose unmatched knowledge of the market and talent for breaking major stories will deliver the insightful coverage on China that our subscribers need.”

Before working at The Journal and Bloomberg, Oster covered OPEC for Dow Jones Newswires in London and served as Beijing bureau chief for Asiaweek magazine. His first job in China was as a copy editor at China Daily, the official English-language newspaper in Beijing.

A graduate of the Columbia University Journalism School, Oster was born in Jerusalem and speaks Hebrew, French and Chinese.